01-10-2024, 03:46 PM
(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.
Nice thread brother. It was a wild ride alright. Hope, no hope, hope, no hope lol
Hopefully Burrow gets healthy with the wrist and such and is ready to roll for our season opener next year for once without any injury.
I like that we found out we have a good backup QB in Browning. The holes are obvious and we have so many options to fill them. RT and DT.
The coaches need to learn from this season along with the players and we should be right back talkin' SB again.
We are due, this season was hard with our franchise QB injured for most the year and playing in the best Division ever in football.
Doubt this Division will be this good next year. The Division made history this year with all teams with a winning record. Never happened before.
