Hostile Environment on Sunday?

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(12-09-2022, 06:45 PM)Speedy Thomas Wrote: Brad, I love and respect you, but paying homage to the past is something we do to honor the legacy of those who have come before.

Were it not for the Brown family, specifically Paul Brown, it would have been the Indianapolis Bengals.  Or the Nashville Bengals.  Or the Baltimore Bengals.  

Of course it's the Joe Burrow era.  And selling the naming rights is something that had to be done.  But it will always be Paul Brown's Bengals.  And to me and a lot of others, it will always be Paul Brown Stadium.

Of course. 

I didn't mean as disrespect towards the Brown family and Paul Brown did so much for the city of Cincinnati and the NFL in general, but I just mean that calling the stadium by the new name feels like we're evolving as a franchise.

I agree about paying homage to the people that even created the Bengals, but we did it to continue growing as a franchise, so I don't think that they'd mind too much.

I'm sure that some don't see it that way and it will always be Paul Brown stadium to them, and that's completely fine, but I just see it as moving forward.