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The Bengals are following to the letter the Typical NFL script. Team stinks, gets high draft picks. Said picks rise quickly to stardom, team goes from very bad to very good. Camaraderie soars, everybody’s all in. It’s the culture, stupid.
Human nature takes over. The players who created the winning and the all-for-oneness look inward. Where’s mine? Culture tries to survive defections, and the personal ego and greed baggage that sticks with players who are still here.
That’s where the Men are now with Ja’Marr Chase. . .
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