10-22-2015, 11:20 AM
(10-22-2015, 11:10 AM)OrlandoBengal Wrote: You almost wonder if part of it is mental. These guys expect to be good, they expect good things to happen. In the past, even when things were going good, I think we all were just waiting for it to end and fall apart. These guys have never had to experience that so their mentality is very different.
I also feel that this franchise is way over due to have 7-0...or a play-off win....or a Super Bowl win.....way over due.....and this team that has been up and coming from 2011 on, and a couple players have been on 5 play-off teams in 6 years including 2009....but mostly from 2011 on, this team has been on the rise, a team rebuilt in 2011 that is now putting it all together. ....Other NFL teams have had 7-0 and play-off wins, and it is this franchises time.
I would say mental has a part in this, because I remember Coach Lewis saying in 2011 and 2012 that this new group of draft picks has bought into the program and doing all the things it takes to win. They are all about winning, bought into the winning. ....There were past Bengal teams that were never on the same page with the coaches, 45 players going 45 different ways, and not a team, and therefore no wins. ....That this team has had the correct mental attitude now since 2011, per the coaches, I agree with you that the mental make-up of this team has a part in it. I will add that there are teams that would just be happy to make the play-offs in 2015. The Bengals are not one of them. Only the Broncos, Packers, Patriots and Bengals have been in the last 4 play-offs, and the Bengals will not celebrate just getting to the play-offs because they more than anybody want to win in the play-offs and get everybody off their rear ends. That is also a driving force mentally to have them reach down deep in tough games and find the extra energy it takes to succeed.
1968 Bengal Fan
