02-16-2021, 03:30 PM
(02-16-2021, 03:15 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Meh.
One single playoff win is not really that big of a deal. As soon as we win one the whiners won't celebrate. Instead they will just shift to "Playoff wins are meaningless if you don't win a championship. Celebrating a playoff win is just accepting mediocrity."
You're absolutely right; playoff wins are not really a big deal at all.
So, the fact we can't even complete the first step, which is "not that big of a deal", in reaching the ultimate goal (a championship) is incredibly disappointing.
The reason people reference a playoff win is because it's specifically relevant to the Bengals. There's no moving of the goalposts to be had because we haven't even progressed to the next step. Of course people are going reference playoff wins.
Why would anyone bemoan the lack of AFC Championship appearances in the last 30 years when we haven't even made it past the wildcard round?
I gotta be completely honest, ANYONE that goes out of their way to defend this drought, or to deflect from it, or to paint others as being unreasonable is really something else.
