09-16-2024, 01:30 PM
(09-15-2024, 11:20 PM)Ell Prez Wrote: Well, you don’t know me, but I suppose you know my posts. I’m a realist. I’ve been a Bengals fan since 2002. I’ve been reading the boards since 2002. And I’ve been burned so many times by the bengals. I don’t complain, I call things like I see them.
This team played better. But they’re not a superbowl team this year. And I was hopeful they could be. But I saw their deficiencies this off season and didn’t believe they improved enough to make a post season run. My gripes were not getting better at DL and run D and also the O line. We signed T Brown and I said that wasn’t good enough. I stand behind that, although they’ve played better.
I love chase. He’s my favorite player. I have him in both my fantasy leagues even though he wasn’t Best available. But he was an ass today and caused us field position, while also laying a dud. JJ is doubled ever single week and still puts up #s. So far this year, chase has been pretty silent. And Joe burrow has been pretty bad.
I love Hendrickson and can never say anything bad about him. I defended him when he wanted more money, because I think he deserves it.
I’m not a Steelers fan. I’m not a bandwagon fan. I’m not a Homer. I’m a guy who spends way too much time on here, and way too much of my emotional currency on the Bengals. I want it to be worth it. And it’s not. It wasn’t last year either. The Bengals need to make a superbowl to be successful in my eyes. I wouldn’t say that about any Palmer or Dalton team. Burrow is special. But he hasn’t been the same since the Super Bowl. Im sorry you don’t like my posts or pessimism. I also don’t like peoples blind optimism like everything is okay because we only lost by 1.
The problem is it isn't blind optimism, we all know this team starts slow and it only took 2 games this time to wake up unlike last
year when it took 4 or 5. When we went to the Super Bowl a couple years back we looked worse than this early as well. You are
clearly showing blind negativism because of all the frustrating years of being a Bengals fan and I understand this, but it is different
now and we very well could be a Super Bowl team again this season.
Don't give up on them just yet, we have 15 more games to play and just played Mahomes and the Chiefs to the wire and had a
great chance of winning if not for a rookie mistake.
(09-15-2024, 11:47 PM)BengalYankee Wrote: If this was the Marv years we would be 2-0 or 1-1 as he was way better than Zac in September.
It's January when Zac is better than Marv.
Yep, much rather it be the Zac way than the Marv way.
