Ken Riley officially in the HOF

[Essex Johnson]

The idea that Bengals have been held out because of the 90s has little behind it.. In the 70s Bengals were a good team in the AFC, Ken Riley never getting in has nothing to do with the 90s performance. He was just overshadowed by the dynasties of the 70s.. Also if you do play with bad teams it is harder to get in because normally you don;t get honors.. Dillion is the perplexing one.. He was a major players for the Patriots when they won the SB but lack of awards playing during dark times for Bengals has hurt him

Joe Thomas got in and the Browns are a worse franchise than the Bengals over the past 30 to 40 years. Willie has been a finalist twice now, and we had not done anything when he was nominated in 2021 before Bengals had yet broke a playoff drought, so us winning now had little to no impact.

I agree that SB type teams get a be more notice but again if you are winning, you normally have better players that have a shot at HOF.