Give the new regime a chance

[muskiesfan]

This time or year is almost always the same. Next year will be rinse and repeat. It's simply the life of a Bengals fan.

At the end of the day, the Bengals could go 0-16 for the rest of eternity and I'll still be a fan. I love my hometown team. That will simply never change. At times I may be overly critical and at times I may say stupid shit because of emotion, but my love for the Bengals never wavers. Our GM/owner and front office are the biggest faults with my team. They severely limit this franchise. Outside of some posters on this board and his family, no one views our GM/owner in a positive light. Even having a few winning seasons and first round playoff exits haven't washed his stink off of this team.

So yeah, some fans are doom and gloom, some are cautiously optimistic, and some are completely jaded. As someone who lived through the good years and then experienced every year of Mike Brown, I feel I have that right. I've dealt with the jokes and torment from other fans, I've watched every team in the League win a playoff game since we last won one, I've watched us keep players that shouldn't be in stripes get undeserved extensions, and watched franchise players leave to go to other teams because The Family didn't value them.

With all that said, I'm actually in the cautiously optimistic camp. I'm actually excited to see what the new coaching staff will do for the team. I'm looking forward to what awaits us in the draft. I absolutely can't wait for the 2019 season to kickoff. However, for those who are pissed at The Family for once again doing what The Family does, I don't blame them.