gregcook69

Not to mention two of the games he lost the offense scored 38 and 42 points!!

https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=did mike zimmer show interest in coming back to cincinnati as be dc before al golden was chosen&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5

True, but if the Steelers and Ravens split, and the Bengals win out, that means the best the Ravens could do is 9-8 and I don’t see the Steelers beating the Lions, Dolphins, AND Browns, which would leave them at 9-8, at best, as well! Again, a franchise hopeful hypothetical, but probably a pipe dream at best! Too many things have to happen for the Bengals to win the last 5!

IF and ONLY IF, the Bengals win out, they could possibly end in a 3 way tie for the division, but that’s a HUGE IF!!!

Negative. He let Bengals know he was more than willing to come back after they fired Lou.

Does anyone know what the reason was for not even ‘considering’ bringing back Zimmer before they hired Golden?

Ditto! (Basically what I said above AB, only in a little more hopeful hypothetical detail)

I would agree that ‘whoever’ wins the division will ‘most likely’ go one and done . . . . HOWEVER . . . . . IF, and, with the messy defense the Bengals have, it is a BIG ‘IF’, the Bengals DO win out, and win the division, it could only ‘most likely’ happen IF the defense continues on the gradual upward swing! Based on the history of last year, even Burrow couldn’t outscore the Bengals crap defense! Hypothetically, IF the defense does hold its own, the offense surges, and #2 stays on track, in THAT scenario I see the Bengals having the ‘potential’ to go beyond one and done! But, I believe that, in and of itself, is a pipe dream, at best!

Making a wild card team is slim to none! HOWEVER, winning the division is not probable but not impossible: https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=if the Ravens, Steelers, and Bengals all finish 9-8, who wins the division&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5

As fans it’s easy to play MMQB (Monday Morning Quarterback) and some of us are never satisfied and almost expect ‘perfection’! The problem is twofold! 1. It’s the NFL where it’s the best of the best playing against each other! Turnovers are going to happen, REGARDLESS of who the coaches are, and it’s the ole NFL cliche, ‘Any Given Sunday’. (Examples: The Rams won the SB in the 2021-2022 season and the very next season went 5-12, worst record of ANY team the year AFTER a SB victory, and here we are 3 years later where they are looking at potentially holding the number 1 seed! The Bills will ALWAYS be remembered for losing 4 SBs in a row but no one rarely mentions they MADE 4 SBs in a row! A record that may never be matched, UNLESS the Chiefs make it back this year. The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles, blew a 21 point lead against Dallas, and their defense looked a little like the Bengals missing tackles all night, against the Bears. Plus Hurts and Company could never find a rhythm! Lastly, John Harbaugh, one of the top HC in the NFL, couldn’t prevent or ‘fix’ the turnovers that occurred Thursday night with his team because ‘that’s football’!) 2. Beside that, it’s the Bengals. As Army Bengal recently pointed out, this is a franchise that you ‘expect the worst, but hope for the best’! However, after listening to some locker room interviews after the Ravens game, it DOES seem that, psychologically, Burrow’s presence DOES have a positive impact on the team even though he wasn’t at his best Thursday night!

GOOD! Because it’s worse than last year!! Bengals would have to win out. Plus there would be several teams that would have to tank! Well . . . . there’s always next year!’ (One of the Bengals end of year 57 year old cliches)!

Ditto AB! My philosophy is similar; ‘Expect the worse, and ‘hope’ for the best!’

Only difference is, so far, Burrow has been injury prone and if Whit is smart enough to know’why now?’ you’d think, with all the variables, the defense, the severity of the injury, Flacco putting points on the board etc, someone else would see it, but I’m sure it comes down to the ‘money’ with MB. Even though there’s nothing at stake, with the variables, MB is willing to gamble with the chance of further damage keeping him out for even longer! Let’s hope he survives these next 6 games. Yes, AB, it is what it is like it has been since 1968!

Which is WHY Whit believes why now? What does management think they are going to accomplish with the worst defense in the league?

Big Whit expresses his concerns;

I still think one of the best, if not THE best franchise draft pick was taken in the third round, 67th overall, from a Division III college by the late great PB!

Why play him at all? You’ve got an injury prone QB, you’re going to play, nursing severe turf toe surgery, with the worst defense in the league, knowing the offense will have to score 35+ points to win? WHY??????? Flacco led the offense scoring 33, 38, and 42 points, and only won one by just 2 points!!!

To me, the ONLY reason ‘coaching’ could POSSIBLY make a difference is with a viable threat to having a foot in their ass if they DON’T tackle a la Mike Zimmer! These guys ‘KNOW’ how to tackle! Coaches don’t need to ‘TEACH’ them ! it comes down to their ‘INCENTIVE’ to tackle!

NAME DRAFT ROUND OVERALL PICK Kenny Anderson 3rd 67th IsaacCurtis 1st 15th Anthony Munoz 1st 3rd Corey Dillon 2nd 43rd Andy Dalton 2nd 35th Tyler Boyd 2nd 55th Joe Burrow 1st 1st Tee Higgins 1st 33rd Ja'mar Chase 1st 5th

As far as memory serves David Shula and Marvin Lewis were the only HCs the Bengals EVER fired!

The way I see it the only ‘POSSIBLE’ wins left are the last 2 games against the Cardinals and Browns, but I won’t hold my breath. As back assward as they are, I bet they play Burrow, which to me would foolish with this defense.

No matter how horrific it looks and how much we rant, we keep coming back, expecting management to make that ‘key’ draft pick and/or that ‘key’ FA grab, and yet, we say it again, for the 57th time. . . . “Well there’s always next year!”

He can’t tackle for them. I see no difference in either DC. They need a whole new defensive overhaul!

Doesn’t matter. Anarumo had the same horses!

Uncovering what most people say was a ridiculous ‘conspiracy’ is now coming to light with the gambling and throwing games! It’s only a matter of time until the NFL is exposed! The only difference is, in the NFL I think it’s the referees!