03-13-2019, 08:34 PM
(03-13-2019, 08:13 PM)yang Wrote: The prior year we had made great strides and finished a top 5 defense toward the end of the season. I was an eternal optimist that with a new coach our defense could maintain or excel. As with most offseason's go the Bengals thwarted all of the hopes we all had. We had a bad coach and numerous injuries led to a complete disaster, but you should know this. Aren't you the resident sarcastic crusty dude that trolls everyone here?
So you were happy/confident enough in the defense (and the people who built it) to predict a top 5 finish last year... right up until the point it didn't work and THEN it's a front office problem. It's kind of weird to go instantly go from "this defense looks great and I can't wait to see them" to "how could the Bengals possibly have put this unit horrible together", isn't it?
In 2015 there was talk that the Bengals had assembled the most talented roster in the league. There was talk on a national level that the Bengals had become one of the model organizations in the NFL. It wasn't *that* long ago, and it was put together by the exact same people who are in the front office now, but all people ever want to do is act like the FO has always been an abject failure. It's not remotely true.
(cue: "but but but but the 90s")
