Make the Trade!

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(09-08-2019, 10:16 PM)Tdscott11 Wrote: Why would I be banned? You're the one making personal attacks here. Me, I'm just pissed off that we lost and I'm pissed off that Andy Dalton continues to make the same mistakes after a decade of failure. I want this team to win. I don't care about the players on any kind of personal level. I want the BENGALS to win. Are we only allowed to say great things about players, even after multiple crucial turnovers that lead to a loss? I honestly don't understand all of the optimism following a loss. A loss is a loss is a loss is a loss. Winners win and losers lose. Today, they did just enough to lose and 90% of the board is giddy with excitement. Personally, I'm sick of losing.

You're not much on seeing the finer points.  Okay.  Not everybody is.  Let me break it down for you.

Seattle--had won their last 14 home games in September.  Bengals, coming off a six win season with a horrible defense and mediocre at best offense, most of the world predicting somewhere between 3 and 6 wins, 9.5 point underdogs, a practically unheard of number.  Brand new HC, first time DC.  Nobody knows what to expect.

What do we get?  A great effort, a game lost by about two or three plays, moving the ball, playing very tough defense, sacking Russell Wilson, holding the best rushing team in the league last year to under a hundred yards on the ground.

Reasonable fans are looking for hope, for signs that things are changing, that we might now actually have a real team on our hands.  Reasonable fans are not saying a bunch of bizarre, anger driven shit about people cracking their skulls, etc.