Pete Prisco ranks NFL starting QBs

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(06-05-2016, 09:47 PM)bengalguy71 Wrote: Pittsburgh is huge in the NFL, media darlings because of Rooney. There's no way I will ever believe that Rooney didn't have any serious influence in getting a Steelers/Bengals game in one of the first 3 games. (Burfict out).
If Rooney had his way he would have had games 1 and 3 Pittsburgh/Cincinnati contests, so they wouldn't have to face Burfict.
Cincinnati is not a media town. The ONLY reason they couldn't ignore the Reds in the 70s was because what they accomplished, was impossible to ignore.

Look at Romo. He has won 1 playoff game! However, the media acts like he's invincible!

As a matter of fact, when the Panthers came to Dallas and ONLY because Romo was scheduled to play, the media had them favored to win!  

Panthers 33 Cowboys 14

Romo 11/21, 103 yds, 0 TDs, 3 Int

I agree Romo is puffed up because he plays on the Cowboys AND because he's an UDFA done good.  Even with that being said, we can scoff at his ONE playoff win but...that's more than we've had in a quarter of a century.  The Bengals are less than loved because of the following things:

1.  we haven't won outside of the regular season in a LONG time
2.  we are a small market
3.  our owner doesn't seem too liked or respected by his peers/the NFL
4. we don't make big splash moves or roster/coaching moves the media loves

but the bottom line is that the Bengals just haven't been relevant when it counts and we don't have some sort of popular legacy upon which to rest, ala the Cowboys.