02-01-2023, 07:19 AM
(01-30-2023, 03:45 PM)Bbeagle Wrote: The Bengals were a feel-good team. For someone who was tired over the Bills and KC getting all the attention, they could instead root for this underdog instead. Then came the week before the Bills game and there was all this trash-talking about how much more superior the Bengals were.
The whole 'we were ahead 7-3' 6 minutes in, and the NFL should give us a win for that. And acting like you're the only team that got screwed. The Bills got completely screwed too. Their entire season was playing for #1 and the bye to play KC in the championship game at home. And that was taken away from them after the Hamlin game. It's possible that game would have happened if the Bills got a bye and played Jacksonville instead of Dolphins then Bengals.
The whole 'We won 9 games in a row - we're dominating!'. Do you realize the Bills won 8 games in a row going into the Cincinnati game? Trash talking when you're pretty much the same is strange.
'The NFL disrespected us' - ummm.... you did NOTHING for this 'great respect'. KC has been great for 5 years. The Bills have been great for 3 years. Cincinnati surprised everyone by going to the Superbowl, then started 0-2, 2-3, 4-4.... losing to teams like Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Some good games against crappy teams like the Saints, Panthers and Falcons. There is nothing there to respect.
Yeah, the Bengals are a good team, but not an elite team. It takes time to EARN that. This fan base has been suffering for 30 years, how do they get so cocky and arrogant so quickly? Yes, it was possible they could have gotten to the Superbowl this year, with even 1 play gone differently yesterday, but ACT like underdogs not kings.
Then this trash-talking about the Atlanta ticket sales. Everyone saw through this and can't believe Bengals fans believed this half-truth Donald Trumpesque lie. Cincinnati was selling tickets for a possible Bengals/Jax game. KC was selling tickets for a possible Bengals/KC game, and Buffalo was selling tickets for a possible Bills/Jax game. That's 100% normal in the NFL. They always sell the tickets early.
Then the Arrowhead / Burrow-head crap. You don't give free bulletin board material to the opposing team!
Many of my friends (who main team is not the Bengals) say they were Bengals fans 4 weeks ago, but not now.
I can agree with your point about our cancelled game. I also didn't feel like the Bengals should be awarded a win because of under 10 minutes of football. It didn't sit right with me.
However, we got punished for that way more than you did, for reasons completely unknown. You lost the shot at the #1, however you wouldn't have been punished by going to Arrowhead. We lost the shot at the #2, and guess where we had to go? We had to go to your place. Completely inconsistent.
If you really think there's nothing to respect about a team going from 4-4 to 14-4... I don't know what to say man. I agree we don't command 'equal' respect to the Chiefs, as they've achieved more than we have. But who else should command more respect in the AFC as of right now? I have tons of respect for your Bills and I would generally like to see them win the SB if the Bengals are out, but while you've been better for a season or two more than we have, you haven't been to the Super Bowl, and you haven't been to the AFCCG back-to-back. Isn't a lot between our teams, but we have clearly achieved a little more recently than you guys and the rest of the AFC (bar KC). There's nothing wrong with our fanbase being proud of it.
Agree you don't give bulletin board material to teams etc, but come on man, the 'trash talk' coming out of the Bengals has been really weak stuff. If this is really putting people off of the Bengals, those people need to look at themselves. Us nullifying the neutral site AFCCG and then saying 'better get those refunds!' is about as weak as 'trash talk' can get. Our worst trash talker is Eli Apple, who is largely derided by the entire league, and Bengals fans generally agree with everybody else on that one.
I just think you're being pretty unfair on us.
