Looking through the in game thread I saw people saying things like, “Joe Burrow isn’t the guy” or “he’s just a system QB who’s injured to often.” It genuinely makes my blood boil to see how some of y’all seem to have forgotten what it was like to be a bengals fan before 2021. I know we didn’t win the Super Bowl but winning the playoff game against the Raiders was straight euphoric. Everyone is allowed to have an opinion and I know emotions are high but the amount of negativity and people turning on the guy who literally turned our franchise around is gross. I may not agree with all the decisions that the team makes but it’s gonna take a lot more than one .500 season for me to forget what it was like during the Marvin Lewis era and how much easier it is to be a fan now.
It’s crazy how many bandwagon fans that have accumulated since we started winning. You can spot them a mile away. I knew that success brings the lowest common denominator but I didn’t think there would be so many fragile idiots making the most noise.
*slides sadly off the soapbox
The Bills had a window, and they blew their best shot in 13 seconds in Kansas City. They were once a playoff fixture. But those rookie deals expired, Josh Allen’s cap hits have started hitting hard, players on good teams get paid to go elsewhere, vets get replaced by mid-round draft picks… and right now they’re not even in the playoffs.
I think people are frustrated because they see Cincinnati heading in the same direction.
The easy days are over for the Bengals. Joe’s cap hits are going to hit hard and fast, Jamarr is going to be the highest paid receiver in the NFL about four months from now, Higgins probably moves on, along with most of these names. The margin for error shrinks
It gets a LOT harder from here on out.