02-11-2020, 11:19 AM
I think it is mainly media driven as well. Seems like the national media and places like PFT tend to lean into the negative whenever they can when it comes to the Bengals. It’s why despite one of our players having their hair pulled by an opposing assistant coach on the sideline, and despite our RB getting knocked unconscious by a helmet to helmet hit, and despite the player who made the hit dancing on the center logo while our RB was still laying on the field, and despite having an opposing assistant coach talking trash on our side of the field, the narrative around the 2015 playoff game is still about the undisciplined, classless Bengals blowing the game with a cheap shot and stupid personal foul. Same reason the still bring up the issues we had with player arrests as well. That was what, 15 years ago? At this point, I feel like we just need to circle the wagons and enjoy as much of this as we can. Who knows, maybe all this hate will put a chip on our shoulder and it’ll motivate us for a run.
