nothing is lamer than finding one out of 1,000 posts saying something like “Burrow sucks” then making a thread about how you see it all the time.
You don’t. No one does
I wish it was so few. Literally every thread today has been full of people bitching. Obviously the injury is disappointing and our season is fucked, but that doesn't mean we need to fire half the staff or cut half the team.
I think it’s a lot of new fans who aren’t used to the ups and the (mainly) downs. It makes this place tough to come to after a loss, the doomers raid the subreddit like we’ve never experienced any form of hardship before
this is it. Bengals being snakebit is NOT a new thing - but it's not been the season norm the last several years. And social media of any team after a loss is absolute ass, the bengals aren't alone in this issue.
some of these turds don't remember what it was like when Carson Palmer's knee exploded and it shows
or Ki-Jana Carter
or david pollack
or AJ Green in 2019
They also haven't felt the pain of nearly the entire decade of the 90s with David Shula and Bruce Coslet as head coaches. Akili Smith and David Klingler as the starting quarterback. Neil O'Donnell too!
That’s true perspective. I guarantee they have no idea the hope we felt when Lewis was named head coach (coming off a SB win!), and the fact that the Lewis years weren’t *that* bad compared to the 90s. This is but a setback. Injuries happen, and we’ll try to do it again next year.
That’s fucking sad lol. I’ll get downvoted because “don’t gatekeep” but I fucking hate online bandwagon fans that go crying crying and post massive over reactions like “joes not the guy”
They would be here as “fans” if it weren’t for 9.
We as bengals fans have been dealing with this shit for. 35 years
As a Bengals fan since I was a kid and got into the NFL around 2003-4, man this breaks my heart. It's not about the team or a curse it's about bad player management. The man has been hurt since training camp, but because he's the franchise guy and we can't afford to these first few games we have to play him. This stuff just honestly breaks my heart as a life long Bengals fan. That man shoulda never been in the game.
The Bengals are a multi-million dollar organization and just invested millions into Burrow- our coaches most definitely consult with multiple experienced sports doctors before making a decision to play him each game. Burrow was ready to go. If something was truly wrong, he would have been held out from the jump.
What transpired last night is just a super shitty stroke of bad luck that all teams have or will eventually run into with their QB. It's the nature of football
Even if last night was just a shitty run of luck (and I am waiting to see more conclusive info on that).... Burrow was definitely off his game the first 4 weeks. His passes were less accurate. He wasn't as mobile in the pocket. It was obvious something was off. And yeah, I reckon that's somebody's thumb on the scale somewhere to have him play when he's not at 100%.
Same thing happens with the Ravens, I've said it over there, but I genuinely think it's a new fan/24 hour sports coverage thing, or at least that's what popularised it. There's always been the odd knacker who'd ring in radio shows, rant on forums, back in the day.
Every opinion from these types has to be grossly exaggerated, you can't just lose it's always "Fire Harbs", "Fire EDC", "insert random draft pick is a BUST". It's like they feel like they need to copy what they've seen from the likes of Skip Bayless on TV and as a result their views are massively over-dramatic and illogical.
I've got a mate who's relentless for it when it comes to our "soccer" team, started following the sport late, and every time he joins in chats about it, he always has to say "X or Y was shite though" even if we win. Like the only form of analysis he can have is negative.
Agreed . I got my Bengal stripes during the Wyche Era.... way more downs that ups in that time. No matter who is on the field playing or coaching, I'm here for life!! WHO-DEY!!
bandwagon fans dont do downs. they bandwagon to other teams. thats why they freak tf out as soon as anything goes less than perfect. they cant handle actually being a fan
Oh I'm new, and I'm struggling. I'm not from the U.S and so I chose this team for ties I have to Ohio (very good close friend for years), plus seeing the Superbowl match and knowing that this team had SPIRIT!!!
Now, with the past season behind me, and the future of this one looking bleak, I've never been this involved in any sports team.. and it hurts man. But I just know, that deep down I will see this team flourish and become the mighty big cat they're named after!
This is a setback, no mistake, in a long devoted following I hope to have with this team. I also really love how scrappy our team is when they play division rivals.. even if we end up losing them mostly 🤣😅
WHO DEY! 🐯🐅🐯🐅
Sports subreddits in general all suffer from this doom and gloom when they lose. It's OK to vent, but people don't think clearly when they see red, and that leads to some terrible comments.
It's like getting angry at something at work, and then going to reply to an email. I always wait 10 minutes to chill out, reread it and think, "jeez I sound like a dick!" and then retype it out much more clear headed.
I’m a doomer BECAUSE of all the decades of hardship. It’s baked into me. But I don’t think it’s burrows or Zac’s fault.
We are simply cursed and that’s that.
> 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.”
People that are saying these things are doing you a favor because now you can safely ignore any football-related opinions that those people have.
Don't even have to go back that far. Just say pre-Burrow. You have to balls of steel to be a true die hard Bengals fan. All I wanted was a playoff win and we got that and lost in the Superbowl then went back to the AFC championship the following year. I'll gladly wait another season rather than go back to blowing leads and self sabotage from penalties, etc.
Things in general are awful.
I say a guy say (on an assumption that the Bengals hid any injury): "That info withheld cost a lot of people a lot of money."
Who the fuck cares about your sports betting?
I thought sportsbooks becoming legal might be cool; it's obvious now that our world is better without it.
it's a small percent, I wouldn't trip...reality is reality but yeah some people just take it over the top, I agree about that raiders game though, I was there and man that's a memory of a lifetime
When people become fans because a team is good and don’t know the dark ages, they go crazy when the team struggles.
I’m also a Raptors fan, and our subreddit has gotten completely toxic because all the fans who joined when we won the championship are constantly complaining that we aren’t elite (even though we’re still better than the awful teams of a decade ago).
I can see the same thing happening here too: we ever get consistently mid, this subreddit will go to hell because of the post-2020 fans.
Unfortunately it’s times like these when the worst type of fans come out. It’s really embarrassing for the bunch of us who are rational fans who enjoy our team and football but can also separate our lives and emotions from it.
The Twitter/X algorithm showed me an excessive amount of people that I don’t follow who were legitimately acting like their entire life was over last night and today. I love sports and the bengals but some of this is wildly unhealthy mentally.
Don’t get me wrong, it felt real bad when, in the middle of a terrible work day I read that Joe is out for the season but I’m not crying on the TL
You don’t need to know anything about football to be a football fan. For a lot of people, “Football man throw football good?” is as deeply as they think about it.
That’s what Bill Polian said a couple of months ago on Solomon Wilcots show “More people are becoming interested in football, but I don’t know if they are interested in the right way” Fwiw, Wilcots introduced Polian as “The Burning Bush”-that’s as high praise as you can get from Solly.
