These Are The Ones That Hurt

We only stopped ourselves on offense. They really had no answers. When you lose and you are on the 15 yardline and turned the ball over, what, 5 times.....you deserve to lose. The entire game hinged on Coke fumbling a punt. We were in clock kill mode at that point. We wouldn't have even been putting the ball in the air. We would have went on a 70 yard running drive to end the game. Instead, we turned it over twice and gave up two TDs in :54. Can you believe that? Even with Big Ben throwing an ill-advised pick in the first quarter with 1st and goal. Even with Ben heaving a jump ball in the second quarter for a pick. Even with Nate Washington dropping a TD in the 4th. Even with Holmes dropping another ball deep in Bengals territory. With everything NOT going our way - we were still winning and controlling the game. The Bengals didn't control the game once, not until the gun sounded. They were constantly under attack and reacting instead of acting. I can take last week's tough loss without much discomfort. This one causes some discomfort. I was all ready to sport my new jersey on the plane to Hotlanta tomorrow, but now I think I won't. I don't want to have to answer 50 queries from perfect strangers about "What happened yesterday?". I cannot tell you how frustrating it is to have Lucy's Ricki back there returning punts. Then, after Coke screwed his up, Holmes turns around to make a basket catch over the shoulder - almost putting another one on the floor. Where is this ARE replacement that we spent a 3rd round draft pick on? Another thing about Coke - not only did he drop the punt, he gave up one of the TD passes as well. He's a hack and I'm really ready to see a lot more of McFadden. I guess we always start out slow - but how can you harass Palmer and sack him 6-7 times, stop their running game in it's tracks, run all over them...and still lose the game? Sick, Sick, Sick I tell you! Oh well, time to forget it and look towards the bye week. I would almost rather have Chad catch 2 on us than TJ. I liked seeing Chad Hi-5'ing our fans before the game and going over and talking to BC. He knows it's an act. TJ really seems like an arrogant butthead though. Loser.