Joe Burrow and the Bengals: Attacking false narratives

[Hoofhearted]

I mean what fans or media would think that a franchise that has the following "going" for them isn't committed to winning:

Longest playoff advancement drought out of the 4 major sports
Nepotism as business model
Values loyalty over performance, both players and coaches
Narrow minded
Doesn't evolve way of doing business

It's not like people just made this stuff up. It's exactly how they operate. Not that Cincy isn't the only place that hasn't won a SB. Anyone remember MB conversation after resigning ML after back to back losing years? Something to the effect of "making the playoffs 5 straight years is not easy"? Why not say we failed to reach the Super Bowl, so we failed our goals? He didn't fire ML because of performance, but only mentioned because fans stopped showing up, NOT that he didn't achieve or advance to the ultimate goal? I get that it doesn't make any sense for him to not want to win a Super Bowl, but this is not the first year we've questioned the motive, and it's only getting worse because actions speak louder than words.