Cincy Jungle
Time and time again, fans and players are trying to defend the Bengals every year.
Granted, most of the true fans will be true fans, no matter how much the team breaks your heart; they are able to suck you into the winning wave just enough for you to be that disappointed either every week or every few weeks.
After reading fans, analysts, and former coaches’ social media posts, it really sank in how bad that loss was.
I’m honestly not even sure where to start. Either an 0-7 team that comes into Cincinnati to come back from 31-16 late in the third quarter to win, the Bengals defense looking like a pee wee team, or the head coach calling a run play down 1 point with approximately 1 minute left in the game with two of the league’s best receivers.
Let’s not forget about the defense missing tackles that most high schoolers could make, OR them letting an 0-7 football team gain over 500 yards (yes, you heard that right) of total offense, with half of that being rushing.
People were saying it was the worst loss in franchise history. Statistically, I personally do not know, but as a fan watching the game, maybe.
Word on the street was that Bengals fans were on a 3 1/2-hour hold with the sales office to cancel season tickets for next season.
Older fans have been saying for years the Bengals front office won’t make any major changes until they aren’t making money, well that time might have come.
A fan base that have been through years and years of heartbreak seem to finally be fed up with an organization that can’t get the job done.
Again, the team has fans that will be fans no matter what, but there’s also a big chunk of fans that see through all of the fake positivity and all they see is an organization that has a front office that has the lowest amount of scouts that consistently draw blanks through the NFL draft, especially recently.
Besides obvious draft choices like Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase, you have real standout draft choices such as Myles Murphy, who has “almost” hit his potential 3 years into the league (1st round draft pick), Shemar Stewart (1st round pick), who showed very slight promise, but has been a complete dud. Billy Price and John Ross are also up there pretty high on completely missed picks.
You could go on and on with missed draft picks. You could say it’s because of a minimal scout team, but it stems from the complete and utter joke of “Director of Player Personnel” Duke Tobin. If you’re wondering when I’m going to blame the GM, I’m not, because the Bengals don’t have a true GM like every other normal professional football team.
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