I think that is the clear point we can point at as when we jumped the shark. Our team got too enamored with sniffing their own farts, lost our edge, and lost sight that we have to keep getting better every year or we will get worse. Don't need to get work in the preseason because week 1 and 2 are pointless, we will still make the playoffs and we don't need home playoff games because we can win in the road. As of the playoffs are just automatically granted to you because you think you deserve it.

2 year window of enjoyment and now it is closed because of arrogance.



(Forgive me a bit of a rant thread, I normally don't do this but this loss really kills whatever excitement I had left for this year.)

Marvin Lewis was here forever without even winning a playoff game, Zac Taylor went to the Super Bowl and AFC Championship game, do you honestly think Mike Brown and company would make a change after this season?

Lou is a horrible DC, 2 good years out of 6 and Joe Burrow and Chase cover up the god awful Zac Taylor run offense.

The biggest loser as usual is the fans, excited about having a competitive team with a shot to go somewhere only to see this finished product on the field after an off year to prepare with the coaching and horrible front office preparing this team in the draft and FA. Pathetic....

We do have the very worst defense in the NFL.

We do have fans that are complaining about Burrow and the offense. These fans deserve this defense.

436 Yards Total Offense
312 Passing Yards
124 Rushing Yards
7.3 Yards Per play
33 Points

All of this with the defense getting ZERO stops.

But Burrow isnt good anymore and the offense didnt score enough.

I legitimately don’t see one on the schedule.

You can fire Zac Taylor and Lou  all you want but this defense is 100% a result of piss poor management and shitty drafting. If this FO remains;the problems that are holding back this team will remain.

Multiple Free agency  failures 

Letting Jessie Bates go- F

Letting DJ Reader go- F 

Multiple draft failures 

Jackson Carmen over Creed Humphrey 

Trey Hill over Trey Smith

Zach Carter over Zach Tom 

The days of embarrassing redzone offense can come to an end.

No way you guys can continue with him. Joe Burrow's career is going to go to waste.

Well that healthy scratch of a WR should make some happy

Safety Vonn Bell is active for the #Bengals, but DTs Sheldon Rankins and B.J. Hill are out.

The other inactives are:
WR Trenton Irwin
OL Jaxson Kirkland
TE Tanner McLachlan
TE Tanner Hudson

— Jay Morrison (@ByJayMorrison) September 23, 2024

OK, he doesn't have many carries yet. 7 carries for 42 yards.  Still, 6 yards a carry might be worth giving him a few more touches.  We saw last year that if he gets past the trenches, he has long gain ability, break away speed.  Speed you can't teach.  Might be something to watch for as Bengals move forward, if this kid breaks out and becomes Bengals #1 back, it could happen.  Whatever Bengals have to do to WIN.  Hey, if the guy from Indy helps them WIN, so be it.  Start getting some Wins though.

Bengals tried a sweep in Red Zone against Chiefs, and announcer said Bengals  RB should have cut it up into the hole.  No gain on the play.  That's the old Lombardi Paul Hornung goal line sweep pretty much, it calls for a speed back. Chase Brown might have got outside and cut up into a gap faster, maybe for a touchdown in the Red Zone, but it wasn't Brown in on the play. 

As expected help for the DL is found on the PS

We elevated DT Domenique Davis from the practice squad to the active roster for tonight’s game. pic.twitter.com/st1kB1Xt7w

— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) September 23, 2024

I started working on a new theme a few months back to replace the current mobile theme...but it got put on the shelf because I just didn't have the time. I've started working on it again, and it's currently about 85-90% finished. It's meant to be fully responsive and optimized to work on all devices. 

If you guys could check it out and give me your feedback, especially if you notice any issues, it would be greatly appreciated.

You can view the responsive theme by going to the theme selector at the bottom right corner of the board and selecting 'Responsive'. 

When you want to return to the theme you were using, just find the paintbrush icon at the bottom right of the responsive theme and select your theme.

Thanks, BJ