01-01-2016, 09:37 PM
I was at the 2013 Bengals @ Steelers game when it was clear the Bengals were winning the AFC North and the Steelers weren't making the playoffs. More than one person said something to the tune of "Let the Bengals make the playoffs, they aren't going to win anything." The jerk was right 2 games into our current 4 game post-season losing streak.
I don't blame the fans of certain teams for having annoyingly high levels of confidence. I fully expect Seahawks, Steelers, and Patriots fans to go into the playoffs thinking "Who cares about records or injuries, OUR team is the most dangerous and awesome and gonna win 'em all!" because those teams HAVE done that sort of thing (though it's been a while for the Steelers).
But what can we do? We like to talk about the Bengals being the most talented team in the NFL, but we don't want to admit that we massively underachieve in the post-season? Can you have it both ways? We either aren't as talented as we think we are, or we're just not getting it done. As of now it seems our detractors think we ARE talented, but don't execute. I can't disagree until I see differently.
I don't blame the fans of certain teams for having annoyingly high levels of confidence. I fully expect Seahawks, Steelers, and Patriots fans to go into the playoffs thinking "Who cares about records or injuries, OUR team is the most dangerous and awesome and gonna win 'em all!" because those teams HAVE done that sort of thing (though it's been a while for the Steelers).
But what can we do? We like to talk about the Bengals being the most talented team in the NFL, but we don't want to admit that we massively underachieve in the post-season? Can you have it both ways? We either aren't as talented as we think we are, or we're just not getting it done. As of now it seems our detractors think we ARE talented, but don't execute. I can't disagree until I see differently.
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