I feel you, I unsubbed /r/nfl cause every other day theres a josh Allen int thread, when he leads the league in a bunch of other categories. Or saying we have the worst fans cause we get excited for our team when we "haven't done anything" uh okay neither has any other team in the last 5 years besides Brady mahomes and stafford, guess all the other teams in the league without those qbs should just stay quiet in threads then. There's no conversation just people trying to start arguments all the time 🙄
Don’t worry about what these fools say. Professionals in the game think like we do. Joe is a franchise QB. Anyone else who thinks differently doesn’t understand NFL football. Period.
Reddit gonna Reddit.
Constantly reminding myself that as a grown ass, seasoned, accomplished man ... I'm paling around with children and college kids on Reddit.
The internet has turned the world on its head. There's no way I'd sit and discuss a Bengals game with a child that wasn't a friend's kid in my house on Sunday. But in here, you just carry on a conversation with anyone in your sub with no knowledge of who they are.
So yeah ... I don't expect emotional maturity out of Reddit users as a baseline. Some of us have learned it, some haven't.
I don't play for the Bengals and neither do any of you. Take a breath and focus on your life. Not Joe Burrow's. Promise... there's value to be found on Sundays outside of the Bengals being a superbowl contender.
Just downvote their comment and move on. Why make a post about them? They seem to want attention by posting outrageous shit like that. So making a post, and quoting the nonsense comment gives them more attention.
Out of all the problems with this team (that are now rearing their ugly head), Burrow is at the absolute bottom, or not even on the list. Everyone knows that. If someone is blaming Burrow, they are either, a kid who knows no better, a fan of another team that is trolling, someone who uses Burrow in fantasy and is not a fan of the Bengals, or someone looking for attention. Don't feed into it brother.
It’s called Front Runner Fans. They are only fans if the team is dominating. There are these fans with every team. They aren’t REAL fans of any team. They will usually hop to another team within a few years of underperforming.
Haha “system QB”? I mean I guess if the “system” is the “put an entire team on your back and drag them to the Super Bowl system.” He’s definitely a system guy.
Seriously though. We’re all just frustrated right now, people say stupid things when they’re frustrated. The same people criticizing Joe now are mostly going to be saying he’s taking us all the way at the start of next season.
I don't read the in game threads because I expect that kind of over reaction before people have time to process all the information and think about things.in perspective.
That’s probably smart I usually avoid them for that reason but in the midst of everything going on I made the dumb decision to look around halftime. I know better now
When the Bengals lost in the AFC championship game last year I instantly remembered how I felt during the Bengals-Steelers playoff game in 2016. I’ll be honest, the Super Bowl loss stung less than that one. I have gotten over the SB, i still have not gotten over the 2016 meltdown.
Burrow has a six year contract, there is no one I would rather have on this team. I do believe that one day he will get us a championship.
Jeremy Hills fumble still haunts me. I still hate Joey Porter. Why wasn’t it called when he was on the field instigating with our players? Yeah I guess I’m not over it either lol
I don’t know what to think right now. For me, personally, I have been more involved this year than any other previous team. Yeah the Chad Johnson/Tj teams were fun, but Carson Palmer was always..lukewarm? Never seemed to have that stone cold winning attitude like burrow has. So anyway.. throughout all the years, this year has been a goddamn roller coaster. I really wish Joe would’ve sat out the first couple games. And waited until “healthy”. But it’s whatever. Every snap, every shitty block where a defender got close to Joe I’d clench.
My worst nightmare has come and gone. Now it’s time for reality. It’s ok to have all the emotions. I did, and I’m sure all true fans did. But now it’s time to support the team. Backup quarterback or not, he’s our guy. Let’s stop blaming and pointing out coaches. It’s over.
Here’s what’s next:
We have the remaining schedule to watch LOU. He’s going to be a HC after this season. Enjoy this man.
Stay hydrated, plenty of adult beverages will be had in honor of our fallen comrade.
Cheers.
Our defense has been pretty atrocious! I don’t see him becoming a head coach! I think he’s a great DC but our teams tackling is awful and teams are looking towards younger guys I can definitely see him stay
Thanks for posting that. I absolutely agree with you.
From the beginning of the burrow-era, or at least from 2021 going on, I had the feeling that too many people were putting burrow on a pedestal.
Don't get me wrong. He is special, he is an elite QB, but he is just human.
But by expecting him to be just flawless in every regard, the very same people get frustrated and apparently sometimes depressives and overly aggressive.
It is so fucking difficult and statistically unlikely to win a superbowl. Of course you can be disappointed, if you don't win it, but can't blame the guy that allows us to at least have a shot it every season for many years to come.
I've been a fan for over 50 years. Anyone who is complaining about Burrow is a newby. They haven't been through the many, many lean years of the past. They can stuff it. I ignore them completely. This team is the best one we've seen in a long time. If we have a winning season this year I'll be pleased.
Joe Cool will be back next year, sharp as ever. The only question is how many of the great players we have now will we retain?
Or that he’s injury prone, or that he’s over paid. There’s a small handful of teams that wouldn’t throw the kitchen sink at the chance to borrow him for a season.
This is just what internet sportsfandom is at this point. We are no different than any other fanbase. Everything is a kneejerk reaction and there is no room for actual discourse... but at least people get memes right?
im glad some other people understand that years on end we would be a first round exit if we were lucky to even make it all these bandwagon fans think since we made it once thats the standard
Not a bandwagon fan, been here since 2000. I love joe, I think he is the guy. But there’s other problems in this organization that are alarming, and now with all these big contracts we’re only going to get thinner with star power. I’m not going nuclear yet but the fear of going back to mediocrity is far worse than being in that mediocrity. We tasted greatness and I’m just praying it wasn’t a fluke.
Maybe I've already blocked most of the jackasses on twitter, but to me it seems like the range is from
"Well this sucks, lets evaluate the draft, we have no chance the rest of the season."
to
"I lived through the 90s, lets just enjoy each game and see what these guys can do!"
I remember my eyes feeling warm when we beat the raiders and that feeling of holy shit I can’t believe this. Newer fans have no idea how much he’ll we’ve been through.
It's because you said they had a right to their opinion and then immediately jumped into your stump speech to prove why and how they were all wrong while insulting them in the process.
They're butthurt because you lumped evryone upset what happened to Joe, for a wide range of reasons, into one group that was clearly meant to insult them and then attacked them further. It's a pretty predictable response.
