07-29-2019, 01:38 AM
(07-29-2019, 12:47 AM)NKURyan Wrote: This might be the most emo thread in a long time.
Initially we all dread that he's out for the season, then we get news that he might only miss a game or two, and yet we've got people proclaiming that he'll never play again, the season is over, etc. Take a deep breath, folks.
Meanwhile, we've blamed Mike Brown, Zach Taylor, the city of Dayton, Dre Kirkpatrick, Bo Jackson, and Andy Dalton, because there's no way that this can just be a random freak accident or anything.
The same people mad at the Bengals for practicing on the field in Dayton would be slamming them had they pulled out of the practice over it's condition, so that's kind of a moot point even if the field had anything to do with the injury (which it appears it did not).
Seems somebody's posts have vanished from the thread, though, so that's a positive!
Well, you did kind of leave out the time period between yesterday and today when we were operating under the belief that he'd likely only miss the preseason. You also ignore the probability of this injury happening again when he returns, which is sadly a decent possibility.
People are justifiably weary of the reporting of injury severity when it comes to this team. "Dinged up" becomes out for a year sooner than we expect here. Our most consistent and versatile o-lineman just hit us out of nowhere with a retirement announcement that nobody would have predicted, and all due to an issue that he and the team were aware of not long after the 2018 season ended.
It's fair to say that they don't have to tell us anything if they don't want to. it's also a fair reaction on the part of the fanbase to expect the worst when it comes to these situations. They play games because they want us to buy tickets and merchandise. We're just going to go ahead with the whole wait and see thing first.
