Did the Bengals get hoodwinked in New England?

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(09-08-2015, 04:04 PM)Shady Wrote: This ^

We should have beaten them like we did Denver, but we didn't show up. That's the problem with this team, I think. There are just games where we don't come to play. We just go through the motions without any fire in our bellies. I have no idea how to explain that. Somebody said in the "questionnaire" that Marvin was not good at motivating a team. I don't see why a HC has to motivate professional players, especially in the playoffs. That's where I just draw a blank. I don't know WHY it happens; I just know that it DOES. 

Lebeau had the same problem.  Expected them to be professionals, but only a few were.  I remember his home opener in Cincinnati against San Diego.   We were so out of shape they were running circles around us before the end of the first quarter.