10-06-2015, 08:52 PM
NEWS FLASH: Not everyone loves or respects the Bengals.
Colin's show tends to be polarizing where people love it or hate it. I remember years ago (2005 or 6?) when he first started his national show on ESPN where he dared callers to name 5 QBs better than Michael Vick. A guy (not from CIncy) called in and said Carson Palmer (Palmer was killing it for the Bengals at the time) and Colin almost spit out his drink on the guy, cutt him off, and railed against the notion for 15 minutes. I can still hear his condescending tone saying "Carson Palmer" over and over again to mock the guy. It was over the top, just like what he said about AD.
I can still enjoy his show even when I disagree with him. Sometimes I do. Sometimes I don't. In this case, on AD, I happen to think he is so far from being correct we aren't even on the same planet, let alone ball park. AD keeps it up he (and others) will come around but it might be a season or two.
Look, the there is NOTHING sexy about the Bengals being good to the national media. It's a nightmare for them if they're a story as a contender. First, the locker room is tight and non-controversial. Second, it is one of the smallest markets in the NFL. 3rd, there aren't a lot of colorful personalities on the team. On top of all that the fan base is small compared to a lot of other even small market teams.
Go read what Chiefs Planet said about AD leading up to the game... 80% of it was really respectful and, honestly, really nice and educated. They even made a thread dedicated called "Red Rocket is Coming": http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=294951
Even Ravens message boards have had nice things to say.
Clearly AD has blossomed. Even a bad game or two in a row won't change the fact that he looks like a completely different guy out there. Just because a guy out in CA hasn't come around yet doesn't make him right.
Colin's show tends to be polarizing where people love it or hate it. I remember years ago (2005 or 6?) when he first started his national show on ESPN where he dared callers to name 5 QBs better than Michael Vick. A guy (not from CIncy) called in and said Carson Palmer (Palmer was killing it for the Bengals at the time) and Colin almost spit out his drink on the guy, cutt him off, and railed against the notion for 15 minutes. I can still hear his condescending tone saying "Carson Palmer" over and over again to mock the guy. It was over the top, just like what he said about AD.
I can still enjoy his show even when I disagree with him. Sometimes I do. Sometimes I don't. In this case, on AD, I happen to think he is so far from being correct we aren't even on the same planet, let alone ball park. AD keeps it up he (and others) will come around but it might be a season or two.
Look, the there is NOTHING sexy about the Bengals being good to the national media. It's a nightmare for them if they're a story as a contender. First, the locker room is tight and non-controversial. Second, it is one of the smallest markets in the NFL. 3rd, there aren't a lot of colorful personalities on the team. On top of all that the fan base is small compared to a lot of other even small market teams.
Go read what Chiefs Planet said about AD leading up to the game... 80% of it was really respectful and, honestly, really nice and educated. They even made a thread dedicated called "Red Rocket is Coming": http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=294951
Even Ravens message boards have had nice things to say.
Clearly AD has blossomed. Even a bad game or two in a row won't change the fact that he looks like a completely different guy out there. Just because a guy out in CA hasn't come around yet doesn't make him right.
