Well... That hurt like hell.

Not really sure how you recover from that as a franchise. Single most devastating moment I have ever experienced in sports. There are so many things to discuss about how the Bengals just lost that game I don't even know where to start... I'll just list my thoughts, rages, and depressions in bullet point form. No witty photos with this post, just depressed venting...

• Jeremy Hill - none of that nonsense happens if you just don't fumble the damn football. If there was ever a situation where you just go down and get the clock running and force timeouts, that was it buddy. Obviously he's not going anywhere, but in a city this devastated by failure at all levels of our professional sports over the past 25 years, I'm not sure how anyone ever forgives him.
• Vontaze Burfict & Pacman - Absolutely unbelievable. You couldn't write a more obvious headline that those two clowns acting like immature morons cost this team a football game. Burfict's was absolutely inexcusable. Stop playing dirty, and know the situation. That incomplete pass was massive and you handed them life. Pacman's was a little less ridiculous because it is absolute bullshit that Joey Porter is allowed on the field to antagonize opponents. The NFL is going to fine him but what the hell does he care? Fine my team $5 million, we'll gladly pay it to move on to the next round.
• Domata Peko - What on earth is going through your head?! You're a 10 year veteran and you run onto the field with a big ass coat on just to shove an opposing player. You couldn't have at least dropped the damn coat to pretend like it was part of the play or something? When we needed discipline the most, one of our most veteran leaders brutally let us down. Absolutely disappointing.
• The NFL - absolutely the most clown league in all of professional sports. At least FIFA is open and honest with how corrupt they are. There are so many issues with this league it is sickening. We still don't know what a catch is (Bryant's TD was not a catch). Helmet to Helmet hits seem to have different meanings depending who is hitting who. Gio Bernard almost his neck snapped by a helmet to helmet hit that is somehow legal, but Burfict is penalized, probably suspended, and fined for the same thing. 
• The NFL (2) - How in the fuck are two coaches allowed to make direct contact and confrontation with opposing teams players with almost no repercussions. One coach pulls a Bengal's player's hair on the sideline and its a measly 15 yard penalty. One coach starts a confrontation at mid field where he has absolutely NO business being to EARN a 15 yard penalty to seal the game. So far all we have heard of is a fine for Porter. Nothing for Munchak and nothing for the team (and their piece of shit head coach Mike Tomlin) for allowing this kind of complete assholery on their sideline. Sincerely, Fuck you NFL.
• Finally, Marvin Lewis - the book on Marvin is that his teams are undisciplined clowns. Reports say he continuously reminded them to keep their heads but they failed and their failures are his failures.  13 seasons, not a single playoff win. 0-7. Two coordinators heavily connected with outside jobs, I'm not saying fire Marvin Lewis because of that game. I am suggesting move him out of the HC job one way or another to keep Paul Guenther or Hue Jackson around.

On to another offseason. Hate to be fairweather fans, but hard to think some fans don't jump ship. I'm just not sure anyone can really blame them....