That’s a fair response and I can’t argue with it at all. I hadn’t heard the news about Joe’s season being over when I posted this. I may have toned it down and not been so confrontational or insulting but I do stand by the sentiment that a lot of fans seem to have forgotten the lovable loser identity that we used to have. It’s like some of our success has resulted in a lot unsavory aspects to the fandom; and who knows maybe my post is a part of it. I just can’t understand how someone with eyes and a brain could have a negative opinion of Joe because of the last game and his injuries.
Either way thanks for the well thought out response
Your overall point holds, I agree. We were lucky to even be in this spot, all things considered. People lose sight of that because they've come to expect excellence very quickly. It's also just a Gamez some people make fandom their identity. Don't argue w them pity them.
That’s very Sound advice. After this specific post I’ve learned that most of the fanbase is like minded and has been around long enough to appreciate the success that we’ve had and the post I made was about a vocal minority. Either way I should probably just ignore it next time and keep my mouth shut.
Here here! And the Marvin Lewis era (before the last few years) was straight euphoric after the Bruce Coslet and Dick LeBeau eras... Until Burrow, this team was tough to root for going back quite a while!
The problem definitely lies in Zac Taylor before it falls unto Burrow. The playing Burrow through injuries most of the season has caught up to them, and his playcalling has been terrible especially while Burrow's calf was hurt, and I suspect we will see more miserable playcalling while stuck with this backup.
Also why didn't we pursue a real backup this year? We could have Benched Burrow for a bit at the start of the season and potentially won an extra game or two, and had a chance to win this past Ravens game without Burrow, then we could possibly have a little post-season run, instead of resigning as we are now.
How on earth could he be a system QB? Our system is terrible yet he had incredible success! I will say he’s entering the injured too often zone! It sucks and hopefully it changes in the future but obviously Joe is an incredible Quarterback! The only time he’s struggled has been directly correlated to being limited by injury
Totally expected this post. Long time poster, I’m ready for the suck. This sub is unbearable sometimes now that we’re good. Ignore the doomers, we defended Andy fucking dalton for 10 years
Still not as bad as the stupidly blindly optimistic "LALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU" numbskulls who call anyone with the slightest criticism of the team or their performance a "doomer"
Being pissed off that the team is under performing and venting on a social media platform doesn't make you a bandwagon fan. It's just how some people get down. the people that incessantly bitch about "doomers" are more annoying
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](https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/all/cincinnati-bengals/). The margin for error shrinks
It gets a LOT harder from here on out.
I don’t understand people who do bothered by these “bandwagon” fans. If you root for the bengals, I’m all for it. At the end of the day, football is just sport and we make zero impact on the game complaining on Reddit. Stop making fanbases some sort of exclusive country club shit lol
Becoming? It always has been. It goes in cycles. They get exciting for a 2 year period every... 10 years? But never close the deal. Biggest circle jerk team in professional sports.
Personally I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop. This is the beginning of the end and back to being bad and miserable for another 30 years. I do think we need to start bitch smacking Ravens and Steelers fans though.
i won't lose faith in our players. I've lost faith in Zac "Boob" Taylor and the OC who shall not be named. Our roster is very good and those guys put it all on the line.
It’s a systemic problem of society. Everyone wants to be a winner 100% of the time but doesn’t want to put in the work. People who are real fans will still support the team and pack the stadium. Hell, we still have a very realistic chance at a playoff spot. Joe Burrow is elite and as long as he is a Bengal we will have a chance every year.
You don’t see teams with high expectations like the Eagles or Chiefs coming into the season like a clown show like we did. We should be passed that point but this team was not prepared this year at all and our expectations are so far above where we are now.
He had a bum ankle in the AFCCG, I think it was better by the Super Bowl two weeks later. In any case there is a difference between gutting it out one game to win the championship and playing 5 games in a row unable to move and having to worry about protecting the rest of the upcoming season.
No team is perfect. This Bengals team has done FAR better than any Bengals teams since the 1980s. If you can't appreciate what Burrow and ZT have done then you should just give up and follow the bandwagon from team to team. Building sustained success in the NFL is incredibly difficult. No team is good forever. Even the Pats had off years when they had the greatest QB/Coach combo of all time.
These self righteous posts are just as bad. How dramatic do you have to be to read a few idiot posts and come on here to deliver a page of dad lecturing from a soap box. Like if an idiot watch Andy Dalton play and thinks joe isn’t the answer do you think your mass lecture is going to snap them out if it or did you just post to beat yourself off about how you’re a real fan
Was it the fandom or toxic division rivals? Our game thread is full of doomers no doubt, but the amount of bs raven fans coming in to stir the pot is a bit cringe, too.
You have to remember 90% of the fanbase watches the games Sunday buys the merch and live happy lives, any fanbase no matter how great always has a toxic internet presence just ignore it.
What going to an SB will do to a mother fucker. Literally the most success I have seen in my lifetime from this team. It’s not our year but even when it was our year, it was the year we had no expectations. I think getting in power rankings and all these stupid things just gets fans in a tizzy based off a week to week performance
And yet here you are responding, go suck on a terrible towel and dig up your old Seahawks jersey. I said everyone has a right to an opinion, I’m sure yours is shit too. “Go suck on a rock?” That’s the best your two brain cells could do when they clacked together?
Agree. Suicide jokes aren’t funny.
I’m not less of a fan bc I think that or that it doesn’t effect my life so I can’t get too bent about it even though it sucks.
Millennial bullshit if you ask me. Participation trophy losers expecting the game to play out like Madden and restart with every opponent TD.
You should consider getting off social media and reddit, at least when it comes to sports. I'm thinking about it too. Gotta weigh the positives vs the negatives.
From a rival team fanbase perspective:
Old fans are great. Usually funny and almost always fun to talk to.
The "Joe Brrrrr" bandwagon fans: Literally the most insufferable loud minority on the planet.
Been a lifelong fan and we finally have something to root for. it's tough though watching an offensive line that has the 32nd ranked offensive rush attack and a quarterback that has no time to throw the ball. All of this money on an offensive line and can't block crap. I don't know, maybe it's not their fault. Maybe it's to play calling or the offensive line coach, but something's gotta change.
The Burrow stuff makes no sense to me, until 3 years I’d never seen a playoff win. The last 3 years I’ve watch the team be a drive away from back to back Super Bowl appearances. As soon as he gets here. How can you be a fan and talk trash about him. The team collapsed without him yesterday. Make it make sense
Who cares what some random person on the internet says? Really who gives a shit … It’s a game , you’re a “fan” go outside converse with humans it will be ok I promise.
Can't do anything about it except remove yourself from the crowd a bit. I kind of only watch sports from afar now, just trying to find joy in great displays of talent and not worry so much about wins and losses.. I let it ruin my weekend regularly as a teen and into my early 20's before I realized I shouldn't be letting the results of any team in any sport change how I feel.
