Most underrated backup QB we've had

[Shake n Blake]

(07-08-2021, 12:35 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Here is the most shocking stat from the Marvin Lewis era.

During Marvin Lewis tenure as head coach only four other teams in the league had more wins against teams than finished with a winning record.  BUT.  .  .  

Bengals had 38 wins against winning teams other than Steelers.
Steelers had 38 wins against winning teams other than Bengals.

Bengals had 4 wins against Steelers when they finished with a winning record.
Steelers had 19 wins against Bengals when they finished with a winning record.


So over a 16 year stretch ONE-THIRD of all Stealer victories against winning teams came against just one team.  That is mind-boggling.  We were one of the better teams in the league and the Stealers completely dominated us like one of the worst.

We were better against the Steelers in the 90s...despite being abysmal in general.

I came to the conclusion that something about how Marv teams were constructed just made us a bad matchup against them. I know we all talk about mental toughness, but I don't think it all comes down to just choking. I think. We see them twice a year, so you'd think we'd figure out how to stop choking against them. So again, I wonder if we were just a bad matchup under Merv.