I understood that before the Bengals even won a playoff game 3 years ago. Bengals fans would Andy Dalton this and Andy Dalton that and i would tell them the only thing that matters is playoff wins and rings.

If my QB looks elite and your QB looks average, you don't think i'm gonna get on here and point that out, since i don't have the lazy championships argument to throw out there?

If "you" go on about PuHnttttttt GaWWWWd!!!11!!1!! You don't think i'm gonna come on here and say my punter is better? Live in the past all you want, you're able to. I can only live in the right now.

I'm workin on it, holmes.

Ya know, the "right now" favors the Chiefs too.

Very winnable game against a bad Giants team. Just don’t Bungle it.

Only one QB in the NFL does that consistently right now. Burrow does it just as much as anyone else. He's failed in 2 gigantic moments that put a bigger shine on him for that.

You don't need to read the rest of this cause no1currrrr but i'm doing a series of posts on my mothership about Burrow's 1 score losses and who the blame lies with (think Josh Allen-13 seconds). I may or may not post the results here when i'm done.

And right now, and pretty much always, your QB chokes in the clutch... And nobody is living in the past. In the present, our QB is clutch and is the QB of the raining Back to Back Champions. Your QB, and his team has never been that, at any time, past or present. :shrug:

Yeah, post it here. I'd be interested to see. You'll get some flak, but who doesn't?

What’s awesome about that defense is just how many of the starters are homegrown. I believe that Reid, Tranquill, and Omenihu (when he returns) about the only starters who KC signed in FA. It’s really a testament to how elite this organization really is.

They have a first ballot HOF QB/TE, a top 5 all time HC, one of the best DCs in the history of the game, and an elite GM who consistently restocks this team with young talent. This is why KC is a dynasty and will be a prohibitive favorite for quite a while.

Well, TBH, you have to be able to put up elite stats in the RS if you're gonna hope to challenge for a SB, for most teams.

It's not a coincidence that names like Mahomes, Burrow, Allen, Brady, Stafford, Purdy, Hurts have been at/near the top of the list the last few years.

If you go back to the mid '00s you have Manning, Brady, Roethlisberger, Brees, Rodgers.

The injury claim is legit but the 2 full seasons Burrow has played he was in 2 AFCCG and a SB and this seasom ain't done yet.

Burrow has 5 PO wins in 4 years where Phil had 5 for his career (17 years) and none of them are conference championship games.

Missing rings: 6-11 2024 Bengals. Burrow had a few good games Edition...

Ya, i'm sure it's sucked to have Travis and Tyreek to throw to.

Why do you hate Rashee Rice so much?

Mahomes struggling STILL looks better than Burrow.

I don't know how many times i have to bring up 2020 but i'm not doing it anymore.

Having 6 games agains the AFCW every year is not a tough first place schedule.

We'll see how that turns out.

Steelers and Browns are trash and blowing games like that to Lamar is embarrassing

You're overstating the deficiencies of the division a bit. The rest of them do have to face the Chiefs twice each year.

ETA - Furthermore, this was about a comparison of difficulty of schedules and even if we stipulate that the AFC west has been weak for the duration of Mahomes' career, that doesn't tell us anything about the rest of the schedule which has been intentionally tougher given the fact that the Chiefs have faced the first place schedule. No matter how you slice it, I will bet you that the Chiefs schedule with Mahomes at QB has been significantly more difficult than the Bengals schedule has been with Burrow at QB.

Your QB is pretty meh right now. The defense is why you won the SB last year and are 5-0 this year. Without that defensive effort, Patty hasn't done enough to win higher scoring games.

Chargers are a better team than Cincy

That's why dynasties happen throughout NFL history and why the Bengals will never be one as long as Mike Brown is alive, at the very least.

Well outside of NE, dynasties are very hard to build and sustain in a salary cap era. You are right though about your owner. He is awful and will continue to hold the Bengals back.

I'd say they're pretty hard to sustain regardless. That's why 3/5 4/6 is the standard. Relatively short term.

You do have teams that can maintain excellence for a decade plus like the Steelers of the 90s-mid/late '00s, 49ers from the 80s-mid 90's and Pats from '00-mid/late '10s. But those are rare.

Steelers were in the pre-free agency/pre-salary cap era.

Patriots were 2 dynasties not 1. They went 10 years without a SB championship which included 3 years with 0 playoff wins and 1 year with no playoffs at all.

Yeah. I was separating the dynasties with long term high success.

Your punter isn't better, though. I don't know why you keep saying that.

One of the NFL's best ST coaches when it pertains to kicking and punting had a free shot at your punter or our punter. He chose our punter.

Your punter ****ed up a hold on a crucial field goal. Meanwhile ours quite possibly saved a game by rescuing a high snap. Your punter lost his team a game while ours arguably won a game for his team.

They've both had only 5 career NFL games up to this point, and while Rehkow has a higher average, Araiza has more inside the 20 and on fewer punting attempts.

