Letter From Mike Brown

[Shake n Blake]

(04-21-2017, 04:09 PM)jason Wrote: Yep... It's our circle of life. I was at my lowest point after Dallas donkey punched us in like week 5... I spent the rest of the season belittling the coaches and every player not named AJ Green... I looked on in horror as we slapped the Eagles around and began to ruin our draft position. Then for the second consecutive year I ignored the rest of the postseason. My recovery coincided with the suicides following the departure of Whitworth and Zeitler.... Now, as the draft approaches, I feel the itch starting. After I boo our first round pick (a tradition that has only been interupped by AJ Green, Tyler Eifert, and Dennard of all people), I will claim the rest of the draft was a success. Then when our second stringers stomp Tampa Bay, it will be on.... Until January, or an embarrassing loss with the season on the line.

I used to call it battered-woman syndrome. The Bengals keep smacking us around, and we keep coming back hoping that they'll change. This time will be different.