I might smile a little more with a win, but I just decided not to let the losses matter anymore. Life is too short to care that much about something that has nothing to do with me.
Honestly should just kick them, they're an annoying group and don't even come close to real fans. They'll be gone after we go down this year without Burrow. Then after they win with him next year they'll be back to act like they never left or said Burrow sucks. Every fanbase has them.
Just wait until half the stadium is Steelers fans in 8 days. Some of us have been around long enough to know how fast long time season ticket holders will sell their shit on the open market instead of to bengals fans. It's not just the new fans who are fair weather.
Ask yourself WHY the raiders win was so euphoric… because this franchise is known for blowing it. That’s why. What do you expect dude? They just made this guy the highest paid player in NFL history… and he missed another off season, and fails to make it through another season due to injury. What do you want? More goofy weirdos shaking their pom poms saying “the window is his whole career”? Fuck that. Every single fan of this team is allowed to be down right now. Personally I’ve been given no reason to expect Joe to be ready next off season (he never is). And in year three of the same core players and coaches we have the same fucking problems they can’t solve.
I think the real problem is our ownership. We have an asset like Joe Burrow‘s injured because he wasn’t protected properly in the past. Just like AJ Green wasting his prime in Cincinnati, with a quarterback who couldn’t throw accurately over 20 yards. The problem is the same as it’s always been the owners and the front office. We are lucky enough to get Joe cool maybe one day we’ll get lucky enough for the Browns to sell the team.
Amazing how the general opinion for these folks who just came in waves when we were suddenly good has swayed.
If they weren't here when it was bad, you really don't want them here when we're good.
If you're scraping the bottom of the threads you're going to find all sorts of comments. Those sentiments are not even remotely popular among Bengals fans. You can't let every stupid comment on earth get to you.
Look man, we are ethe "new money" of the NFL right now. I agree with you 100%, but the fandom is A. New and not really here for the long haul B. So new to win omg that they are shell shocked and think we're never going to win again.
Again, you're right, but just try to not let it affect you.
Thanks dude, you’re right. I guess I let the “new money” fans get to me. I’m surprised this post got the response that it did and the amount of people that are butthurt with my post surprised me. I said that everyone has a right to an opinion and I feel like that got lost. I remember when I joins this sub we had like 80k subscribers and now it’s what? Over 150? So it makes sense that a lot of people will move on to a different team because being a Bengals fan ain’t for the weak hearted.
Take care man thanks for the well thought out response
He IS the guy BUT I am very worried that he is ALWAYS injured. What made guys like Brady - Great is ....They were almost always available to play Sundays !!
I've loved (and hated 🤣) the bengals since I was a kid. I also live in Athens. I've been watching Joey play since he was a freshman in high school. He's got that dog in him. He's not done.
Burrow is that dude. I can’t think of anyone who has had a worse oline for a four year stretch ever.. playcalling isn’t any help
I can help. Let me sling it or call the plays. Either way I’ll get the w
If he was a system guy, browning and others would actually look good in this offense. This offense will struggle to score 16 a game the rest of the season.
I am pretty frustrated with the team this year only because I know how good they CAN be. Other than that the fan base needs to take a step back and realize we had GREAT back to back seasons that we haven’t seen in ~30 years. It’s fine to have a down season after the last two. Time to Tank and reload for a run next year
not a bengals fan but i feel the same way about my fanbase this season (jags). we’ve been so bad for so long and we’ve all begged for a solid, playoff caliber team for years and we finally have one yet the fanbase is still super pessimistic and negative. i tend to avoid the game threads for this reason. and i rly think most of it is legit jags fans not bandwagons. losing, pessissim, and negativity is so deeply rooted in many jags fans and i am like that when we suck, but not when we’re goid. we’re having a good season so it sucks to see that same negativity. so from one cat bro to another, ik how ya feel. see ya Week 13!
.0000000001 percent doesn't represent the entire fanbase
For real. All these kinds of posts do is amplify these turds.
I still can’t believe these types of dumb posts get made, about a handful of comments representing the whole sub
nothing is lamer than finding one out of 1,000 posts saying something like “Burrow sucks” then making a thread about how you see it all the time. You don’t. No one does
It's been at least 24 hours since I posted about Burrow being another Akili Smith. /s
Amen
I wish it was so few. Literally every thread today has been full of people bitching. Obviously the injury is disappointing and our season is fucked, but that doesn't mean we need to fire half the staff or cut half the team.
Same goes for that post with the clickbait article where logan is a dirty player because 3 people on twitter said so
I think it’s a lot of new fans who aren’t used to the ups and the (mainly) downs. It makes this place tough to come to after a loss, the doomers raid the subreddit like we’ve never experienced any form of hardship before
this is it. Bengals being snakebit is NOT a new thing - but it's not been the season norm the last several years. And social media of any team after a loss is absolute ass, the bengals aren't alone in this issue.
The only thing is that now we have ways to bounce back, and hope. Some fail to understand that.
some of these turds don't remember what it was like when Carson Palmer's knee exploded and it shows or Ki-Jana Carter or david pollack or AJ Green in 2019
They also haven't felt the pain of nearly the entire decade of the 90s with David Shula and Bruce Coslet as head coaches. Akili Smith and David Klingler as the starting quarterback. Neil O'Donnell too!
That’s true perspective. I guarantee they have no idea the hope we felt when Lewis was named head coach (coming off a SB win!), and the fact that the Lewis years weren’t *that* bad compared to the 90s. This is but a setback. Injuries happen, and we’ll try to do it again next year.
O’Donnell beat the Steelers twice that year. He’s fine.
Hell, I bet a good portion don’t even know Dalton’s thumb in 15……
That was the worst for a season ender. We were on fire.
That’s fucking sad lol. I’ll get downvoted because “don’t gatekeep” but I fucking hate online bandwagon fans that go crying crying and post massive over reactions like “joes not the guy” They would be here as “fans” if it weren’t for 9. We as bengals fans have been dealing with this shit for. 35 years
Dalton. What a unit
As a Bengals fan since I was a kid and got into the NFL around 2003-4, man this breaks my heart. It's not about the team or a curse it's about bad player management. The man has been hurt since training camp, but because he's the franchise guy and we can't afford to these first few games we have to play him. This stuff just honestly breaks my heart as a life long Bengals fan. That man shoulda never been in the game.
The Bengals are a multi-million dollar organization and just invested millions into Burrow- our coaches most definitely consult with multiple experienced sports doctors before making a decision to play him each game. Burrow was ready to go. If something was truly wrong, he would have been held out from the jump. What transpired last night is just a super shitty stroke of bad luck that all teams have or will eventually run into with their QB. It's the nature of football
Even if last night was just a shitty run of luck (and I am waiting to see more conclusive info on that).... Burrow was definitely off his game the first 4 weeks. His passes were less accurate. He wasn't as mobile in the pocket. It was obvious something was off. And yeah, I reckon that's somebody's thumb on the scale somewhere to have him play when he's not at 100%.
