The Verge Season went into a higher gear Sunday. Those of us hardened by watching close to four decades of Bengals football have learned the valuable skill of skepticism. Hype has never worked with The Men. They’ve always had too much Charlie Brown in ‘em.
Now?
Credit where it’s due. It starts with Joe Mixon, for whom I’ve held my share of contempt and cynicism from the night the Bengals drafted him. A 1st-round talent taken in Round 2 by the bottom-feeding Bengals, to whom character meant nothing. You don’t punch women, OK?