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Feb 14, 2022Liked by Robyn Ryle

Love your thoughts on this day after. I wish it had ended differently and I'm hopeful there is more excitement and success coming next year and beyond!

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Thanks. Yes, I think if Mike Brown will spend the money to keep the core of this team together, it's going to be a good few years for Cincy fans.

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Excellent post, Robyn, and love your thoughts about the Bengals, sports, life, etc. I don't have a dog in this hunt (actually, I don't watch much pro football anymore since my wife suffered a concussion...too painful to think about what they are doing to their heads). However, I was pulling for the Bengals for many of the reasons you mentioned. Joe Burrow is amazing on multiple levels (and I thought that BEFORE I saw that pre-game attire!). This is a team that clearly has clicked and works together...which is an amazing this to see on the rare occasions it happens. And those catches by Chase...my God, does anyone have a better pair of hands for catching a football these days? And yes, the Rams had some great players and equally compelling story lines (Aaron Donald, Andrew Whitworth). And yes, I loved the photo of Whitworth's daughter reading a book in the middle of the game! Anyway, sorry for the loss, but I can tell you after a decade of watching the Nationals come close with no cigar, and then win the whole thing when they let Harper walk and put a cohesive team on the field as opposed to a spotlight hog and supporting cast, I suspect that the Bengals will have their day.

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Thanks, David! Loving a team is its own sort of torture. Glad your Nationals got their day in the sun! Hope we get a season this year!

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I hope we get a season as well. Cincinnati is one of about 8 MLB parks I need to visit to check off my bucket list item of visiting all of them before I die. I had hoped to come last year, but pandemic fears put the quash on that. Perhaps I can build a visit to Madison into that trip...I've always wanted to see it.

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So sorry for your loss - I really do appreciate how it feels. You guys had to play the Rams in their stadium like KC had to play the Bucs at home last year. That makes it even harder! Great season though and I learned some things about you and the Bengals I this writing!

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Love how you put yourself "out there". Not much of a sports fan but appreciate the emotion.

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