Fans of the Washington Commanders and Cincinnati Bengals have been engaged in a classic sports debate.
Both teams have elite young quarterbacks recovering from injury. Both teams are facing virtually insurmountable odds of making the playoffs. The debate is over whether they should risk further injury to Jayden Daniels and Joe Burrow in a lost season.
But after Burrow turned on the style on Thursday Night Football against the Baltimore Ravens, any further conversations on the matter are moot.
That was always the case, to begin with. How can a franchise sell itself as legit to fans and players alike when they do not do everything in their power to win the game?