10-22-2016, 01:41 PM
(10-22-2016, 11:05 AM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: The best Bengals era to me was the beginning of the Marvin Lewis tenure when the team looked totally different in 2003. The team started playing like professionals and that 8-8 season created so much hope for the future.
Ugh, don't remind me. 2003-2005 were incredible. Marvin was "Jesus" back then... Damn if you had told me after 2003 that 13 years later this team STILL would have no playoff wins under Marv I'd have called you insane. But it's reality. In my eyes, the Marvin Lewis era has been a failure. Sure, the team is better than it was in the 90's but we're still seen as a joke nationwide and we impose no threat to anybody in January... Exactly how much better are things? It's honestly depressing remembering the hope I had back then to knowing how it turned out now.
