6 hours ago
(Yesterday, 12:44 PM)Whacked Wrote: Fellow miserable Bengals fans ….
I’m consistently guilty of being in the camp of piling on when we lose - driven from disappointment, but some perspective here:
The Bengals lost to:
Pats by 6 pts
*This one is inexcusable !!
Chiefs by 3 points (last minute)
*They are 9-1 and playoff-bound
Washington by 5 points (close game overall)
*They are 7-4 and playoff-bound
Rats by 3 points (last minute)
Rats by 1 points (last minute)
*They are 7-4 and playoff-bound
Eagles by 20 points — this one is inexcusable
*They are 8-2 and playoff-bound
Chargers by 7 points (last minute)
*They are 7-3 and playoff-bound
I know the record tells us - we are exactly what it says we are and we came up short when it mattered. That said, we hung w all of these playoff teams (except for Philly).
All of this said, we have also only beaten garbage teams sooo there’s that too
This team is average at best but a few tweaks and we may be ok next year. Not sure we need a giant overhaul - other than on D - to be competitive.
We do not need a giant overhaul, we need to fix a couple of problem spots. Now to do that, we need to decide if our corners suck because the D-line can't get any pressure (except for Trey) and get better pass rushers, or get better corners. Personally, I think another quality pass rusher to match with Trey fixes a LOT of problems, and I think our new DT's are going to be fine. Fig Newton and Turner andHill when they are back improves our corner situation (re-sign Hilton) Get rid of Rankins and spend his money on someone else. Offense is fine. Tee is probably gone, so maybe draft a fast receiver to put across from Chase (one that doesn't constantly have his head up his ass) Probably need to pick up some guards as well.
