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(03-31-2022, 09:30 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: That is an absolutely terrible argument, man. W/L isn't a clear way to gauge talent.

Andy Dalton
Benjarvus Green-Ellis
AJ Green
Mohamed Sanu
Tyler Eifert (not 2015 Eifert)
Jermaine Gresham 

or

Joe Burrow
Joe Mixon
Ja'Marr Chase
Tee Higgins
Tyler Boyd
CJ Uzomah

That's not even close. The defense is the same way... they had Brandon Thompson making 7 starts because Atkins missed half the year, 35-year-old James Harrison in a 4-3, Terrence Newman, Domata Peko, Michael Johnson, Rey Maualuga, George Iloka... none of these guys in 2013 would start on the 2021 Bengals.

Honestly on their entire 2013 defense, the only players that would start on the 2021 team would be Vontaze Burfict, Adam Jones, and Reggie Nelson (Atkins would, but he got hurt in the 9th game and then Brandon Thompson started the rest of the year). 

Zimmer was just simply a better DC than Lou is, not that he had better players.

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It is not due to Zac's "culture change" unless culture change is a code word for sucking your way into back-to-back top-5 picks that turn into Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase, and then spending good money to sign good players in FA for the first time in franchise history. If that is the case, then agreed. Lol

The entire argument was whether talent is the reason for winning or not. Guess you've just proven that its not freakin talent according to win/loss records. 

Anyway , Rudi ran for more yards in 05 than Mixon did this year 1,458 to 1,205
Carson and Burrow were very close on TD's but Burrow had a few more INT's 
Chad and Chase were within 23 yds of each other
Higgins beat TJ by 135 yds but had less TD's 
CJ was clearly better than Kelly though
Boyd is a scale tipper though

Both had good teams

Plus wins is everything to me and why I love this Bengals team so much, playoff success.