What a ride this season

[Essex Johnson]

(01-09-2024, 10:54 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Well, it's over, and what a roller coaster ride it was. I remember back in pre-season and everyone was pumped, super Bowl run baby!!

And then the wheels started coming off the bus. Joe Burrow went down in camp and we sucked the first 4 games stumbling into a 1-3 record. How we beat LA ??? Hope was gone.

Then Joe got better and we ripped off 4 wins in a row including beating a decent Seahawks team and the good Bills and 49ers team, he's back. The playoffs and SB seemed back on the table.

Then we lost to a decent Texans team (CJ Stroud seems to be the real deal) and a bit of air came out of our sails. Then the boom was lowered again in the Ravens game, Joe's wrist and all hope was lost.....again. The Steelers game kinda confirmed that Jake Browning was taking us nowhere and I was calling it a season.

To the tune of Rocky, the light came back on!! Browning looked like the 2nd coming of Montana and we reeled off 3 wins in a row. Hope was restored.

The 2nd Steelers game brought us back to reality and pretty much the season was over in one foul swoop.

Please can the football gods smile on us next season and Joe Burrow have a full pre-season and we play the Oline a bit there. And more importantly can Joe stay healthy all season? Aren't we due?? I can't handle the drama anymore haha.

I see it has glass half full, at this point im not sure we can trust Burrow with his health and with this injury how it might impact his throwing, but we also found out that Browning can play in this league. Actually his stats over the last 6 games were the best of any starting QB according to Lapham... so we are not a ship adrift if Burrow goes down or has to sit a few games at start of season. We need to improve in some areas regardless who is QB and if it is Browning maybe with that improvement we have a better chance to win games if he needs to take over