(11-17-2015, 10:12 AM)The Real Deal Wrote: Last night was aggravating, disappointing, disgusting and hard to stomach. These things cannot be argued. Last night allowed fear and doubt to infiltrate most, if not all, of our minds when it comes to big center stage games. We fear this team will once again be ousted early in the playoffs. If anyone says some of these worries and emotions did not enter their mind at some point last night or this morning, they are probably lying. These worries and emotions are warranted. Nobody is wrong for thinking or feeling this way. We are fans, which is short for fanatics, it's what we do.

But the sky is not falling, my friends. This team is still the exact same team we were 'fanatically' touting last week as one of, if not THE best team in the nfl. This team still has loads of talent and depth that, quite frankly,  no other team in football has.  With that point in mind, there were no major injuries and we still have the healthiest team in football.

The sky is not falling.

This defense, with the return of Tez, has  become a force. Looking every bit of a top 3 or 5 defense giving up less than 300 total yards per game and stonewalling teams to the tune of 10 points per game.

The sky is not falling.

Now I cannot defend the offense we saw last night, but I'll leave with this. How many of you really believe that last night is what we will see out of this offense the rest of the way? It was a bad night, sure. Dalton played poorly. Eifert ate fried chicken or heavily buttered corn on the cob before the game last night. AJ fumbles on a potential and seemingly promising game winning drive. It was a rough night for this offense, no doubt. But it was an aberration. As hard as it may be to see right now,  this offense still is and will be great as the season moves forward. So I say again...

The sky is not falling.
No, the sky is not falling. But the middle of the season is upon us and we all know how that effects a certain player on our offense. Here we go......

(11-17-2015, 10:12 AM)The Real Deal Wrote: Last night was aggravating, disappointing, disgusting and hard to stomach. These things cannot be argued. Last night allowed fear and doubt to infiltrate most, if not all, of our minds when it comes to big center stage games. We fear this team will once again be ousted early in the playoffs. If anyone says some of these worries and emotions did not enter their mind at some point last night or this morning, they are probably lying. These worries and emotions are warranted. Nobody is wrong for thinking or feeling this way. We are fans, which is short for fanatics, it's what we do.

But the sky is not falling, my friends. This team is still the exact same team we were 'fanatically' touting last week as one of, if not THE best team in the nfl. This team still has loads of talent and depth that, quite frankly,  no other team in football has.  With that point in mind, there were no major injuries and we still have the healthiest team in football.

The sky is not falling.

This defense, with the return of Tez, has  become a force. Looking every bit of a top 3 or 5 defense giving up less than 300 total yards per game and stonewalling teams to the tune of 10 points per game.

The sky is not falling.

Now I cannot defend the offense we saw last night, but I'll leave with this. How many of you really believe that last night is what we will see out of this offense the rest of the way? It was a bad night, sure. Dalton played poorly. Eifert ate fried chicken or heavily buttered corn on the cob before the game last night. AJ fumbles on a potential and seemingly promising game winning drive. It was a rough night for this offense, no doubt. But it was an aberration. As hard as it may be to see right now,  this offense still is and will be great as the season moves forward. So I say again...

The sky is not falling.
No, the sky is not falling. But the middle of the season is upon us and we all know how that effects a certain player on our offense. Here we go......

(11-17-2015, 10:46 AM)Sabretooth Wrote: Less worry about Hue leaving now

(11-17-2015, 10:15 AM)jj22 Wrote: The sky fell long time ago. We thought it might have been patched back up, but how they lost last nights has put that in question.

(11-17-2015, 10:46 AM)Sabretooth Wrote: Less worry about Hue leaving now

(11-17-2015, 11:06 AM)Whacked Wrote: lol. Sad but true. 

(11-17-2015, 10:24 AM)corpjet Wrote: Sometimes a team needs a good ole beating to keep them level, this wasn't a beating but surely will make them think they aren't unstoppable when they don't play on all cylinders.

All will be fine, we have a great test this week against the "Quitter"

Time to rebound and get back on our winning ways

(11-17-2015, 11:23 AM)PhilHos Wrote: I will say that I didn't like the loss, but I'm glad I don't have to worry anymore about "will they go undefeated all season". 'Cause if they went 16-0 in the regular season, the pressure to win a playoff game would magnify tenfold and the Bengals already are facing more pressure than ANYONE to win a playoff game.

(11-17-2015, 10:49 AM)Hammerthis Wrote: No, the sky is not falling. But the middle of the season is upon us and we all know how that effects a certain player on our offense. Here we go......

(11-17-2015, 11:57 AM)Devils Advocate Wrote: Losing one game or 3 or 4 more isn't gonna change the fact that Hugh's gonna be mentioned for vacancies all over the league and it's not just because of a stupid rule. 

Let's just hope he doesn't end up in Cleveland.