Goats of the game

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(11-17-2015, 03:37 AM)West Union KennyG Wrote: Just going to the 1988 49ers team - first Super Bowl team I thought of:

They lost games that season to Atlanta 34-17;
And looked very flat losing to Chicago 10-9 AND losing to the Raiders 9-3.

Again, perspective.  I know we're not used to rooting for a good football team.  But it's really unreasonable in an NFL season to never expect your team to be flat in a game or two - heck, maybe even 3 - and still be a Super Bowl caliber team.  You don't go to extremes of being either the Patriots or the Browns.  And even the Patriots will have a game they look flat and lose in this season.  Just wait.

I hear ya, but it just seems like the games where we come out "flat" are fairly predictable.  The Bengals have just established a bit of a trend that involves prime-time flatness, followed by playoff flatness.  It's all just getting too reliable to see coming, too.