09-10-2017, 06:27 PM
(09-10-2017, 05:51 PM)ShowMeUrTDs Wrote: On whose paper do the Bengals look good? Only Bengals fans.....because they know all the names of the players?!?!?!
All the media outlets predicted they would rank in the 20's which seems about right!
1.) Marvin Lewis sucks and has lost the team, should have been gone years ago!
2.) The ownership is the worst in pro sports
3.) They do not play the best players at the position....Mixon on the bench most the game, Michael Johnson played the majority of the game at DE when he was clearly outplayed by Chris Smith and Jordan Willis all preseason, and others. Unfettered loyalty to veterans regardless of performance is not a winning formula.
4.) Andy Dalton is not that good. He had a career year in 2015, but still cant win in the playoffs or primetime, and looks like a deer in the headlights when everything is not perfect.
5.) The O-line is bad which highlights other flaws with the club, drafting and player development has sucked for the last several years now. The Ogubooty pick was horrible, tons of better lineman have been available, and to let your best ones walk without replacing in free agency is negligent, especially when your crappy draft picks have proven to you in camp and games how crappy they are!
Actually if you think about it this ownership has been bad since it's inception. Paul Brown might be a great football mind, but if you think back or even google back to the decisions he made. Those too were bad, just look at Bill Walsh for a good example. The decision to hand it over to his son whom he did not want getting into football whatsoever was also a horrible decision. If you have known the bengals a long long time, none of these things can truly be surprising. We might as well be cleveland or detroit. Wouldn't be any different. Congrats to the Brown family making their living for 50+ years at hamilton counties expense.
