I haven't been around here much in the last week due to some personal issues, and those will likely continue for a few weeks or so. So for anyone that doesn't already have me on ignore, you fortunately won't need to see my posts often.
Tonight, however...I'll make an exception. I've been legitimately laughing for an hour. There's no way this is real. There's no way I can put this feeling into words; I would have been happy with the Raiders game alone. But this team outright refuses to die and I can't explain it. I legitimately have never, ever seen this before. When we went to Super Bowl XXIII, we were the best team in the AFC, but THIS team has handled adversity with aplomb after the Jets loss earlier in the year. I'm still at least partially convinced this is all a dream but I'm going to stay asleep for as long as it takes to keep this feeling going.
Thank you to
@Blitzkrug and
@Marc the Habs Fan for the shout-outs.
I'll try to not be devastated if they lose in two weeks. If they do lose, I'm not going to pollute this forum with endless shitposting. Honesltly, it just feels good that the Bengals aren't a joke anymore. They very well could get beaten in two weeks but they just beat the SB favorite Kansas City TikToks on their home field in the AFC Championship game. Joke teams don't do that.
No matter what happens in two weeks, I can't wait for next season to start. That, alone, is miraculous.
Love you all (well, almost all of you) and to all a good night.
