10-22-2018, 04:25 PM
(10-22-2018, 08:10 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: As the OP, I appreciate your optimism and the fact that Justin Tucker gacked an extra point and the Ratbirds lost to the Saints, all I can feel is that this team is miles away from being competitive.
The defense can't tackle pretty much anyone. They always go high, and slide off...groundhog day.
The offense isn't creative. We have a guy with Ross's ability and he gets one target. One.
The special teams looked lost as well.
It is just groundhog day with Marv....Lucy pulled the ball away again.
As the OP, you predicted loss to Chiefs. It doesn't matter the score. You predicted loss to Chiefs. You predicted they beat Tampa in THE JUNGLE to go to 5-3. You predicted in bye week they get Price and Bernard back. That this team in dire need of a bye week gets one, then goes 5-3 the last 8 games to win AFC North. Sometimes your original prediction is the right one. The problem is you are now having a hard time with the Chiefs loss that you predicted, but I can see your other predictions coming true. Of course they need to beat Tampa and get to 5-3.
I'll make a prediction. Steelers didn't play in their bye week and move into First Place not even playing. Bengals beat Tampa and in their bye week Steelers lose at Baltimore and it's Bengals who move into First Place without even playing. Bengals back in First Place before they play again after Tampa game. With Price, Bernard, Vigil, Kroft and other key players back.
The one thing going for this team is their NO QUIT attitude. I'm not talking about Bengals fans who over decades quit at the drop of a hat. In 2011 when Fans predicted 0-16 after Carson and Ocho left, they won. In 2012 when team had all those O line injuries, they never quit and won. They won in 2013, 2014, 2015. They fell to 6 wins in 2016. They started awful in 2017 but never quit, and improved to 7 wins. So the fans may quit, but the team won't quit. They will go to 5-3 and the fans now shell shocked at 4-3 just as fans were shell shocked at 3-5 in 2012, those fans will be back as team starts to win again. The Bengals have a NO QUIT attitude. Bengals won after 3-5 start in 2012. I predict going into their 9th game they will be 5-3 and back in First Place, so they won't even have to fight back from a 3-5 start as 2012.
The thing Dalton, Green and these players have going for them is they have always showed they have the most important thing in football. In football, it is coached in pee wee and junior high football on up. It is drilled into players as the most basic football pee wee on up message. NO QUIT, NO QUIT, NO QUIT. Anybody who watches football and doesn't believe in this, doesn't know football. Football is about NO QUIT. Dalton and this team have shown over time they DON'T QUIT and they FIGHT BACK. This team will get to 5-3. This team will regroup in bye week. I even think Steelers lose and Bengals move back into First during bye week. NO QUIT. Basic Football 101. NO QUIT.
1968 Bengal Fan
