It's a shame when a blog becomes dormant because something has prevented it from staying current and that's the blogger himself. Me.
I love sports as do so many but work can sometimes get in the way of your work; the work you want to do, the work you feel you're blessed to do. So in the essence of free time I am posting in hopes of reengaging on a more consistent basis. Feel free to call me out on it.
As I look forward to being part of the Bengals Broadcast Team again I think about this really being the year the Bengals finally advance to the second round of the playoffs. I still think they're the team to beat in the AFC North and they still have a portfolio of weapons in A.J. Green , Giovani Bernard , Jeremy Hill with so much more depth at wide receiver now that Marvin Jones is back and presumably healthy.
With Geno Atkins returning to peak performance form and the return of hybrid defensive end Michael Johnson the defense, especially up front should be highly effective. But the only measuring stick in the NFL is wins and once you start winning consistently, it becomes playoff wins and ultimately the Super Bowl. The Bengals are at the second level and the expectations are real internally with the front office and with the fans. I think there is a lingering with some fanatics that the front office doesn't care about winning it all as much as the fans do but that is as much off target as Donald Trump having a real shot at becoming President of this free world sans the current polls.
Ahh the smell of football is in the air and optimism is on every roster in the NFL to start. But as the season progresses optimism cleans out its locker knowing only a select few will ever stay in the running. The Cincinnati Bengals are now expected to be there, which is a far cry from the pre-Marvin Lewis era, when focusing on next year's draft picks preceded the season's expectations. How soon we forget the past as we criticize the present and the future. They say you get what you expect so I wonder what would happen if All the fans expected the Bengals to advance to the second round of the playoffs this year? It's definitely worth a try and I'm on board, are you?
That's the way I see it sitting in The Box Seat. I'm Wayne Box Miller
