4256 Hits wrote: ↑Mon Aug 18, 2025 2:27 pm
At least we are not Cleveland fans.
I understand what you're getting at, that things could always be worse. But I'm not sure i agree with that sentiment. Not necessarily in our case at least.
Is it better to go into a season with such a crummy team you have no realistic hope or is it worse to have an actual contender to root for but be just short in critical areas and your teams management won't pay to fix it...?
I could make an argument that whatever happens this coming season, Browns fans won't be disappointed because they knew going in wins would be scarce.
While Bengal fans will agonize over every 31 - 34 loss that could have gone differently if we'd just made one more stop on defense.
Browns fans know they're looking at a really high draft pick next year that might help turn the situation around in Cleveland.
Bengal fans know we'll probably win just enough games to finish in the middle of the league and be left with the 16th or 17th pick. (Which we'll probably use on a TE
)
Being perpetually one or two key players away from actually contending for a Super Bowl has its own misery.
In other news, after watching the Browns /Eagles game it is apparent to everyone that Dillon Gabriel and B1 would both be assessed by Mrs B1 with the same description. They're both "a little short"
