Pretty much everyone expected the Bengals to lose in Seattle, that happened. However, Cincinnati out gaining the Seahawks by almost 200 yards and ten first downs also happened. Given expectations and how stale things had become in the last few years of the Marvin Lewis era, most fans feel good about the future under Zac Taylor in spite of the first relevant result. The tweet below from Rick Ucchino of ESPN 1530 is a fair assessment of things.
The “same old #Bengals” crowd can pound sand. That was not the same team we saw last year.