I've wasted my prime message board posting years on the Bengals...

[*jason*]

(11-10-2017, 11:38 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Dillon, Pickens, Palmer, Atkins, Green, Dalton...all wasted their prime years for the Bengals. Putting in lots of effort for little results or accolades.

I consider myself in the same category.

I began posting in the late 90's. I remember people talking about how Akili Smith would turn things around for us. I remember a guy saying that Edgerrin James would get drafted ahead of Ricky Williams and people laughing at him. James did and James had a better career.

I've been an optimist for much of my Bengals posting tenure. I've been naieve. I've attributed the 90's to bad luck drafting. The Carter injury. Guys just turning into busts.

It took me years to see the big picture...that an NFL Team is more than the stars it has. That it has to have a balanced roster with not too many weaknesses.

Well, doing a PFF study today...I realized that we have 17 guys who play regularly that are graded as Poor.

We are some 31 years into my fandom...and my favorite team has 17 guys rated poor! 17!!!

We're about as far away from a Super Bowl as ever. No management changes coming. Marvin is the villain. Dalton is the villain.

Status quo.

I toil away on my keyboard.

Maybe next year...until next year...then it's maybe the next year.

The cycle of a Bengals fan.

Many pundits have viewed your career as a disappointment. Critics point out that you have not responded well to adversity, and that your go to move is very predictable... Just another promising message board member who never lived up to his pre draft hype. You have done wonderful work in giving back to the community though, and younger message board members often look to you as a veteran leader... A glue guy if you will. Many will say that you weren't coached up properly, and maybe that's true, but I feel like the board reached when they drafted you as high as they did.

I'm just bustin' your chops buddy.