12-04-2024, 05:05 PM
(12-04-2024, 03:17 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: I understand a lot of what you say here wholeheartedly bud. The Blackburn girls growing up could help and we have seen some of it on social
media and such where they seem on top of their game. Maybe they can bring in some change and the old man cannot live forever. Sad when
anyone makes their life a problem for someone else, let alone millions of fans who give him money buying his product.
The thing is, I want the change you are talking about as well, but I have seen a start with the FA I mentioned in getting some top FA's in their
prime in Trey and DJ namely. Maybe more change will come, my Bengals spirit will always be strong and cannot be broken. I am weird this way
and only root for the team more when BS is going on. Karma has to change as well, I know some don't believe in this but when you are a team
like the stealers or Chefs and need the refs to help you win, that eventually catches up to you.
We will see how much change happens in the Offseason. If we fire the entire Defensive staff and Pollack and replace them with decent coaches
and have a decent FA and Draft we are right back in this thing with Burrow at the helm playing the best of his career.
I also understand what you are saying.
I will also elaborate on my "broke my spirit" feeling. I will always be a Bengals fan. I will always want them to win. I never want to see them lose, even for better draft position. I am a fierce competitor in sports, games, etc. The one and only time I ever wanted to see a loss was the Miami game to get Burrow if I am remembering that correctly. I will still watch every game, I will still put on my jersey, I will still make some kind of dip for the game. It's that I just don't feel any excitement really. Hopefully it comes back next year, but after that Patriots game it just disappeared this year.
The sudden swing from 31 years of being a laughing stock and losing in new and horrific ways to the insane excitement and hope after getting Burrow, Chase, Higgins, etc and almost winning a SB and then barely missing again the next year to almost instantly back to horrific crap again the last 2 years was just too much for my brain to overcome. Best I can describe it is that I went numb. Just unwilling to go through the excitement/hope and then ultimate outcome of losing again. A subconscious mental defense mechanism. I don't know. I just sit and watch pretty much emotionless expecting some disaster.
I used to be crazy insane. Jumping all around every touchdown, screaming, yelling, completely full of excitement and hope. It's just gone man and it sucks. I watch no other sports. And even if I did it would be the Reds and well....................they are not going to help the lack of excitement and numbness. Ha ha! I am not saying it makes my life sad. I am a very happy person, but when it comes to Bengals football I am just numb now.
Oh well. Hopefully the FO does make some changes that give me and others hope and next year this is just a distant bad memory as we destroy everyone on the way to the SB.
