This team is starting to remind of the 2000s Bengals

[*jason*]

(08-15-2020, 10:14 PM)PDub80 Wrote: Who knows what the deal really was with bad character guys? I think the "Blame Mike Brown" narrative is BS, though. I mean, those stories have been mostly all debunked.

What I do know is that since Marvin's been gone a lot of character issue players are gone and so are most of the look at me guys. And they're spending money on winners in their prime, cutting fat, and drafting smart, high character guys.

Deductive reasoning says to look at the variables to see what has changed and what has stayed to determine cause and effect. Mike Brown is still there... Marvin's gone.... and look at all of the changes. Tough to still sit there and blame Mike Brown to me.

Is it low hanging fruit to point out the change to a 2 win team too? Who brings in the players? Again... Marvin Lewis didn't want Chris Henry back on the team, and he was one of the lesser guys with character issues. I don't remember Marvin pounding the table for Pacman. I remember him hounding guys like Burfict and Chad, and starting guys who were doing the right thing through the week (Geathers) over guys who weren't (Dunlap). Burfict couldn't keep himself in line in Oakland or at Arizona State either. Pacman's been in constant trouble before and after Cincinnati. Chris Henry died doing dumb shit away from the team. If anything the story of Marvin not having control is old. Hell... The worst kept secret in the NFL in 2017 was Joe Mixon was headed to Cincinnati outta college.