Fool's Gold

[BengalChris]

(12-23-2020, 07:35 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: The question about Zac getting a 3rd year isn't whether he was ever in any real danger of losing his job...it's about whether he SHOULD be in danger of losing his job. It's more of a question of how important winning really is to the front office. When you look at bringing Zac back for a 3rd year, and then look at the rest of the NFL, one doesn't seem like the others. 

With you 100%.

(12-23-2020, 08:26 PM)fredtoast Wrote: A lot of times "fools gold" refers to a good thing that gives false hope for future good things.

A touchdown on the first play of a game is obviously a good thing, but it can be "fools gold" if people think it automatically means that team is going to win or even score a lot more tds.

Yep

(12-23-2020, 09:59 PM)Benton Wrote: To the op, I agree one game shouldn't decide zt's fate. But I am curious to see what happens the rest of the season.

Did he finally turn a corner? Did he finally get the lineups/matchups right, and if so, can he repeat that or was it just because there's been a blueprint drawn up for beating the Steelers?

I think were stuck with zac another year, like it or not. If he's figured it out and we end up with a great season, great.

People were wondering the same thing after the Tennessee game. Did Taylor turn the corner? Then the Bengals turned around and lost 5 straight games, 3 of those losses to bottom feeder NFC East teams. Bengals were the only team in the NFL, who played against the NFC East, to not record at least one win against that division.


This whole Taylor thing reminds me of the Ross thing only last year. After two dismal years where Ross did very little, he played amazingly well for the first time in the NFL. The fanboys came out of the woodwork to crow how everyone else was oh so wrong about Ross.

Of course, Ross returned to his normal self shortly there after and now he's pouting in his milk somewhere.


If Taylor were the guy we'd have seen some indication that he had football smarts enough to lead this team to a championship, but we've been presented with the opposite of a team that has declined rather than turned around.

Jacksonville won their first game this season by beating the much better Colts team. They haven't won since and are current projected to have the top pick in the draft.