09-20-2018, 06:24 PM
(09-20-2018, 04:25 PM)Hoofhearted Wrote: How could he not tho? Why would he even bring it up when talking about an extension?
Well again, you could chalk it up as Carson being naive, blissfully ignorant (he said in an interview not too long ago that when entering the draft he would have gladly played for any team, and that he believed he could turn around any franchise and make them a contender... Fast forward to 2010 and Carson realized not even he was above Mike Browns dysfunction...)
Or, like most of us, Carson simply believed that the franchise had really turned a corner, and all the negative stuff about Mike Brown was in the rear view mirror. Again, he signed the contract extension in December 2005, I believe only a day or so after we demolished Detroit to lock up the AFC North. This was probably the best time to be a Bengal fan in the past 30 years. We had respect nationwide, we weren't viewed as "dirty" or "criminals" yet. It was okay and extremely fun to be a Bengal fan. Nearly everyone was happy for the team. There was no better time to sign an extension...
And yet, sadly... We all know how that turned out. We were duped. Mike Brown was still Mike Brown. We were all just too blinded by our jubilation to realize who was still in charge of this franchise.
