Fulcher 2 Stay: Silver Linings Playbook

The Bengals lost to the Giants on Monday night in spectacularly uninspiring fashion. They played it safe on fourth down (after plenty of unmanageable third downs), wilted against a weak rushing offense, and continued their trend of losing relatively close games. The Bengals are 3-5-1, and very possibly could lose against a run-heavy Buffalo team in Cincinnati on Sunday. And yet, optimism abounds at the Fulcher 2 Stay Podcast! (Eat your heart out, David O. Russell.) Not for this season of course; that's already just about gone to shit. But next year, it might not be as bad. (Repeat this to yourself 10 times in a row after each Tyrod Taylor touchdown this week.)