11-08-2017, 11:12 AM
(11-08-2017, 10:58 AM)Ctfan73 Wrote: I consider myself a die-hard and will continue to root for the team but I have almost no hope that they can go on a run. 2012 May as well be 30 years ago, that team was much more competitive at this stage of the season. Last year the Bengals were 3-5-1 and finished 6-9-1, that's a more likely outcome.
I salute your optimism, I wish I had some left, the last 3 games have removed it.
To be honest that's about the extent of my expectations for the rest of the season...whatever our record ends up being I just want some reason for optimism, some spark going into the off season.
Winning a game or two in the manner we did .vs. Colts to slightly improve what goes in the books for 2017/8 is not gonna do it for me.
Heck .....grinding a win over the Brown, Bears and say the Ravens where the run game averages less than 3.5 yds, MJ gets more snaps than the young DEs, Sims gets more playing time than Billings/Glasgow, Lafell sees more time than Malone/Core/Ross is depressing as hell.
I would take losing to the Steelers in a 38-35 slugfest over that....where are least Wjax proves himself again .vs. ABrown, Lawson reminds Big Ben he's gonna be sacking him till he retires, Ross smokes Mitchell on a go route, Billings benchpresses Pouncey backwards.
Those are the guys who can provide the optimism going forward.