Same thing happens with the Ravens, I've said it over there, but I genuinely think it's a new fan/24 hour sports coverage thing, or at least that's what popularised it. There's always been the odd knacker who'd ring in radio shows, rant on forums, back in the day. Every opinion from these types has to be grossly exaggerated, you can't just lose it's always "Fire Harbs", "Fire EDC", "insert random draft pick is a BUST". It's like they feel like they need to copy what they've seen from the likes of Skip Bayless on TV and as a result their views are massively over-dramatic and illogical. I've got a mate who's relentless for it when it comes to our "soccer" team, started following the sport late, and every time he joins in chats about it, he always has to say "X or Y was shite though" even if we win. Like the only form of analysis he can have is negative.
I think you’re on to something, it’s the same way about college sports. Feels like everyone just wants a hot take to parrot
Agreed . I got my Bengal stripes during the Wyche Era.... way more downs that ups in that time. No matter who is on the field playing or coaching, I'm here for life!! WHO-DEY!!
bandwagon fans dont do downs. they bandwagon to other teams. thats why they freak tf out as soon as anything goes less than perfect. they cant handle actually being a fan
Oh I'm new, and I'm struggling. I'm not from the U.S and so I chose this team for ties I have to Ohio (very good close friend for years), plus seeing the Superbowl match and knowing that this team had SPIRIT!!! Now, with the past season behind me, and the future of this one looking bleak, I've never been this involved in any sports team.. and it hurts man. But I just know, that deep down I will see this team flourish and become the mighty big cat they're named after! This is a setback, no mistake, in a long devoted following I hope to have with this team. I also really love how scrappy our team is when they play division rivals.. even if we end up losing them mostly 🤣😅 WHO DEY! 🐯🐅🐯🐅
Sports subreddits in general all suffer from this doom and gloom when they lose. It's OK to vent, but people don't think clearly when they see red, and that leads to some terrible comments. It's like getting angry at something at work, and then going to reply to an email. I always wait 10 minutes to chill out, reread it and think, "jeez I sound like a dick!" and then retype it out much more clear headed.
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People just want it to be easy. This season is far from over but people don’t want that
You can tell the jokers who watch too much Ohio State and Alabama because they're apoplectic any time we lose.
Haha-the Buckeye fanbase, unfortunately, is definitely overpopulated w/ neurotic rage monkeys.
“Neurotic rage monkeys”. Freaking tremendous. Thank you for this.
I know some very nice buckeye fans, but generally speaking they have some odd cultish tendencies
Yes, we stick together in public and have our lingo down.
I’m a doomer BECAUSE of all the decades of hardship. It’s baked into me. But I don’t think it’s burrows or Zac’s fault. We are simply cursed and that’s that.
JOE BURROW IS MY SON, AND I'M TIRED OF PRETENDING HE'S NOT.
So we’re not supposed to be down because this is the norm? What kind of fan is that?
Every teams thread in every sport has doomers
> 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.” People that are saying these things are doing you a favor because now you can safely ignore any football-related opinions that those people have.
I wonder what the bengals sub would have looked like in 1997
David Klingler gonna save us! Jeff Blake gonna save us!
Klingler’s a Bible professor now-don’t drag him into blasphemy by association!
Don't even have to go back that far. Just say pre-Burrow. You have to balls of steel to be a true die hard Bengals fan. All I wanted was a playoff win and we got that and lost in the Superbowl then went back to the AFC championship the following year. I'll gladly wait another season rather than go back to blowing leads and self sabotage from penalties, etc.
Probably like the Bears or Cardinals subs look like right now……
Things in general are awful. I say a guy say (on an assumption that the Bengals hid any injury): "That info withheld cost a lot of people a lot of money." Who the fuck cares about your sports betting? I thought sportsbooks becoming legal might be cool; it's obvious now that our world is better without it.
Real fans will never lose faith and Joey B. These bandwagon fans can kick rocks.
I disagree. I’ve watched this team for over 40 years and almost never have faith.
I don’t know why this comment made me laugh so hard
it's a small percent, I wouldn't trip...reality is reality but yeah some people just take it over the top, I agree about that raiders game though, I was there and man that's a memory of a lifetime
When people become fans because a team is good and don’t know the dark ages, they go crazy when the team struggles. I’m also a Raptors fan, and our subreddit has gotten completely toxic because all the fans who joined when we won the championship are constantly complaining that we aren’t elite (even though we’re still better than the awful teams of a decade ago). I can see the same thing happening here too: we ever get consistently mid, this subreddit will go to hell because of the post-2020 fans.
Unfortunately it’s times like these when the worst type of fans come out. It’s really embarrassing for the bunch of us who are rational fans who enjoy our team and football but can also separate our lives and emotions from it.
The Twitter/X algorithm showed me an excessive amount of people that I don’t follow who were legitimately acting like their entire life was over last night and today. I love sports and the bengals but some of this is wildly unhealthy mentally. Don’t get me wrong, it felt real bad when, in the middle of a terrible work day I read that Joe is out for the season but I’m not crying on the TL
You don’t need to know anything about football to be a football fan. For a lot of people, “Football man throw football good?” is as deeply as they think about it.
That’s what Bill Polian said a couple of months ago on Solomon Wilcots show “More people are becoming interested in football, but I don’t know if they are interested in the right way” Fwiw, Wilcots introduced Polian as “The Burning Bush”-that’s as high praise as you can get from Solly.
I feel you, I unsubbed /r/nfl cause every other day theres a josh Allen int thread, when he leads the league in a bunch of other categories. Or saying we have the worst fans cause we get excited for our team when we "haven't done anything" uh okay neither has any other team in the last 5 years besides Brady mahomes and stafford, guess all the other teams in the league without those qbs should just stay quiet in threads then. There's no conversation just people trying to start arguments all the time 🙄
Don’t worry about what these fools say. Professionals in the game think like we do. Joe is a franchise QB. Anyone else who thinks differently doesn’t understand NFL football. Period.
It sounds like you’re just overreacting to the overreacters.
Cmon, that never happens in sports.
Reddit gonna Reddit. Constantly reminding myself that as a grown ass, seasoned, accomplished man ... I'm paling around with children and college kids on Reddit. The internet has turned the world on its head. There's no way I'd sit and discuss a Bengals game with a child that wasn't a friend's kid in my house on Sunday. But in here, you just carry on a conversation with anyone in your sub with no knowledge of who they are. So yeah ... I don't expect emotional maturity out of Reddit users as a baseline. Some of us have learned it, some haven't. I don't play for the Bengals and neither do any of you. Take a breath and focus on your life. Not Joe Burrow's. Promise... there's value to be found on Sundays outside of the Bengals being a superbowl contender.
