Mel Kiper defends the Bengals.

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(04-15-2020, 12:35 PM)caneyoufeelit Wrote: Why is everyone so indignant that some in the media would question whether Burrow would play here? What evidence do they have that we are an organization that is trying to win?

Not sure why Mel is talking about he 80's. . . .they don't even count. The entire was argument, in my mind, was driven by the fact that the Bengals aren't really trying to win, which has been pretty evident. Most of those organizations were trying to win but were pretty terrible about it.. . . just like we were.

Because the narrative started with a false premise. Florio and others decided flat out that Joe didn’t want to play here and have pushed that story despite no evidence to the contrary. Additionally, even though any team with the first pick has to be coming off a bad season, they act like this team is somehow the worst of the worst.