12-09-2017, 03:40 PM
(12-09-2017, 02:05 PM)bfine32 Wrote: There's a very good chance I've been a Bengal fan as long as you. I can remember the Houston Oilers being a division rival, I can remember the Jags winning the division. Throughout that time my number one concern has always been what is best for the Bengals, not what is worse for the Steelers.
I suppose I just don't care about them as much as many here do. I do know they are a team we can beat and if not for a phantom holding call last week would have done so.
I'm older than the Bengals....by ten or eleven years. I remember the Oilers well, was always amazed that a guy like Earl Campbell could have thighs that big, and still be fairly quick. See, that's the problem with playing the Steelers; there ALWAYS is a phantom call of some sort, or any number of creative ways to lose. While that call was a big problem, no halftime adjustments ( or adjustments to those made by Pittsburgh ) in the second half was the real problem. Played the first half like Tigers, the second half like Kittens....again. If they're gonna crash and burn completely (and they will) no reason to hope someone bails them out now. That, and if they did win the rest of their games and somehow get into the playoffs, it would inevitably signal that yet again, Marvin is back, and we sure as hell don't need that. We have a really decent team, we need a coach who's a real leader, and Marvin ain't it, imo.
