It is no big secret that the Bengals have historically had trouble winning on the West Coast. Many teams struggle when playing 3 time zones from home. That is why Sunday’s game in San Diego will be a great gauge to test the mettle of this team.
I put a sizable dent in my forehead when I read this quote from Andrew Whitworth explaining this season’s four-game skid: “We feel like the streak we had in the middle of the season is purely and solely because we felt too good about ourselves and relaxed.” How does a team with this franchise’s history get so full of themselves that they can just assume wins? It isn’t the first time that has happened under Marvin’s watch. It nearly cost them the season. (It still could.)
But with their backs to the wall, the boys have responded with three dominating performances in a row. It doesn’t matter if two of them were against flat-out bad teams because they did what post-season contenders are supposed to do when cupcakes come up on the schedule… they ...
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November 30, 2012
