What is happening?

[MileHighGrowler]

(03-21-2021, 08:03 PM)Destro Wrote: As long as me. I was a huge Boomer fan. It isn't about giving up, it is of expecting more. Going through the popular, developmental years in the '90's as a Bengals fan, it was rough to be a Bengals fan in school. I feel I have seen enough bad football to know it when I see it. The Bengals continue to do that. 

A person who never made a mistake? "A" mistake. Unless you are just taking about Paul Brown's rhythm method, this has never been about a single mistake. This is systemic. 

I agree with this.  Not about giving up, but expecting more.  This team has the same ability as any other team to bring in the coaches, bring in the players, and compete with the league every year.  I don't want to compare this team to itself, I compare it to the teams around the league.  

I'm super optimistic as well, because why shouldn't I be?  This org has the same chance as every other team to bring home the Lombardi.  Where it gets really frustrating though is when they squander the chances, don't make the moves, don't leverage the resources.  I don't expect the team to sit at the top of the mountain year after year, because really in the course of history it's impossible to stay there truly for long.  But there's no reason this team can't compete.  Optimism leads to some of the biggest let-downs, though.  Do that for multiple decades and it's easy to see why some are just always ready for the other shoe to drop when one good thing happens.