Mine's better. He leads the league in gross and net by 3+ yards. Puhnt gawwwd has 1 more inside the 20 on one less kick, same amount of touchbacks and fair catches. Yours had 2 less returns and .3 less yds per return.

I'm not gonna let one bobbled snap overshadow a 3+ yd lead in gross and net when all else is equal.

1-4 but my punter is better.

Shut up.

Do you think McPherson is better than Butker?

Ooooo! Tell me about your long snapper, too!

Punters that fumble snaps get cut

1. No

2. He's pretty good!

So Burrow is named sexiest QB in the NFL and you guys are near the top of the list for most dangerous stadiums.

Sounds about right.

Dangerous for opposing teams maybe. Joe is a cutie, though.

Try being sexy and dangerous.


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The funny part is, it was supposed to be Gannon. People staffers screwed up.

Was '97 the year Chiefs fans always talk about if Gannon was the QB, you would have beat the Broncos in the playoffs?

I think KC's offense, without Mahomes, is significantly over rated.

Yes, Rice before IR was playing well. A lot was Rice getting yards after catch. But Mahomes could also get him the ball in tight windows where and/or position him to get those yards after catch. Anyway, that's gone now.

I think the LT play has been worse than most people realize. And now without Rice... Yes, there is Hunt and Kelce, but...

Put some good but over rated QB like Dak on this offense. See if he can actually avoid the pass rush long enough to take advantage of Worthy deep...

LMAO

Caleb is #2

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Yes.

You saying those earrings aren't sexy??

Thank you sir. Kind of amusing (to me) that Gannon got robbed of the playoff opp and then robbed of the sexiest QB alive. Dude probably hates Grbac.

He can get in line.

Joey is probably Top 8 right now , but imagine if he wasn't so soft, the injuries weren't piling up, the mistakes in key situations, making his O line look worse than they are for years. Imagine that Bengals fans he could be what Pat is. The potential was there, but unfortunately for you he'll never get there. He had defense, weapons, no excuses not to get it done already. Now the defense is awful, the weapons want out, and the hits have taken a toll.

The result? 1-4

95 in my opinion. I'm not sure it would have mattered in 97. Gannon had won several games while Grbac was out, but he was basically a game manager in that 97 offense. It was controversial because it was Grbac's first game back. It could obviously gone differently in that game, but who knows, it was always going to be a close one and penalties killed them a crucial times.

West coast Bono had know chance in that 96 ice bowl game. He was worse than Tua last year.

It's a long line, just like at the amusement park for the best coaster.

They look awful

Terrible game. Maybe counts as half a win

This is the result we wanted. We want CIN playing spoiler. Keep them involved, just outside the playoff picture.

Calm down ladies. All dubs are acceptable.

Congratulations on your Pyrrhic victory.

Well Cincy tried to Bungle their way to a loss, but the horrible Giants snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

Cincy running back dumb. Should have just gave up instead of score

Giants maybes well bench Jones. He's really crap.

10pt win on the road on Sunday night.

Let it eat you up.

No one here is ate up over this. You have beaten two of the worst teams in the NFL and fallen flat on your face against everyone else.

If that's all you got, you should go masturbate to posters of Ickey Woods again.

You're seething. You wanted so bad to come in here and talk shit and make memes and you don't get to do shit but eat it.

Eat it, bitch.

Most importantly, how was the punter?

He was ok. ;)

We done went and jumped 4 spots in the playoff race in one week.

Only thing worse than thinking the Bengals are a good team is waking up seeing you're living in Cincinnati.

Yeah, it must suck for those guys.

This is sad, even for you. I am happy you won.

Keep that enthusiasm. I need good vibes in the Bengals Garden, or whatever it is you call it, about trying to sneak into the playoffs.

You're to be playing spoiler for the Kansas City Chiefs this season. With your help, we will easily get home field advantage.

Now HOP TO IT!

KC Chiefs are my favorite team. But when they have a bye week, it’s still fun to watch Burrow, Josh Allen, Lamar, and Daniels play.

The Bengals haven't won against an AFC team, gloating for them is dubious.

Bengals Garden. That's a good one. :clap:

it's only fun when 3 of them lose, for me

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Concussion rules likely violated again?

The stitches holding shut the tongue colon about to burst wide open at the Paycor Stadium complex

Banged that wrist up good on the concussion sack too

Margins are thin in the NFL. I caught the end of the game because I was more interested in the MLB playoffs. That was really close to a 14-10 final or at least overtime.

Sometimes, it really is better to be lucky than good. Hope your QB is okay because it looked like he got his eggs scrambled hitting that hard turf.

congrats to the Benglas beating a tough Giants team, with 2 gutsy wins against the NFC's best things are looking up for Cincinatti

Orlando getting bitch slapped for a sack. Should be a Christmas card

From 28th to 24th?

2-4

There aren't 28 teams in the playoffs, you silly goose.

Yeah, but they rank teams from top to bottom when looking at the playoff chase, even after teams are eliminated.