BENGALS WILL ONLY BE ONE GAME OUT OF FIRST AFTER SUNDAY

[kevin]

(10-18-2016, 12:01 PM)bengals67 Wrote: I have lived and mostly died with the Bengals since 1967. I have brainwashed my three sons all of whom live in NC to be loyal Bengal fans.

It was awful last year when we blew the playoff game. I really still cannot understand why Marvin was retained after that disgraceful implosion including not coaching up Hill to keep two hands on the ball- not to mention the rest of the crap we did to shoot ourselves in the head.

My problem with this year- they have a small chance of winning the division if they basically win all the rest of their division games or at least 4.

They have no chance of advancing in playoffs or winning a game absent massive improvement in their o and D lines.

This team with current coaching staff has hit a brick wall. We really need new ideas and more creative thinking out of a new coaching staff.

I have a hard time having any optimism or reason for hope with the current situation. We are not going to be competitive with the top teams this year. What is the point ?

It is a real shame that we did not hire Zimmer. Could be the Bill Walsh story all over again.

EXCEPT....Hill is gong to get healthy and Eifert is coming back in a big way as Gronk did last Sunday.....We need Hill on the ground and Eifert in the air....Plus LaFell is HOT now....Dalton starting to get the timing down with him...and more and more the timing with Boyd......We do have a good defense to get us there....The kicking game is there.....The O Line, well, it can get there. The O Line coach has shoved a boot up their rear ends and got it in gear during other seasons, such as 2012. .......Plus Bengals had a murderers row of Super Bowl type teams in 4 of the first 6 games. .....THERE ARE REASONS TO THINK THEY BOUNCE BACK....We could use some games IN THE JUNGLE for a change after 4 out of 6 on the road. .....I think only being one game out with 9 to play would be huge.  That means Steelers and Ravens not playing that hot either and the AFC North is still wide open for Bengals.....Only one game out is in the house, no matter how you look at it.