Two Plays That Spell "Culture Change"

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(12-19-2022, 11:10 AM)leonardfan40 Wrote: It’s not just about those two plays though. Look at those entire DRIVES. I’ve never seen a Bengals team, or ANY team for that matter, have so many of these dominating game sealing drives in one season.

Both drives you mentioned (really we had 2 vs KC, one to take the lead and one to ice it) we had one against Atlanta, one against Tennessee and another vs Pittsburgh.

The “Big boy” or “F you” drives where the offense just comes out and says “we are better than you, you can not stop us and you will not win this game”. When these drives start, the game is still in question. After a few plays, everyone watching realizes the game is over even if there is still 7 minutes left. One team is in complete control and the other team is nothing but a helpless bystander.

I love those drives. We used to only see them when they were happening against us, but now we get to enjoy completely demoralizing the enemy at the end of a hard fought game because this team will not be denied.

Those two plays were the signatures that evidenced the new attitude here in the Queen City but, yes, you are right, the game-sealing long drives almost never happened for us in the past.  The fourth quarter drive yesterday started with about nine and a half minutes left and Joe threw the pass to Wilcox with around 2:20 remaining. That's over SEVEN freaking minutes!!!  That's a "my schlong is bigger than your schlong" opponent-demoralizing drive.