Yesterday, 10:00 PM
I think the Denver game after Christmas was one of the best I've ever attended. It was the only game worth the price of the ticket this year. Driving home, it felt like the team re-emphasized what they were truly capable of being to the fans and everyone else watching. We saw an elite offense and a group of players with the character to fight to the bitter end. I've watched that Hard Knocks episode 2 dozen times and it never gets old. Makes me want to run through a wall every single time.
For me and likely many other fans, it re-ingnited hope for what the Burrow era can and should be. It made the disappointing season seem like a bump in the road to something that was going to be inevitably better.
What worries me now is that I think this positivity is largely gone. The reasonable expectation of urgency has been shot down. The process of maintaining and enhancing the roster has been excruciating since the beginning of August.
It doesn't feel like the people that own this team are driven to win. People talk in a derogatory way about "winning the offseason" and how it doesn't equate to success in the regular season. That shouldn't cause people to lose sight of what's happening here. This is literally the best chance this organization will ever have to win a title. They may never have a quarterback of this caliber again in our lifetimes. Maybe ever. They've already gotten him beat to shit. Now they want to drag feet and let them wither on the vine.
Two things could be happening IMO. They either no longer have the resources to compete in modern personnel aquistion or they lack the logistical ability. If it's not one of those, then they really just don't give a shit about winning. Take your pick, but what's happening here is something more than just MB being stubborn or a lack of scouts. It's a deer in the headlights failure. it's paralysis when agility is needed.
I hope I'm wrong, but I think what we are seeing is bigger than one disappointing offseason. They might have maxed out their abilities as a franchise. I have a real fear that we are seeing the beginning of the end of the Cincinnati Bengals.
For me and likely many other fans, it re-ingnited hope for what the Burrow era can and should be. It made the disappointing season seem like a bump in the road to something that was going to be inevitably better.
What worries me now is that I think this positivity is largely gone. The reasonable expectation of urgency has been shot down. The process of maintaining and enhancing the roster has been excruciating since the beginning of August.
It doesn't feel like the people that own this team are driven to win. People talk in a derogatory way about "winning the offseason" and how it doesn't equate to success in the regular season. That shouldn't cause people to lose sight of what's happening here. This is literally the best chance this organization will ever have to win a title. They may never have a quarterback of this caliber again in our lifetimes. Maybe ever. They've already gotten him beat to shit. Now they want to drag feet and let them wither on the vine.
Two things could be happening IMO. They either no longer have the resources to compete in modern personnel aquistion or they lack the logistical ability. If it's not one of those, then they really just don't give a shit about winning. Take your pick, but what's happening here is something more than just MB being stubborn or a lack of scouts. It's a deer in the headlights failure. it's paralysis when agility is needed.
I hope I'm wrong, but I think what we are seeing is bigger than one disappointing offseason. They might have maxed out their abilities as a franchise. I have a real fear that we are seeing the beginning of the end of the Cincinnati Bengals.
