03-29-2016, 09:31 PM
(03-29-2016, 03:54 PM)Bengal Dude Wrote: He just became one of our two best LBs.
I kinda wish we'd make him our MLB and slide Maualuga back to SLB.
(03-29-2016, 05:07 PM)PDub80 Wrote: Sadly, I think that the members of the board are much much much more fair to Fred than he is to them.
Agreed. I don't hate Fred and I agree with him on a surprising amount of stuff actually. It's just a little silly when people get accused of bashing the team if they make a comment that even sniffs being critical. Lets be honest, most of us have been posting together for 5 years or more. We should all know each other better, Fred included.
My own opinions vary from topic to topic. Some are positive and some lean negative, but at this point everyone here should be aware than I'm a giant Bengals fan. We all are. Wes/Toast Jones probably expresses more negative takes than I do, but I don't doubt for one second that he's a big-time Bengals fan. Guys like Fred and bfine rarely bring a negative take, but I don't see them as better or worse fans for that.
It just is what it is. We're all possibly the most passionate Bengals fans on the planet. We just have different views and takes on the team.
Fwiw, when I see non-Bengals fans (on PFT for example) being critical of the team, I've noticed that I tend to get defensive of the team like Fred does on here. But when I'm on here, I'm more blunt with my opinions because after all...I'm among other Bengals fans. I guess what I'm saying is that maybe if we all just assumed that the people who post thousands of times in a "Bengals fans only" section are actually Bengals fans, maybe these boards would be a better place.
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