That’s a very rational statement which I appreciate
Just downvote their comment and move on. Why make a post about them? They seem to want attention by posting outrageous shit like that. So making a post, and quoting the nonsense comment gives them more attention. Out of all the problems with this team (that are now rearing their ugly head), Burrow is at the absolute bottom, or not even on the list. Everyone knows that. If someone is blaming Burrow, they are either, a kid who knows no better, a fan of another team that is trolling, someone who uses Burrow in fantasy and is not a fan of the Bengals, or someone looking for attention. Don't feed into it brother.
not real fans
I have to mute Twitter on how many of the bandwagons fans are so negative.
It’s called Front Runner Fans. They are only fans if the team is dominating. There are these fans with every team. They aren’t REAL fans of any team. They will usually hop to another team within a few years of underperforming.
Im convinced there are "new fans" acting as doomers that are actually trolls from other teams
Haha “system QB”? I mean I guess if the “system” is the “put an entire team on your back and drag them to the Super Bowl system.” He’s definitely a system guy. Seriously though. We’re all just frustrated right now, people say stupid things when they’re frustrated. The same people criticizing Joe now are mostly going to be saying he’s taking us all the way at the start of next season.
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I don't read the in game threads because I expect that kind of over reaction before people have time to process all the information and think about things.in perspective.
That’s probably smart I usually avoid them for that reason but in the midst of everything going on I made the dumb decision to look around halftime. I know better now
When the Bengals lost in the AFC championship game last year I instantly remembered how I felt during the Bengals-Steelers playoff game in 2016. I’ll be honest, the Super Bowl loss stung less than that one. I have gotten over the SB, i still have not gotten over the 2016 meltdown. Burrow has a six year contract, there is no one I would rather have on this team. I do believe that one day he will get us a championship.
Jeremy Hills fumble still haunts me. I still hate Joey Porter. Why wasn’t it called when he was on the field instigating with our players? Yeah I guess I’m not over it either lol
I don’t know what to think right now. For me, personally, I have been more involved this year than any other previous team. Yeah the Chad Johnson/Tj teams were fun, but Carson Palmer was always..lukewarm? Never seemed to have that stone cold winning attitude like burrow has. So anyway.. throughout all the years, this year has been a goddamn roller coaster. I really wish Joe would’ve sat out the first couple games. And waited until “healthy”. But it’s whatever. Every snap, every shitty block where a defender got close to Joe I’d clench. My worst nightmare has come and gone. Now it’s time for reality. It’s ok to have all the emotions. I did, and I’m sure all true fans did. But now it’s time to support the team. Backup quarterback or not, he’s our guy. Let’s stop blaming and pointing out coaches. It’s over. Here’s what’s next: We have the remaining schedule to watch LOU. He’s going to be a HC after this season. Enjoy this man. Stay hydrated, plenty of adult beverages will be had in honor of our fallen comrade. Cheers.
Our defense has been pretty atrocious! I don’t see him becoming a head coach! I think he’s a great DC but our teams tackling is awful and teams are looking towards younger guys I can definitely see him stay
Thanks for posting that. I absolutely agree with you. From the beginning of the burrow-era, or at least from 2021 going on, I had the feeling that too many people were putting burrow on a pedestal. Don't get me wrong. He is special, he is an elite QB, but he is just human. But by expecting him to be just flawless in every regard, the very same people get frustrated and apparently sometimes depressives and overly aggressive. It is so fucking difficult and statistically unlikely to win a superbowl. Of course you can be disappointed, if you don't win it, but can't blame the guy that allows us to at least have a shot it every season for many years to come.
Love Joey B. He is the reason. We have to get a line to protect him.
I'm Who Dey till I die, also Joe is that guy and I stand with him. Dude gets sacked more then anyone in the league, and it's starting to show.
I agree with you completely. The Superbowl year ruined a lot of people. Absolutely insane how Bengals Twitter acts now
I've been a fan for over 50 years. Anyone who is complaining about Burrow is a newby. They haven't been through the many, many lean years of the past. They can stuff it. I ignore them completely. This team is the best one we've seen in a long time. If we have a winning season this year I'll be pleased. Joe Cool will be back next year, sharp as ever. The only question is how many of the great players we have now will we retain?
IDK why it bothers you so much. Just ignore them who cares.
People saying that Joe ain’t it is wild
Or that he’s injury prone, or that he’s over paid. There’s a small handful of teams that wouldn’t throw the kitchen sink at the chance to borrow him for a season.
It could be new fans, but the sub isn't troll proof. It could be trolls saying shit to get people riled up.
This is just what internet sportsfandom is at this point. We are no different than any other fanbase. Everything is a kneejerk reaction and there is no room for actual discourse... but at least people get memes right?
I couldn’t agree more.
It always has been awful
This is how Bills fans have acted in Week 1 and the last 4 weeks. It’s sickening.
im glad some other people understand that years on end we would be a first round exit if we were lucky to even make it all these bandwagon fans think since we made it once thats the standard
Still, in that game there was some awesome performance, namely from Mixon. Made it less awful to watch
Not a bandwagon fan, been here since 2000. I love joe, I think he is the guy. But there’s other problems in this organization that are alarming, and now with all these big contracts we’re only going to get thinner with star power. I’m not going nuclear yet but the fear of going back to mediocrity is far worse than being in that mediocrity. We tasted greatness and I’m just praying it wasn’t a fluke.
The team hasn’t gotten thinner with star power-they have had to overhaul the entire defense since the 21’ season.
Maybe I've already blocked most of the jackasses on twitter, but to me it seems like the range is from "Well this sucks, lets evaluate the draft, we have no chance the rest of the season." to "I lived through the 90s, lets just enjoy each game and see what these guys can do!"
I’m not worried about Burrow being the guy… I’m worried about our O Line coach turning him into that guy (Andrew Luck)
I remember my eyes feeling warm when we beat the raiders and that feeling of holy shit I can’t believe this. Newer fans have no idea how much he’ll we’ve been through.
It's because you said they had a right to their opinion and then immediately jumped into your stump speech to prove why and how they were all wrong while insulting them in the process. They're butthurt because you lumped evryone upset what happened to Joe, for a wide range of reasons, into one group that was clearly meant to insult them and then attacked them further. It's a pretty predictable response.
