FIND A WAY TO WIN!

7 BRAVE PAX JOINED YHC THIS MORNING FOR A CINCINNATI BENGALS-THEMED BEATDOWN.

THE MESSAGE TODAY WAS INSPIRED BY THE CINDERELLA SEASON OF MY BELOVED CINCINNATI BENGALS…. FIND A WAY TO WIN!! THERE WILL BE MANY INSTANCES IN OUR LIVES AS MEN, WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO “FIND A WAY TO WIN” AND OVERCOME THE UNDERDOG NARRATIVE….. FOR OUR CAREER, OUR FAMILY, OUR RELATIONSHIPS, OUR FAITH, ETC. AT SOME POINT, EVERY ONE OF US HAS BEEN OR WILL BE AN UNDERDOG FACING IMPOSSIBLE ODDS. THERE ARE ALWAYS PEOPLE THAT WILL TELL YOU THAT CERTAIN THINGS CAN NOT BE DONE OR CERTAIN GOALS CAN NOT BE ACHIEVED….. UNTIL YOU EVENTUALLY DO IT.

AS A LIFELONG FAN OF THE “BUNGLES”, IT’S BEEN DECADES OF DISAPPOINTMENT AND LETDOWNS. IN YEARS PAST, THEY HAVE BEEN LUCKY TO EVEN MAKE THE PLAYOFFS A HANDFUL OF TIMES. BUT THERE’S A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN THAT GOES BY THE NAME OF JOSEPH LEE BURROW. THIS KID HAS CHANGED THE CULTURE OF CINCINNATI AND OF THE ENTIRE BENGALS FANBASE IN JUST 2 SHORT YEARS WITH THE TEAM. AT THE START OF THE SEASON, THE BENGALS WERE A 125:1 LONG SHOT TO WIN THE SUPER BOWL…… YET HERE WE ARE! WE’RE GOING TO THE FRICKIN SUPER BOWL!!!!

 

THIS WAS THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE BENGALS’ UNDERDOG NARRATIVE :

BURROW PLAYED QB FOR ATHENS HIGH SCHOOL IN OHIO, WHERE HE COMMITTED TO THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES. HE SAT THE BENCH FOR 3 YEARS BEFORE HITTING THE TRANSFER PORTAL AND ULTIMATELY LANDING AT LSU. AFTER KNOCKING THE DUST OFF OF HIS CLEATS, HE FINISHED HIS FIRST YEAR AS A STARTER WITH A 10-3 RECORD. IT WAS IN HIS SENIOR YEAR THAT THE WORLD WOULD TRULY SEE THE RAW POTENTIAL IN THE “TIGER KING”!

IN HIS SENIOR YEAR, BURROW WENT ON TO PASS FOR ALMOST 6,000 YDS WITH 60 TDs…, A COMPLETION RATE OF 77%, AND A PASSER EFFICIENCY RATING OF 202, IT WAS RECORDED AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES BY A COLLEGE QB IN THE HISTORY OF THE NCAA. TO TOP IT OFF, BURROW LED THE BAYOU BENGALS TO A PERFECT UNDEFEATED SEASON, A 2019 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, EARNED NCAA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, WON THE HEISMAN TROPHY, AND WOULD BECOME THE #1 OVERALL  PICK OF THE 2020 NFL DRAFT….. ULTIMATELY GETTING PICKED UP BY THE BENGALS WHO WERE COMING OFF OF A DISMAL  2-14 YEAR WITH THEIR ROOKIE HEAD COACH, ZACH TAYLOR.

