10-18-2021, 12:59 PM
(10-18-2021, 12:20 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: I don't know. Someone in a thread yesterday said something to the effect that 'this team can beat any other team and any other team can beat this team.' That perfectly crystalized the feeling I had about this team this year but had not put into words. Every game is not a crapshoot, but both a win and loss are reasonably possible.
Yes, we should have and did beat the Lions, but I don't fault anyone, given the above sentiment, who thought the reverse was possible.
It's one thing to worry that we might not be as good as we hope we are and/or a team like the Lions can somehow get the win. But PREDICTING a Lions' victory is another thing and those people should be embarrassed. Because they're not saying "Oh I worry that we'll play down to the Lions and lose". They were saying that the Bengals WILL lose and that the Lions are somehow a better team than we are.