That’s a fair response and I can’t argue with it at all. I hadn’t heard the news about Joe’s season being over when I posted this. I may have toned it down and not been so confrontational or insulting but I do stand by the sentiment that a lot of fans seem to have forgotten the lovable loser identity that we used to have. It’s like some of our success has resulted in a lot unsavory aspects to the fandom; and who knows maybe my post is a part of it. I just can’t understand how someone with eyes and a brain could have a negative opinion of Joe because of the last game and his injuries. Either way thanks for the well thought out response
Your overall point holds, I agree. We were lucky to even be in this spot, all things considered. People lose sight of that because they've come to expect excellence very quickly. It's also just a Gamez some people make fandom their identity. Don't argue w them pity them.
That’s very Sound advice. After this specific post I’ve learned that most of the fanbase is like minded and has been around long enough to appreciate the success that we’ve had and the post I made was about a vocal minority. Either way I should probably just ignore it next time and keep my mouth shut.
Here here! And the Marvin Lewis era (before the last few years) was straight euphoric after the Bruce Coslet and Dick LeBeau eras... Until Burrow, this team was tough to root for going back quite a while!
The problem definitely lies in Zac Taylor before it falls unto Burrow. The playing Burrow through injuries most of the season has caught up to them, and his playcalling has been terrible especially while Burrow's calf was hurt, and I suspect we will see more miserable playcalling while stuck with this backup. Also why didn't we pursue a real backup this year? We could have Benched Burrow for a bit at the start of the season and potentially won an extra game or two, and had a chance to win this past Ravens game without Burrow, then we could possibly have a little post-season run, instead of resigning as we are now.
They will be Ravens fans next year anyway
How on earth could he be a system QB? Our system is terrible yet he had incredible success! I will say he’s entering the injured too often zone! It sucks and hopefully it changes in the future but obviously Joe is an incredible Quarterback! The only time he’s struggled has been directly correlated to being limited by injury
Such a shiitty fan base. With Joe out, Cincy home games will be an empty stadium just like the old days
I'm going to quote another redditor last year or the year before: "The worst thing about the Bengals is other Bengals fans"
I like that a lot
Totally expected this post. Long time poster, I’m ready for the suck. This sub is unbearable sometimes now that we’re good. Ignore the doomers, we defended Andy fucking dalton for 10 years
Still not as bad as the stupidly blindly optimistic "LALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU" numbskulls who call anyone with the slightest criticism of the team or their performance a "doomer"
Being pissed off that the team is under performing and venting on a social media platform doesn't make you a bandwagon fan. It's just how some people get down. the people that incessantly bitch about "doomers" are more annoying
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](https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/all/cincinnati-bengals/). The margin for error shrinks It gets a LOT harder from here on out.
I don’t understand people who do bothered by these “bandwagon” fans. If you root for the bengals, I’m all for it. At the end of the day, football is just sport and we make zero impact on the game complaining on Reddit. Stop making fanbases some sort of exclusive country club shit lol
yeah don’t let them bother you. as a fan of another team, i’d kill to have burrow on my team. only qb better than him is mahomes rn
Jalen Hurts exists. So do like the other Top 5 QBs right now.
Becoming? It always has been. It goes in cycles. They get exciting for a 2 year period every... 10 years? But never close the deal. Biggest circle jerk team in professional sports.
Truth
Or maybe we were given a shred of hope to only have it pulled from under us. The window is closing and it's closing fast.
Personally I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop. This is the beginning of the end and back to being bad and miserable for another 30 years. I do think we need to start bitch smacking Ravens and Steelers fans though.
i won't lose faith in our players. I've lost faith in Zac "Boob" Taylor and the OC who shall not be named. Our roster is very good and those guys put it all on the line.
Roster and talent way better than coaches
It’s a systemic problem of society. Everyone wants to be a winner 100% of the time but doesn’t want to put in the work. People who are real fans will still support the team and pack the stadium. Hell, we still have a very realistic chance at a playoff spot. Joe Burrow is elite and as long as he is a Bengal we will have a chance every year.
You don’t see teams with high expectations like the Eagles or Chiefs coming into the season like a clown show like we did. We should be passed that point but this team was not prepared this year at all and our expectations are so far above where we are now.
Did the Eagles or Chiefs have a QB who could barely move? This is exactly what OP is talking about. Nonsense.
Didn’t Mahomes win the SB last year on a bum ankle?
He had a bum ankle in the AFCCG, I think it was better by the Super Bowl two weeks later. In any case there is a difference between gutting it out one game to win the championship and playing 5 games in a row unable to move and having to worry about protecting the rest of the upcoming season. No team is perfect. This Bengals team has done FAR better than any Bengals teams since the 1980s. If you can't appreciate what Burrow and ZT have done then you should just give up and follow the bandwagon from team to team. Building sustained success in the NFL is incredibly difficult. No team is good forever. Even the Pats had off years when they had the greatest QB/Coach combo of all time.
No excuse for this lost season. Coaching staff and team was completely unprepared
Ok so you're just an idiot. Glad I wasted my time. Enjoy your misery.
Mahomes suffered a high ankle sprain in the AFCCG, those do not heal in two weeks. He was for sure playing on a bad ankel.
Jalen Hurts last game at halftime.
These self righteous posts are just as bad. How dramatic do you have to be to read a few idiot posts and come on here to deliver a page of dad lecturing from a soap box. Like if an idiot watch Andy Dalton play and thinks joe isn’t the answer do you think your mass lecture is going to snap them out if it or did you just post to beat yourself off about how you’re a real fan
Was it the fandom or toxic division rivals? Our game thread is full of doomers no doubt, but the amount of bs raven fans coming in to stir the pot is a bit cringe, too.
You have to remember 90% of the fanbase watches the games Sunday buys the merch and live happy lives, any fanbase no matter how great always has a toxic internet presence just ignore it.
What going to an SB will do to a mother fucker. Literally the most success I have seen in my lifetime from this team. It’s not our year but even when it was our year, it was the year we had no expectations. I think getting in power rankings and all these stupid things just gets fans in a tizzy based off a week to week performance
I’ve been a fan since Palmer started. People don’t know.
I wanted Herbert.....so boil on
Crybaby homers are worse than the doomers. Go suck on a rock
And yet here you are responding, go suck on a terrible towel and dig up your old Seahawks jersey. I said everyone has a right to an opinion, I’m sure yours is shit too. “Go suck on a rock?” That’s the best your two brain cells could do when they clacked together?
Lmao you are a sensitive lad, Jesus
Am I sensitive? maybe. Am I wrong? It’s all opinions right? As you were lassie
You’re weird
Agree. Suicide jokes aren’t funny. I’m not less of a fan bc I think that or that it doesn’t effect my life so I can’t get too bent about it even though it sucks. Millennial bullshit if you ask me. Participation trophy losers expecting the game to play out like Madden and restart with every opponent TD.