AS EXPECTED, BURROW WAS SHINING BRIGHT IN THE NFL AS THE NEW FACE OF THE BENGALS, BUT THE LACK OF AN OFFENSIVE LINE LED TO A DEVASTING SEASON-ENDING INJURY FOR BURROW. IN WEEK 11, HE SUFFERED A STAGE 3 ACL, MCL, PCL, AND MENISCUS TEAR IN HIS LEFT KNEE. WITHOUT THEIR LEADER, THE BENGALS WOULD GO ON TO RECORD A 4-11-1 SEASON, AND ONCE AGAIN, WOULD BE POSITIONED WELL FOR A SOLID DRAFT PICK. BENGALS NATION WATCHED AS THE BENGALS PICKED 5TH IN THE 2021 DRAFT, BUT IT WASN’T AN OFFENSIVE LINE STANDOUT THAT THEY PICKED… IT WAS FORMER LSU TEAMMATE, WIDE RECEIVER JA’MARR CHASE WHO WOULD BE JOINING HIS BEST FRIEND, JOE BRRR, ONCE AGAIN IN THE NFL!

BURROW’S JOURNEY FROM INJURY TO ICON

JA’MARR CHASE IS NO STRANGER TO ADVERSITY AS WELL. WHEN JA’MARR SIGNED WITH LSU, COACH LES MILES, TOLD CHASE THAT HE SHOULD THINK ABOUT SWITCHING POSITIONS TO CORNERBACK BECAUSE HE DIDN’T HAVE THE TALENT TO BE A HIGH-CALIBER WIDE RECEIVER…… HE THEN  HAD ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC SEASONS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY WITH 1,780 RECEIVING YARDS AND 20 TDs.

THIS DUO HAS SINCE PROVEN TO BE A FORCE IN THE NFL, BOTH SHATTERING MULTIPLE ROOKIE,  FRANCHISE, AND NFL LEAGUE RECORDS…. BUT IT WASN’T INITIALLY PROJECTED TO BE THAT WAY. AT THE START OF THE SEASON, THE TOP SPORTS ANALYSTS & NETWORKS ONCE AGAIN WERE ALREADY COUNTING THE BENGALS OUT. THEY WOULD SAY THAT JA’MARR DROPS TOO MANY BALLS AND HE WAS OVERHYPED. THEY WOULD SAY THAT BURROW WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME AFTER THE INJURY, AND HE’D NEVER BE A TOM BRADY OR PATRICK MAHOMES. THAT ZACH TAYLOR WAS A BAD HIRE AT HC, AND WOULD NEVER LEAD THE BENGALS TO A PLAYOFF BERTH.

GO LOOK UP ALL OF THE NEW FRANCHISE AND LEAGUE RECORDS THAT BENGALS HAVE SET THIS YEAR…. IT’S CRAZY!!!

https://www.bengals.com/news/striped-seasonal-accolades-seven-bengals-who-earned-regular-season-honors

WEEK OVER WEEK, THE MEDIA WOULD COUNT THEM OUT, BUT THE BENGALS NEVER GAVE UP. THEY HAD SOME UNEXPECTED LOSSES AND LEARNING MOMENTS, BUT AS THE SEASON UNDERDOGS, THEY SLOWLY STARTED TO PROVE THEMSELVES WORTHY OF SOME RESPECT. THEY BEGAN WORKING AS A TEAM TO PROVE THAT IT WAS THEIR TIME! BY THE END OF THE SEASON, THE BENGALS HAD SECURED THE AFC NORTH, A DIVISION THAT IS TRADITIONALLY DOMINATED BY THE STEELERS AND RAVENS. A SHOCKING REGULAR-SEASON COMEBACK WIN AGAINST A ROCK-SOLID KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WOULD PUT THE WORLD ON NOTICE THAT BENGALS WERE A SERIOUS CONTENDER IN THE NFL. THE TEAM WENT FROM SAYING “WHY NOT US?’ TO “IT IS US!”

