A Rock

Not exactly six of one, half dozen of the other, in this case.

Lamar Jackson is Black?

Man, I cannot agree with this more. I was euphoric as anyone seeing this team win five postseason matchups after a three decade drought. This is a very good team with talent and confidence, but "just happy to be here" has been the default setting of the entire franchise seemingly forever. The only takeaway the FO should have taken from the SB run was that they were fielding a historically bad O line. That's not hyperbolic. They were setting actual records allowing sacks and putting Burrow in harms way. I mean, shouldn't that be the job? Find the weak spots and do everything humanly possible to eradicate them. They had a hell of a run, and I know it kills all of us that they were one play away from finally getting it all the way done, alleviating a lot of Bengal fan psychosis, and getting lots of ink spilled crossing item number one off of a lot of bucket lists. It's worth noting they were one play away from losing to the Raiders, Titans, and Chiefs on that run as well. It was a juggling act. Generational talent from skill players on offense, an opportunistic defense that just kept making plays at the most fortuitous moments, all trying to make up for a historically bad o line. To be fair, they've made significant moves here. But where's the fire? You ask any one of them, "what's the goal this year?", and they're going to say to win a championship. But they say it the same way every player on the Panthers will tell you the same thing. Someone at the top needs to have, instill, and infect this franchise with a new mindset. Enough of the happy talk. Tell these guys that their fanbase are decades late on celebrating a Lombardi, that there's no other criteria for success. Bring home that Lombardi, and if you can't, it'd better have your bloody fingernails on it from effort when someone else does.