We Can Still Punt For Penei

[MileHighGrowler]

(12-23-2020, 07:01 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: Where did I say Fix things ?  I am saying winning is more important than a single #3 pick in the draft for this team.
ZT and players feel they are closer than many on the board etc.. by winning out ( 3 games, 2 against playoff contenders which is much difference than 1 win against Browns in Dalton's last game and  actually almost tripling the wins from last year 2 to 5.5 starts to build that believe.. the mental game is very important to the physical game especially doing this without so many pieces that you thought you would have hurt or gone by end of season. 
 Also if our defense continues to play well over 2nd half of the season just adds to the importance if getting wins and building that mentality
 

You said fixes right here:  

(12-23-2020, 06:21 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: If we beat Houston and Baltimore that will go a longer way in fixing the Bengals than drafting Penei.. so lets  WIN OUT... 

Also, no disrespect at all, but I don't give a rat's backside how "close" ZT feels this team is.  He hasn't been able to get these guys motivated or over the hump in all the close games they've had.  They've gotten blown out in others.  His playcalling makes no sense.  He sails like a ship without a rudder.  So he goes into a presser and says they're close.  Of course he does!  Is he going to admit that he's in over his head and has no clue how to manage an NFL football team?  He won't even admit that his OC duties he's taken on aren't bearing fruit or might be distracting him and letting someone else step in.  The guy's an ego trip.  So I don't really care what he says, I don't believe it.  

I saw a team on Monday night that played with some energy.  Earlier in the season I saw Burrow go out and try to take the team on his back to win games.  I don't credit ZT with any of that.  I don't expect a team of professionals to come out and declare they think ZT is a joke.  I don't expect the Brown family to come out mid-season and say it, either.  But I don't think winning out this year is a magical pill filled with confidence that takes this team to 9 or 10 wins next year.  There is more the team needs to do to get to that place, and while winning is nice, I just don't think it makes much of a difference to what happens 9 months from now.