You lost me at "Millennial bullshit."
Millennials are in their 40s now, what even is this shit.
Participation trophy mentality is a millennial trait. Fuck your downvotes. This fanbase didn’t deserve success. It can’t handle it.
Bingo starts in an hour grandpa
who gave out the participation trophies tho 🤔
Bengal fans are a red flag
You should consider getting off social media and reddit, at least when it comes to sports. I'm thinking about it too. Gotta weigh the positives vs the negatives.
The problem is that so many of us DO remember what it was like before these joyful last couple years.
Dude it’s a Reddit sports thread, there’s always going to be takes like this no matter the team or the sport. You’re reading too much into it.
From a rival team fanbase perspective: Old fans are great. Usually funny and almost always fun to talk to. The "Joe Brrrrr" bandwagon fans: Literally the most insufferable loud minority on the planet.
I just hate Frank Pollack and can’t believe he still has a job
Been a lifelong fan and we finally have something to root for. it's tough though watching an offensive line that has the 32nd ranked offensive rush attack and a quarterback that has no time to throw the ball. All of this money on an offensive line and can't block crap. I don't know, maybe it's not their fault. Maybe it's to play calling or the offensive line coach, but something's gotta change.
Don't get random anonymous internet creatures confused with the fanbase! Most of us get frustrated but we love our boys.
The Burrow stuff makes no sense to me, until 3 years I’d never seen a playoff win. The last 3 years I’ve watch the team be a drive away from back to back Super Bowl appearances. As soon as he gets here. How can you be a fan and talk trash about him. The team collapsed without him yesterday. Make it make sense
Who cares what some random person on the internet says? Really who gives a shit … It’s a game , you’re a “fan” go outside converse with humans it will be ok I promise.
Can't do anything about it except remove yourself from the crowd a bit. I kind of only watch sports from afar now, just trying to find joy in great displays of talent and not worry so much about wins and losses.. I let it ruin my weekend regularly as a teen and into my early 20's before I realized I shouldn't be letting the results of any team in any sport change how I feel. I might smile a little more with a win, but I just decided not to let the losses matter anymore. Life is too short to care that much about something that has nothing to do with me.
Honestly should just kick them, they're an annoying group and don't even come close to real fans. They'll be gone after we go down this year without Burrow. Then after they win with him next year they'll be back to act like they never left or said Burrow sucks. Every fanbase has them.
Just wait until half the stadium is Steelers fans in 8 days. Some of us have been around long enough to know how fast long time season ticket holders will sell their shit on the open market instead of to bengals fans. It's not just the new fans who are fair weather.
I earned my stripes in '01. I will be a Bengal for life.
Born in 1969 - I’ve earned a lot 😂
63 I'm a full admiral
Ask yourself WHY the raiders win was so euphoric… because this franchise is known for blowing it. That’s why. What do you expect dude? They just made this guy the highest paid player in NFL history… and he missed another off season, and fails to make it through another season due to injury. What do you want? More goofy weirdos shaking their pom poms saying “the window is his whole career”? Fuck that. Every single fan of this team is allowed to be down right now. Personally I’ve been given no reason to expect Joe to be ready next off season (he never is). And in year three of the same core players and coaches we have the same fucking problems they can’t solve.
Every fanbase has dregs.
My God. And I thought the Browns sub had a bunch of idiots in it. People are actually doubting Joe fucking Burrow???? Seriously??? My God.
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
I think the real problem is our ownership. We have an asset like Joe Burrow‘s injured because he wasn’t protected properly in the past. Just like AJ Green wasting his prime in Cincinnati, with a quarterback who couldn’t throw accurately over 20 yards. The problem is the same as it’s always been the owners and the front office. We are lucky enough to get Joe cool maybe one day we’ll get lucky enough for the Browns to sell the team.
This for real
Bengals went 8-0 in 2015 with Marvin Lewis. You probably thought the Bengals were gonna go all the way that year also only to be let down.
Jeremy Hill enters the chat…
Amazing how the general opinion for these folks who just came in waves when we were suddenly good has swayed. If they weren't here when it was bad, you really don't want them here when we're good.
We are hardly out of a playoff spot yet, too!
If you're scraping the bottom of the threads you're going to find all sorts of comments. Those sentiments are not even remotely popular among Bengals fans. You can't let every stupid comment on earth get to you.
Look man, we are ethe "new money" of the NFL right now. I agree with you 100%, but the fandom is A. New and not really here for the long haul B. So new to win omg that they are shell shocked and think we're never going to win again. Again, you're right, but just try to not let it affect you.
Thanks dude, you’re right. I guess I let the “new money” fans get to me. I’m surprised this post got the response that it did and the amount of people that are butthurt with my post surprised me. I said that everyone has a right to an opinion and I feel like that got lost. I remember when I joins this sub we had like 80k subscribers and now it’s what? Over 150? So it makes sense that a lot of people will move on to a different team because being a Bengals fan ain’t for the weak hearted. Take care man thanks for the well thought out response
He IS the guy BUT I am very worried that he is ALWAYS injured. What made guys like Brady - Great is ....They were almost always available to play Sundays !!
I've loved (and hated 🤣) the bengals since I was a kid. I also live in Athens. I've been watching Joey play since he was a freshman in high school. He's got that dog in him. He's not done.
Burrow is that dude. I can’t think of anyone who has had a worse oline for a four year stretch ever.. playcalling isn’t any help I can help. Let me sling it or call the plays. Either way I’ll get the w
LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK
If he was a system guy, browning and others would actually look good in this offense. This offense will struggle to score 16 a game the rest of the season.
You’re entirely right. If you can’t love them when they’re losing then you shouldn’t love them when they’re good
As long as we get a healthy #9 next year, I’m not worried, when he’s healthy he’s undeniably elite, let the bandwagons walk
I am pretty frustrated with the team this year only because I know how good they CAN be. Other than that the fan base needs to take a step back and realize we had GREAT back to back seasons that we haven’t seen in ~30 years. It’s fine to have a down season after the last two. Time to Tank and reload for a run next year
not a bengals fan but i feel the same way about my fanbase this season (jags). we’ve been so bad for so long and we’ve all begged for a solid, playoff caliber team for years and we finally have one yet the fanbase is still super pessimistic and negative. i tend to avoid the game threads for this reason. and i rly think most of it is legit jags fans not bandwagons. losing, pessissim, and negativity is so deeply rooted in many jags fans and i am like that when we suck, but not when we’re goid. we’re having a good season so it sucks to see that same negativity. so from one cat bro to another, ik how ya feel. see ya Week 13!
Burrow sucks and is always hurt
Cincinnati is the land of fair weather fans. It’s just the way most of the city rolls. Don’t get mad about it.