Bengals Podcast: (Screams Incoherently)

Darkness. 

As I examined the rest of the Bengals’ schedule after their most recent loss, I realized that they might now win another game. 

There are the Dolphins, who have a history of blowing it against, the Cardinals, who have tight end Trey McBride, who is likely to put up insane numbers against these safeties, and the Browns, who just seem to have the Bengals’ number inexplicably, thanks in large part to Myles Garrett, who’s chasing the single-season sacks record.

Honestly, then I listened to some other podcasts and heard what the downers have to say, and said to myself, “snap out of it! Stop being such a quitter and figure out how they can get better.” So that is where I am at now. 

The next few weeks will be rough, but I see progress.

Zac Taylor will be the coach next year. Al Golden will be the defensive coordinator. Duke Tobin will be the general manager. We are fooling ourselves if we say anything different. 

Some of us love to claim that Taylor has lost the locker room every time they lose a game, but it isn’t true. They love him. 

Golden’s development of players has been slower than we would have wanted, but guys are starting to come along. Lou Anarumo’s defense wasn’t any good when he didn’t have the dudes either. 

Duke is Duke. We don’t need to rehash it. He has had some success in the draft, but the big difference from other teams is that when the Bengals flub up the draft, they don’t buy their way out with free agents. They are disciplined to a fault. That’s not Duke. That’s ownership. They are who they are, too.

On this week’s episode of Matt and Willie Know Ball, Willie and I reexamine the life choices that led tom us hosting a Bengals podcast, then we say FIDO and get back to work.

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Who Dey!