Three Weeks of Heaven or Hell?

by Vman in Germany on Sep 24, 2009 10:27 AM EDT Comment 6 comments

The next three weeks will be the telltale time for the Bengals. "Gut check time" is often overused but somewhat fitting. The first chapter in this three part saga is the Pittsburgh Steelers. Overcoming the Steelers is not just a physical battle but a mental battle. I am not sure that the Bengal players believe they can win the big game. The talk of Ward hitting Rivers is ridiculous, if we have a linebacker who is afraid of a wide receiver then the Steelers are already cooking in the Bengals kitchen, even before the first snap. Where are the Ochocinco guarantees for victory? Where is the smack talking?

The Bengals need to develop a little swagger. The outcome of the Steelers game will carry over into the Browns game. Taking a big divisional victory on the road will undoubtedly spur the confidence to handle a weak Brownie team on their home turf. Quinn & company could easily be getting a knockout blow after licking their wounds from a Baltimore Ravens butt whooping this weekend. A loss this weekend by the Bengals could be that flicker of light that motivates the Brownies & plummet the Bengals into yet another year of despair.

The final piece of the three week puzzle will take place in Baltimore in three weeks. A game that will be billed as either a "clash for league dominance" or "the must win game" to keep the Bengals competitive within the division. The divisional hierarchy will be determined by the end of week five. What position will the Bengals be in? Will they be looking up, or looking down?

The Bengals could easily be sitting on top of the AFC North Division in three weeks. But there is an equal challenge that must be met! That is the challenge that Bengal fans have to motivate their team this weekend at home against the Steelers. The Steeler fans that will be in attendance must be drowned out with the chants of "WHO DEY". This weekend is the opportunity for fans to rally to help put the Bengals on the winning trail into the following two weeks of divisional road games. Will we have three weeks of hell, or three weeks of heaven? We all deserve a slice of the latter.

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i don’t think keith rivers is scared of hines ward at all; if anything, he seems annoyed that people keep asking him about one hit in one game. and i prefer that the bengals not trash-talk during steelers week, because look where that’s gotten us before. i like that rey maualuga sees it as just another game, because that means he’s less likely to get overexcited and make a really stupid mistake. as far as the fans go, i’d expect them to do a good job this week, coming off a win and being at home against the steelers. if we’d lost to green bay, i’d have expected to be in the minority wearing black and orange sunday.

by the way, it’s “telltale.”

you're all posers. i hated bratkowski before it was cool.

by Raging Clue on Sep 24, 2009 10:47 AM EDT reply actions

Hump game

The argument is that the Steeler games are always “hump games” for the Bengals, and very rarely do they get over the hump. I think this week will be different & it will propel them into the forefront of the division by week 5. Tired of seeing Terrible Towels in our stadium!!!

by Vman in Germany on Sep 24, 2009 11:01 AM EDT reply actions

Red pop

All the fans should get red soda and pour it on the terrible towels when they come out, making the fans either not wave them or at least they will be orangish

by Kenny of the Jungle on Sep 25, 2009 12:23 AM EDT reply actions

swagger?

its hard to have swagger when your divisional opponent comes in your own house and beats you every time. I hate to say it, but its true. we need to kick the snot out of them first, then we’ll walk with swagger. What we need to do, is what we are doing right now. Walk with our heads high, prepare, and come out swinging. Just like we did when we went up there, in their house and beat them the last time. Remember 05, we beat them there and we had swagger in the playoff game. Well, at least until Carson was taken out. I kind of like the quietness this week. It makes me feel as if the Bengals are preparing to give an as$ whooping!!!!!!!!

by WHYUS!! on Sep 25, 2009 2:06 PM EDT reply actions

its hard to have swagger when a team comes in your house and beats you every time. I hate to say it, but its true. I kind of like quietness of the players this week. It makes me feel like they are preparing and focused on this game a lot more than usual. That is what needs to happen. Remember 05, same thing happened. We went in their house and beat them. Then we had swagger going into the playoff game. Or at least until Carson was taken out with a cheap shot. So keep the heads high, prepare, stay quiet, and come out from nowhere swinging.

by WHYUS!! on Sep 25, 2009 2:19 PM EDT reply actions