Willie weighs in on Bengals criticism

[SunsetBengal]

(02-21-2020, 01:43 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Oh don't get me wrong, in no way am I trying to take up for MB ! I could write a 1970's length issue of the encyclopedia britannica (that was the internet back then for you youngins) on stuff I think MB has muffed up.

It's just the whole Bengals history is such a double, triple, quadruple edged sword. Like you say we just can't ever get that final push, So frustrating !

The offense is going good the D sucks. We get a good thing going QB has his knee wrecked. Get going again QB breaks his thumb tackling DT. Seem to have it going and ML gets ultra conservative. Have it moving along and MB won't pay interior linemen. MB refuses entire Saints draft for no name QB. About to win a playoff game and between a fumble and stupid set of penalties give it away. I mean the list is endless.

But the list is not all on MB

A lot of truth in what you say.  I'd also like add that while not trying to defend Mike Brown, as you pointed out, he's been his own worst enemy at making bumbling decisions at times.  However, he has been burnt a time or two with free agency deals that didn't pan out (a couple of WRs come to mind), and also had a few players from around the league appear to be imminent signings, only for said players to be using Mike's offers as negotiating leverage for deals with other teams.