09-18-2016, 11:56 PM
(09-18-2016, 11:33 PM)samhain Wrote: Stuff like what happened today is why I kind of snicker a little when the Patriots win titles and shit on the league after being vilified. As an opponent, I always hope the Bengals destroy them. However, if the Bengals can't win it, then it might as well be them instead of the league darling Steelers. I'd love to see Goodell have to hand Brady and Bill B. the Lombardi after the deflate gate fiasco.
Basically, if the Bengals can't stick it to the league I want to see someone do it. The things that happened out there today were blatantly obvious. The Bengals are a really good team, at least I think they are. Problem is, they're going to have to be either flat out dominant in execution and talent or strategically brilliant in game planning to beat the Steelers at this point.
The Bengals have lost a lopsided majority of their games vs PIT in the Lewis era, but lately most of the losses have been really tight. Beating them in a tight game is going to be very tough if they're going to get this kind of help from here on out.
The NFL did not vilify the Patriots. They simply used them as an scapgoat.
They're vilifying the Bengals and have been for years. It used to be for off field stuff but now that they can't use that they have turned their attention to on the field.