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  2. Random 2024 Bengals related stuff

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    On 3/29/2024 at 9:03 AM, BlackJesus said:

     

    I wonder if those new seats will be the same jungle green color as the old ones or if they will switch it up to orange or black? 🤔

     

    Oh, I can't imagine they'd be anything but green, since that's apparently the only section being changed and it's the jungle and all. Black would get too hot in the sun. Orange might look good, but Cleveland has done that already. 

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  5. Keeping our enemies close: 2024

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    23 hours ago, spicoli said:


    He is Pittsburgh born and bred

     

     

    I don't care if he was conceived at the 50-yard line at Three Rivers Stadium and raised in an apartment at Heinz Field, next door the Stealers locker room. As a member of the Bengals family, you do not associate with or wear the colors of that franchise, much less take actions to help them win games. I will forever be pissed at one of my all time favorite players for this (Ken Anderson).

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  6. Keeping our enemies close: 2024

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    4 hours ago, BlackJesus said:

     

    Anything that isn't similar to this mock up is a colossal failure. The Broncos had one of the best uniforms in all of sports, plus a great color scheme and helmet. Truly a thing of beauty. And then ruined them. 

     

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    Sadly, the logo and colors are not changing. I've also heard rumors that the shoulder panels on the side are going to have mountains on them. I shit you not. Getting rid of the 90s side panels and other craziness will be an improvement, but it sounds like an overall failure is in the works.

  8. Keeping our enemies close: 2024

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    On 3/19/2024 at 5:11 PM, BlackJesus said:

    A pic of the new Texans uniforms leaked and they are hideous XFL looking bullshit of course. Same stupid FUBU numbers as Atlanta. Full reveal coming in April. 

     

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    I just don't get this one, AT ALL. The current trend is (thankfully) toward brighter colors, and this is going the opposite direction, eliminating the red numbers. Royal blue with generous amounts of red would have worked so much better. Glad I'm not a Texans fan.

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  9. Random 2024 Bengals related stuff

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    On 3/6/2024 at 6:52 PM, BlackJesus said:

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    That 1980 team was a lot better than they get credit for, and that season was a foreshadowing of what would happen in 1981.

     

    They started 0-2 with losses by 5 points and 1 point, then defeated the defending champion Stealers, who came in at 2-0. The Bengals had been 2-8 against them the previous five seasons. They followed that up with two more losses, by 3 points and 5 points to drop to 1-4, setting up a Week 6 rematch with Pittsburgh, who was now 4-1. The Bengals beat them yet again, this time at Three Rivers, meaning that at that point, the 2-4 Bengals' only two wins were against Pittsburgh and 4-2 Pittsburgh's only two losses were against the Bengals. The Bengals four losses were by a combined 14 points. They were a good team that found a way to lose in the end.

     

    After a 14-0 shutout of the Vikings, they were 3-4 and it looked like a first winning season in three years could be possible, but five straight blowout losses put them at 3-9 and it looked like a third straight 4-12 was in the works. They did win three more straight to get to 6-9 before losing a close one at home to Cleveland in Week 16. That was the game Pat McInally got injured on a cheap hit - I'll bet some of you remember it.

     

    Does anyone remember if there were extenuating circumstances (injuries?) that led to that five-game losing streak? There was a night and day difference in their performance for those five games compared to the other 11 games.

  10. Bengals' Joe Burrow expects to be cleared from injury by May

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    5 hours ago, BlackJesus said:

     

    ... The fact that the 'Twitter MD' embeds an advertising ploy to sell his website inside of his 'hot take' clickbait—that was sensational with the expressed purpose of garnering outrage-engagement (and thus increasing the chances that someone buys his "service")—really calls his entire prognosis into question. Plus, he's basically citing an unnamed friend, the equivalent of "some people are saying". 

     

    Yeah that's what I was thinking (and hoping). It hadn't even occurred to me to be worried about Burrow's career until I saw that, and it was kinda stomach-turning. I guess that's exactly the reaction he was seeking.

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  15. Random 2024 Bengals related stuff

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    On 2/10/2024 at 12:58 AM, AmishBengalFan said:

    Schedules subject to change if the NFL ditches their current scheduling formula, does a realignment, expands, or does anything else fucked-up.

     

    There was perfect symmetry before the stupid 17th game was added: four divisions (per conference) of four teams and four 4-game fourths to the season schedule. And there was history. You could compare each team's season with the record of teams past. Now there is no accurate comparison. It's apples and oranges, or something.

