1-13 has to be getting in players' heads

[bengals67]

(10-14-2019, 01:21 PM)ochocincos Wrote: It still wouldn't be tolerable, not 2019 at least. Clearly tanking would not magically add viewers. In fact, it would likely result in further reduction of viewers, merchandise, etc. All it really would do is give the team more excitement in the offseason for 2020.

At the end of the day, the fans want a winning record. Fans won't show up and/or be truly excited until they see it happen again. Cincinnati is not Cleveland. They won't pack the stadium and be eternal optimists just for the sake of having a local team. They'll rotate their attention to the Reds (who have had the best record they've had since 2014 and trending up). Cincinnati is a baseball city first and foremost. And that's because of the multiple championships and being the first team in the league.

I honestly think that over the years the Bengals have had one of the most loyal fan bases given the circumstances.

Whenever we lost the Bo Jackson game, who would anyone ever predicted no playoff wins through 2019 or that we would lose 12 of the last 13 games against the Steelers or that Bengals would regularly be putrid on prime time games.

Truly- what fan base in almost any professional sport has had to endure this miserable record in a league based upon parity?