03-22-2022, 07:20 PM
(03-22-2022, 04:04 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Two things hurt the general public's opinion of the Bengals.
1. We won so many big games in the final seconds. Those games make us look lucky instead of good.
2. Fourteen weeks into the season we were 7-6 and did not look anything like a Super Bowl team. This makes our Super Bowl run look like just a "hot streak" instead of the sustained success of a legitimate powerhouse.
I follow an NFL discussion thread on another forum (mix of different team's fans), and the general consensus was that the Bengals are legit and they just need a better O-line. The same conclusion seems to have been made in my workplace (I live in NYC). I do think the Bengals have gained at least a decent amount of respect after this last season.
I definitely don't have my doubts after beating KC twice in one season with a horrible O-line.