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  16. What are the odds the Bengals will win the next Super Bowl? Better than you might think

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    These were the preseason odds just three short years ago:

     

    2021 Preseason Super Bowl Odds 

     
    Tm Super Bowl Odds
    ▼     		W/L O-U Record
    Houston Texans +30000 4.0 4-13 (push)
    Detroit Lions +25000 4.5 3-13-1 (under)
    Cincinnati Bengals +15000 6.5 10-7 (over)
    New York Jets +15000 6.0 4-13 (under)
    Jacksonville Jaguars +12500 6.5 3-14 (under)
    Philadelphia Eagles +10000 6.5 9-8 (over)
    Atlanta Falcons +8000 7.5 7-10 (under)
    Carolina Panthers +8000 7.5 5-12 (under)
    Las Vegas Raiders +8000 7.5 10-7 (over)
    New York Giants +8000 7.0 4-13 (under)
    Chicago Bears +6600 7.5 6-11 (under)
    Denver Broncos +5000 9.0 7-10 (under)
    Pittsburgh Stealers +5000 8.5 9-7-1 (over)
    Miami Dolphins +4000 9.0 9-8 (push)
    Minnesota Vikings +4000 9.0 8-9 (under)
    New Orleans Saints +4000 9.0 9-8 (push)
    Washington Football Team +4000 8.5 7-10 (under)
    Arizona Cardinals +3500 8.5 11-6 (over)
    Indianapolis Colts +3500 9.0 9-8 (push)
    Dallas Cowboys +3000 9.0 12-5 (over)
    Los Angeles Chargers +3000 9.5 9-8 (under)
    New England Patriots +3000 9.5 10-7 (over)
    Seattle Seahawks +2500 9.5 7-10 (under)
    Tennessee Titans +2000 9.5 12-5 (over)
    Cleveland Browns +1600 10.5 8-9 (under)
    Baltimore Ravens +1400 10.5 8-9 (under)
    Green Bay Packers +1400 10.5 13-4 (over)
    San Francisco 49ers +1400 10.5 10-7 (under)
    Los Angeles Rams +1200 10.5 12-5 (over)
    Buffalo Bills +1100 11.5 11-6 (under)
    Tampa Bay Buccaneers +700 12.0 13-4 (over)
    Kansas City Chiefs +450 12.5 12-5 (under)

  18. Super Bowl LVIII – who to root for?

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    I'm not "for" either team, but here are the reasons I'm against the Chiefs more than I'm against the 49ers:

    • Mahomes - I'd rather he not be in the conversation with the all time greats, his helmet is comically large and sits way too far up on his head and is distracting, he has an annoying voice, and he throws fits when things don't go his way.
    • Kelce
    • Kelce's goofy-acting girlfriend
    • Nobody in the 49ers organization had anything to do with XVI or XXIII, so I've let go of that grudge.
    • Purdy seems like a nice fella.
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  19. Random 2024 Bengals related stuff

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    12 hours ago, AmishBengalFan said:

    I'm sorry, but I just don't care about the Pro Bowl.  Not in the former incarnation, not in the new "video game" incarnation.

     

    The players - if they're into it, then good for them!  I imagine the draw for them and their wives/family was stronger when it was hosted in Hawaii, since Orlando is such a Mickey Mouse town, but again.... if this is fun for them and they're all happy to be there, that's all that matters IMO.

     

    I liked it as a kid in the 70s and 80s, especially when there was good Bengals representation and players took it somewhat seriously. I loved seeing the different team helmets on the field together. But haven't cared about it since the Bengals went on their skid starting in 1991. What they've done the past few years is pointless, and excluding the players from the two Super Bowl teams waters it down even more.

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  22. AFC/NFC Championship Games Thread

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    20 hours ago, Bleeds Orange said:

    Take away Mahomes, his wife, the pop singer, and the pop singer's boyfriend, and I'd be for Kansas City. But those four are still in the picture, so I can't be for them. A vocal minority of drunken fans chanting "Eff Joe Burrow" after a game doesn't trump the vomit-inducing behavior of Kelce and the two blondes in the box.

     

    Well, hell, I'm switching sides. Turned the game on and saw Ray Lewis on the field and also started remembering that the only QBs to beat Kermit in the postseason are Burrow and Brady. I really don't want Lamar joining that group and I don't want the Ravens doing what the Bengals didn't do last year. It's probably better for Burrow and the Bengals for KC to win. So, go Chiefs, I guess. <throws up in mouth>

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  24. Divisional Round Playoff Games Thread

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    19 hours ago, BlackJesus said:

    Jason Kelce doing shirtless selfies in Taylor Swift's box post-game ...

     

     

    I'm about Kelced out, and that includes the attention seeker in the box last night.

     

     

    7 hours ago, Montana Bengal said:

     

     

    I don't think it's just the Chiefs. I read somewhere a few months ago that opposing teams rank the visitors locker room in Buffalo as the worst in the league. The reports were of only one toilet working, cold water standing in the shower, etc. Apparently it's like a dungeon and it may very well be by design. If it's true, the league should do something about it. Demand they upgrade and then have inspectors on hand to make sure things work. 

     

    Speaking of Buffalo, Mike McConnell shared on WLW that he went to a Bengals fan up there in the late 80s and they saw his Ohio plates and wouldn't let him park in any of the lots, one even going so far as to put his foot on the front of his car to demonstrate that he wasn't allowed in. He finally got into one because the attendance didn't catch his plates, but then got verbally assaulted. One Bengals fan had his car spray painted all over with the words "Ickey Sucks" and random lines of paint. I've always kinda had a soft spot for that franchise, I guess because the Bengals have a history of beating them in big games, but they may not actually be very likeable.

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