{"id":5923,"date":"2024-12-10T00:56:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T00:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5923"},"modified":"2024-12-10T00:56:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T00:56:00","slug":"i-think-theres-still-hope-bengals-fans-respond-to-lackluster-season-as-playoff-hopes-dwindle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5923","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I think there&#8217;s still hope&#8217; | Bengals fans respond to lackluster season as playoff hopes dwindle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>NORWOOD, Ohio \u2014 It was supposed to be a highly-anticipated, Super Bowl-destined season. Now, the Bengals feel like they&#8217;re fumbling once again.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/K3NCHi_Z1VGDRBYpcHytqw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2022-01\/c1d62500-7679-11ec-9fff-dffa0425cc61\" alt=\"NFL playoffs: Bengals celebrate 1st playoff win since before texts - Yahoo  Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Disappointing, sad and hopeless is how Bengals fan Ken Lysaght described the 2024 season. He was shopping for merchandise that had a tiger on it for his son-in-law at the Rally House in Norwood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDallas is terrible, but that doesn\u2019t mean we\u2019re going to win,\u201d Lysaght said. \u201cThere are a lot of little things that would have changed this season, but when you\u2019re averaging 30-something points a game and not winning, defense is a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the problems, fans keep coming for Bengals gear to Rally House in Norwood, manager Ben Woeste said. Over the weekend, several people stopped by to &#8220;leave some tiger marks&#8221; on Jerry World in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It felt like we were filling most of that plane we saw on the internet,&#8221; Woeste said with a laugh. &#8220;We&#8217;re still selling every week. People are still in here. They&#8217;re excited to go to the game. I think there&#8217;s still hope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At this point in the season, Ja\u2019Marr Chase said he\u2019s motivated \u201cbecause of the memories\u201d he\u2019s trying to make with other players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe season didn\u2019t go our way, so right now I\u2019m just enjoying the process,\u201d Chase said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_3754,h_2111,x_0,y_25\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/59\/01je20b969jksmz00558.jpg\" alt=\"Bengals' playoff hopes can be put to bed after crushing Week 13 loss to  Steelers\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Longtime fan Bruce Key wants to turn that thinking on its head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe says he\u2019s playing for the memories,\u201d Key said. \u201cIf he wins, he\u2019ll have a hell of a memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the lackluster season, Key still has optimism: \u201cIt\u2019s football, anything can happen in football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ESPN1530 afternoon host Mo Egger isn\u2019t as optimistic for this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are scratching and clawing, just to try to stay alive,\u201d Egger told his listeners at the top of his show on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The front office has a lot of work ahead of them, Egger mused, to try to prevent the team from finding itself in a similar position a year from now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s criminal that you\u2019re having a quarterback who\u2019s having the season that he is having and yet you\u2019re 4-8 basically with no shot of making the playoffs going into December,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m watching to see if they waste the greatness of Joe Burrow, who&#8217;s having an MVP-caliber season and who they\u2019ve wasted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One thing Egger will look for tonight is whether the Bengals can block Cowboys pass rusher Micah Parsons. He\u2019ll be up against backup left tackle Cody Ford.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan Cody Ford and the Bengals offensive design keep Micah Parson off of Joe Borrow?\u201d Eggers asked. \u201cIf the answer is yes, he should have a productive night against the Dallas defense that really isn\u2019t that good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the Bengals win, NFL stats show their playoff chances go from 2% to 3%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the Bengals win, NFL stats show their playoff chances go from 2% to 3%. 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