(11-26-2020, 04:33 PM)BengalRed Wrote: The only thing that would make me abandon this team is if they were to sign Kaepernick. I'd be gone in a split second.

(11-26-2020, 10:48 AM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: You'll be back when Joseph is healthy, that is the only reason to watch, anyway...

(11-26-2020, 04:30 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: Okay Mr. fan police.

I think Gramps can leave and come back anytime he feels like.

Anyone who is a fan of this inept team can go on vacation from this fan-frickin-tastic shitshow.

I think it's hilarious that someone has no empathy for a person obviously emotionally invested in a historically bad team.

It's fans that only know a handful of players on the team or blank stare you when discussing the team I have little respect for.

Not someone who is  saddened/pissed/frustrated who follows the team intensely.

(11-25-2020, 10:55 AM)grampahol Wrote: Nothing changes..nothing improves and nobody gets the hook and when they do they just hire dumber than the one they fired. 
It's not a personal issue with this board. This board deserves better, but I'm done with the Cincinnati Bengals after all these years...and my phone crapped out this morning to make it even better.. 
Thinking about getting my mind away from this mess I have a big job this week to fix up a big house in a high dollar neighborhood full of rotting windows.. maybe I'll buy the team with the proceeds.. Yeah...right..lol

(11-26-2020, 06:28 PM)kalibengal Wrote: Sorry I have to chuckle at this post as its the standard yearly sentiment we see on this board due to the ineptitude we witness yr after yr . My guess is you will back at some point to discuss the draft and that Burrows recovery is quicker then anticipated etc. Its just part of being a fan of this team.....unfortunately every yr we start taking draft way too early to even care.   Go fix some windows and see you in a month. :andy:    

(11-26-2020, 01:53 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I mean, the Washington game was 9-7, with us about to punt from inside our own 20.

Could we have won?  Sure.  Could we have lost?  Sure.  I'd say the odds were about a coin-flip.

Dallas, the Giants, and Houston are not gimme games, even with Burrow.

Dallas is coming off a relatively decent win againt the Vikings.  Prior to that, they had the lead on the Steelers the entire game, up until the 2:14 left in the game.  This with a QB signed off the street.  They've gotten some key pieces back, and their defense has been playing better.

The Giants have gotten lot better recently and are probably better than most realize.  They've won 2 in a row, and all 3 of their wins have come within the last 5 games.  Their two losses over that span came by totals of 2 and 1.  And one was to the Bucs.

Houston has looked like a different team since they cleaned house, and Raheem Morris took over. They've gone 2-1 over their last 3, with the lone loss coming against the Browns in a 10-7 game.  They just beat the Patriots, who aren't terrible.  They're 3-3 since Morris took over.

I'm not pointing any of this out to make these teams sound like world-beaters.  I'm just saying it's not like they're not the Jets.  All of these games are coin-flip types of games.

You can't just arbitarily come up with the idea that if Burrow were healthy we're 3-1 over these teams (Wash, NYG, Dal, Hou) and treat it as the likely outcome.  We'd be just as likely to 1-3 as we would 3-1.

Regardless of any of this, we have no idea what the final record would have been.  Going back and hypothetically changing things to assign pretend wins just seems like a waste of time.  Any way you shake it, this team is still finishing well under .500.

(11-26-2020, 02:50 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I believe that losing teams can always point to a bunch of games and can say "if only". That is what makes them a losing team. Good teams win those games.

This is just the "one score game" argument from last year. That is WHY you are a bad team. Good teams win those games. Beatdowns like the Ravens/Steelers games are not the norm. Most games are decided by 1 score in the NFL.

We have been talking about Burrow getting hurt behind a shitty OL passing a ton per game and taking all those hits. He got hurt. Nobody was REALLY surprised. So how can you count theoretical victories when the inevitable happened?

(11-26-2020, 04:33 PM)BengalRed Wrote: The only thing that would make me abandon this team is if they were to sign Kaepernick. I'd be gone in a split second.

(11-27-2020, 02:55 PM)jason Wrote: To each their own, but we cheered a guy for years who punched women, spit on cops, paralyzed a bouncer, and help cost us what would've been the biggest win in 30 games.

(11-27-2020, 04:13 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Years

(11-25-2020, 10:55 AM)grampahol Wrote: Nothing changes..nothing improves and nobody gets the hook and when they do they just hire dumber than the one they fired. 
It's not a personal issue with this board. This board deserves better, but I'm done with the Cincinnati Bengals after all these years...and my phone crapped out this morning to make it even better.. 
Thinking about getting my mind away from this mess I have a big job this week to fix up a big house in a high dollar neighborhood full of rotting windows.. maybe I'll buy the team with the proceeds.. Yeah...right..lol

(11-27-2020, 09:13 PM)SladeX Wrote: In my best Tommy Chong:
"I've done that, maaan!"