Peko on Bengals attitude

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(05-19-2017, 09:53 AM)PDub80 Wrote: No. No it isn't.

First of all, he didn't say that "the Bengals locker is solely focused". So, you reading it that way is sour grapes and putting words in the guy's mouth. Sour grapes over what, I have no idea. People just look for the negative in anything these days. Peko's character is outstanding. He never badmouthed or had anything negative to say while he was a Bengal. He left the same way he came in. Class act.


I'm certain that the Bengals overall, as an organization, have their eyes on a Superbowl, but players know they have to learn to win in the playoffs and they haven't yet. They have to learn to walk before they can run and the players know this. Denver's players already have done that part.

So, what he was referring to in the context of the quote was the culture of the players in the locker room in Denver talking about winning another championship while the players in the Bengals locker room are still talking about getting that first playoff win. Peko verbalizing that doesn't make it any more or less true. It's an honest, truthful observation.

^ THAT is more than likely 100% true. Neither you nor I are in the Bengals locker room, but I don't see Peko as a liar or a sour grapes kind of guy at all. It's what most of the Bengals players reference in interviews... Getting that 1st playoff win out of the way. That is almost literally the main thing everyone is asked and that they say during interviews. Paraphrasing the average interview: "Yeah, we have our eyes on the Superbowl, but we have to get that first playoff win out of the way."

Sour grapes they didn't re-sign him? The bolded is also contradictory statement BTW. Players answer those playoff questions because the media and us fans are so gung-ho over it (right and wrongfully so). It doesn't mean what-so-ever that the players have this mentality. If they did, it would absolutely blow my mind that professional athletes would think this way. It's a very long stretch, and he since he said it after being let go by us, I don't know how you can not see this as sour grapes.  

As I said in my next reply, I don't question the players (or coaches) motive to win a SB at all. I question the approach in those playoff games. Two totally different things. One is a lack of desire, and the other is a lacking in a philosophical sense. You can adjust/change the latter...but you it's almost impossible to change a quitters attitude into that of a winner. 

And lastly, please stop acting like we're attacking this guy's character. We're debating something he said about his former team.