2022 NFL Offseason Thread

Usually a company buys nameing rates to establish a firm in a market or to "buy" or "borrow" a legacy of the team playing in an arena or stadium. Yes, the Bengals won the conference last year, but typically companies talk about what a team's "brand" represents - I don't know what the Bengals represent.

 

Rarely witnessed a situation that more perfectly captures a person's ongoing lack of self-awareness: clueless to not see the benefits of wearing glasses, and equally clueless in not seeing how stupid you look for admitting it.

That said, as someone who only got reading glasses last year -- after squinting so much I developed a wrinkle on my brow -- I can relate to his stupidity lol.

 

Honest question: How long have Saints fans been using the "Who Dat?" chant? Because the Bengals fans have apparently been doing the "Who Dey?" since the first Super Bowl season of 1981:

Who Dey origin, explained: How Bengals' chant started and what it means.

 

I've been following the NFL for a long time, and I will say I heard of the Bengals' "Who Dey" before I heard of the Saints' "Who Dat." That said, I do not know which actually came first.

 

Please. What legacy do the Padres have? Or the A's, who went through like five different names for their dump? The Hawks? The Texas Rangers? The Utah Jazz? Arizona Cardinals? Jacksonville Jaguars. Tennesee Titans. I could go on.

 

Bengals: “We Are Not The Fucking Browns”

 

Bengals are a spite team.

 

Looking at the uniforms they had when they came into the league, lol, they're literally the Browns uniforms across the board -- except they had Bengals written on the helmet.

I loved their bengal-striped helmets when they premiered in the early 1980s. For years they were the only team in the NFL who changed up their helmets. I think maybe the Giants and Jets were next, but not sure. Now teams change their helmets and uniforms just about every quarter.

 

I'll take exception to throwing the A's in there - four series titles, two Super Bowls for the Raiders - the Coliseum is old and decrepit, but it has a history. And I can understand a company wanting naming rights on a new stadium (Staples, Sofi,) but coming in later after another sponsor, or when the company changes hands or names seems to diminish the returns.

 

To be fair, the Bengals are theoretically two plays in their team history away from being a two-time Super Bowl champion (Aaron Donald doesn’t blow up that play and Montana doesn’t find Taylor) and we wouldn’t be lobbing any of these accusations at the franchise.

 

When I think of the Bengals, I think of the Icky Shuffle, Vontaze Burfict meltdowns and "On to Cincinnati."