Bengals Don't Quit....That Is Their Best Attribute

[Essex Johnson]

(01-23-2016, 12:15 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: 1.) Taking pride in "not quitting" after a loss, especially a playoff loss, seems like such a loser's mentality. Save the moral victories for the high school kids, who are playing for free and need the life lessons.  In a league filled with billionaire owners and millionaire employees, the top 1% of "the 1%", it's results that matter and nothing else.

2.)  We were down two possessions in a playoff game (everything on the line, win or go home).  Exactly how many teams quit in that situation?  Seriously, are the many (if any at all) NFL teams that pack it in when only down two scores?  Now the Bills, when they were down 28-3 in the 2nd half, that's a little different.  A team coming back from two possessions happens pretty much every single week in this league.

I don't know, it sure seems to me like you guys are reaching for anything to applaud.  It's hard for me to take any pride from not quitting.  I think after 25 years we're due for a lot more than patting ourselves on the back for moral victories.  To each their own though.

We lost plain and simple I don;t take pride in losing in the playoffs or having to continue to lose in playoffs..... could it have been different with Dalton.. probably but that is the breaks..  but I do take pride in having a fine year, winning the division and making the playoffs and being one of the top teams in the league..  If you don;t take pride in that than really don;t know what to say.