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(02-02-2023, 11:27 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: While I completely agree with this, I can't help but feel that the Bengals lost because KC was better on that day, not because of the officiating.  It was really, really bad, but they overcame it and were damn near there at the end to win it.  

My hope (and Zac said it very well, so I have faith in this) is that the team doesn't go on thinking they lost because of the officiating.  They lost because they couldn't protect Burrow, plain and simple.  Joe was still figuring it out and getting his ass beat along the way, but KC was simply better.  

The Bengals showed the same issues with depth on the offensive line, and maybe a bit at WR.  They will surely address these things again, and without an exploding internal organ to sidetrack his offseason for a month, I think Burrow will have these guys here again next year (maybe at home?) because he is simply that good.  

WHO DEY, and "wait until next year" actually means something now.  

For sure

I think we got hosed on the officiating, quite a bit as well, however. That's not the "real" reason we lost. Like you say and me and many others. We lost because the Oline, once again, got beat like a drum.

I pray the do some serious addressing of the Oline this offseason. We're not in as bad a shape as we were after the Super Bowl. But IMHO we still need a good bit of help.