04-01-2016, 11:44 AM
Dave Dameshek is the biggest Steelers homer I have ever seen.
Here is the typical "sky is falling for the Bengals" analysis that happens every offseason (be prepared to vomit)
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The Bengals will miss the postseason
As J.J. Watt exposed last season, BB Gundy Dalton is emotionally brittle. As Vontaze Burfict reminded us last season, Vontaze Burfict is unstable. And as Marvin Lewis has taught us over the last 13 seasons, consistency -- in and of itself -- can be overrated. Making the playoffs in six of the last seven seasons is nice, especially after being a punchline for so long ... but 0-7 in January is a consistent embarrassment. If your black-and-orange glass is half full, you believe Marv would've gotten off the career postseason schnide had Dalton just not hurt his thumb, but this year, without the departed Mohamed Sanu and Marvin Jones and with the pressure of a capable backup weighing on the fragile psyche of a QB whose career highlight is an October comeback, that thumb injury may prove to have been just a stay of execution.
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Here is the typical "sky is falling for the Bengals" analysis that happens every offseason (be prepared to vomit)
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The Bengals will miss the postseason
As J.J. Watt exposed last season, BB Gundy Dalton is emotionally brittle. As Vontaze Burfict reminded us last season, Vontaze Burfict is unstable. And as Marvin Lewis has taught us over the last 13 seasons, consistency -- in and of itself -- can be overrated. Making the playoffs in six of the last seven seasons is nice, especially after being a punchline for so long ... but 0-7 in January is a consistent embarrassment. If your black-and-orange glass is half full, you believe Marv would've gotten off the career postseason schnide had Dalton just not hurt his thumb, but this year, without the departed Mohamed Sanu and Marvin Jones and with the pressure of a capable backup weighing on the fragile psyche of a QB whose career highlight is an October comeback, that thumb injury may prove to have been just a stay of execution.
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