12-30-2023, 05:51 PM
(12-30-2023, 02:49 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: In separate posts you've said words to that effect, so fine, I'll bite:
Why? Why does it matter that the Browns are motivated against the Bengals? Why is a win against a motivated Browns team good but a win against a resting Browns team bad? When we rested against the Browns the last week of 2021, the NFL didn't place an asterisk next to the score of that game. The Browns include that game as part of the evidence of their dominance over us the past few seasons, their fans certainly do, anyway, and everyone just accepts that. So now, they may return the favor to us and provide us with (potentially) a lay-up win. A win that could very well help us secure a playoff spot. And, after all, that's the point to all this, yes? So again: why is the Browns' motivation so important?
I’d rather not have a layup to make the playoffs, we need to earn it. At least from a fan’s psyche lol. That would sit in the back of my mind if they got bounced in the first round, they weren’t supposed to be there anyway. I think it helps the bengals a lot if they played a full strength browns team and beat them to get into the playoffs.
I don’t think this team is superbowl bound anyway so not sure it matters but I wonder if you can find a superbowl winning team that won their last game to get into the playoffs from another team that was resting lol.
Imagine kc was already locked up a number one and wanted to rest their starters too, it’d be two games to let the bengals in lol. Don’t know, wouldn’t seem right to me. At this point Cleveland probably wants to let the Bengals in based on prior dominance, would be nice to show them it’s not as easy as it seems.
I think it only helps if they knew the browns were trying their best to win and couldn’t, vs not.
My perspective is probably different because I live in CLE, had a lot of browns fans saying we suck ass after burrows nightmare Halloween showing. My only comeback was we can lose to you and still make the superbowl, we did it before lol.
