08-28-2015, 03:58 PM
(08-28-2015, 03:23 PM)WhoDeyWho Wrote: My problem with the Buc game is that it followed a well-established trend of this team completely wetting the bed in primetime. I'm not too concerned with losing in the preseason but I am concerned with how we lose in the preseason.
If we beat the Bears we would have done in my opinion what we should have done.
This.
(08-28-2015, 03:49 PM)djs7685 Wrote: You're exactly the kind of person my comment is directed at. If we win, it means jack shit because "we're supposed to be good", but if we lose, you get to cry about it. It must be nice getting into debates when you play every side where you can't be wrong
There was absolutely a lack of effort in the Bucs game. Should the coaching staff be mad about it? Probably. Should the fans be acting like it's the end of the world because of it? Probably not.
It's the overreactions that are making a lot of you sound ridiculous. I have my concerns too, but there's definitely a more sensible way to display them than what 90% of this board has been doing since the Bucs game. You'd think we got blown out in a damn playoff game again with how you guys are talking.
Do you not agree with what he said? What was unreasonable about it? We all know what the expectations are for this team. That's why they don't get massive props for doing what's expected (winning) but there is valid concern for the abysmal performance we just saw in a nationally televised game. No one is "acting like it's the end of the world". I still think the Bengals will probably have a winning season.
But that kind of performance in a nationally televised game is kind of a sore subject with the fans. I would've thought you'd understand why. Hue Jackson certainly isn't blowing it off as if it's nothing.
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