Right now, it’s popular to damn the Cincinnati Bengals with faint praise. “Yeah, they’re 3-1, but they’re only a handful of plays away from 0-4.”
The reverse, however, could have been said after four games last year. “Yeah, they’re 0-4, but they’re only a handful of plays away from 3-1.” Only the Tennessee game in week 2 of 2008 was a blowout. The Bengals lost the other three by an average of six points.
This year, they’re winning by a similarly slim margin.
That’s how close things are in the NFL. That the Bengals are finding ways to slip over the edge onto the positive side of the ledger is a bigger thing than it looks by the numbers. They’re making strides on that most difficult of roads: learning how to win.
More, please. Who-dey!
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Great observation. This is why I believe the Ravens will be very concerned. This ‘New’ Bengals don’t know how to quit and always feel that they can pull out of bad plays and win. Granted you can’t do that every game, but every NFL team will face self-made errors during every game. Endurance (think Viagra) is what gives a team a chance to reach the mountaintop.