THE BENGALS WOULD FACE THE RAIDERS FOR GAME 1 OF THE PLAYOFFS, WHICH WOULD GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK THE 31-YEAR-OLD “BO JACKSON CURSE”…. AFTER BEATING THE RAIDERS, THEY WOULD GO ON TO DEFEAT THE TOP-SEEDED TITANS IN NASHVILLE AND WOULD WIN THE 3RD EVER AFC CHAMPIONSHIP IN FRANCHISE HISTORY IN A STUNNING THRILLER OF A REMATCH WITH THE CHIEFS IN “BURROWHEAD” STADIUM. BENGALS WERE DOWN 21-3 IN THE FIRST HALF AND EVEN WORSE, THEY LOST THEIR STAR TIGHT END AND TEAM HYPE MAN, CJ UZOMAH, TO A KNEE INJURY. THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WAS COUNTING THEM OUT AT THIS POINT. BUT, BURROW AND THE BENGALS HIT A NEW GEAR IN THE 2ND HALF AND EVENTUALLY WIND UP SHUTTING MAHOMES & THE CHIEFS DOWN AND TOOK THE GAME TO OVERTIME. THE BENGALS WOULD WIN THE GAME AFTER LOSING THE COIN TOSS, BUT INTERCEPTING A DEEP BALL FROM MAHOMES JUST 13 SECONDS IN. BURROW ADVANCED THE TEAM DOWN THE FIELD AND A FEW SHORT DOWNS LATER, THE ROOKIE KICKER EVAN “SHOOTER” MCPHERSON COMES OUT AND NAILS A FIELD GOAL TO TAKE THE BENGALS TO THE BIG SHOW!! THIS WAS THE BIGGEST COMEBACK EVER IN AN AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME…..

MAHOMES RECORD WHEN HE HAS A 14+ POINT LEAD

• AGAINST JOE BURROW : 0-2 (BOTH LOSSES WERE WEEKS APART THIS SEASON)
• AGAINST EVERY OTHER TEAM : 39-2

SEE THE BENGALS’ AFC CHAMPIONSHIP COMEBACK HERE

IN THE LAST 6 GAMES THAT THE BENGALS HAVE BEEN 3+ POINT UNDERDOGS, BURROW IS A PERFECT 6-0… AND ONCE AGAIN, THE BENGALS ARE BEING TOUTED AS THE 4 POINT UNDERDOG AGAINST THE RAMS…. SO WE KNOW HOW THIS WILL END. THE SPORTS NETWORKS ARE STILL COUNTING THE BENGALS OUT, AND SAYING THAT THEY CAN’T POSSIBLY WIN A SUPER BOWL. MY MONEY IS ON THE BENGALS, BUT EITHER WAY, I’M DAMN PROUD OF ALL THAT THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THIS SEASON!

IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN FOLLOWING THE BENGALS STORY, THERE ARE TONS OF VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE…… THIS WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE BEST TEAM STORIES IN NFL HISTORY….. YOU COULD MAKE A MOVIE OUT OF THIS TEAM!

WHO DEY!!!!

RANT OVER……

 

THE WARMUP

• SSH
• 5 BURPEES OYO,
• MICHAEL PHELPS
• REACHER
• MERKINS
• LITTLE BABY ARM CIRCLES
• HILLBILLIES

THE THANG – B.O.M.B.S.

MUCH LIKE BURROW THROWING “BOMBS” TO JA’MARR CHASE IN THE ENDZONE ALL SEASON, THE PAX GOT IN ON SOME B.O.M.B.S ACTION AS WELL.. ALL WHILE LISTENING TO CAREFULLY SELECTED SONGS IN MY BENGALS PLAYLIST: SEE LIST HERE

PAX PARTNERED UP FOR A DORA LIKE BEATDOWN. 1 TEAMMATE RUNS A PARKING LOT LAP WHILE THE OTHER TEAMMATE COMPLETES BLOCK WORKOUTS, SWITCH AT THE PASS. EACH TEAM COMPLETES THE B.O.M.B.S SETS BELOW.

• 50 “B”URPEE BLOCK JUMP OVERS
• 100 “O”VERHEAD PRESS WITH BLOCK
• 150 “M”ERKINS ON THE BLOCK
• 200 “B”LOCKS SQUATS
• 250 “S”WINGS

HIT SOME CURLS FOR THE GIRLS AS WE WAITED FOR THE 6….. STRETCHED AND COOLED DOWN

FINISHED WITH COT!