Bengals fans are hungry. There’s no other way to describe the dull ache that gnaws at Bengals faithful each season. The Orange and Black have done marvelous things, over the past five years. But the window of opportunity is gradually closing. The road to the Holy Grail of football achievement is always littered with “what if” and “if only.” The Bengals were so close, last year. The smell of Super Bowl L was all over Paul Brown Stadium. This is it. This is the year they do it. This is the year of the tiger.
The heartache of January 9 will be the D-day of every Bengals fan past and future.