So the big elephant in the room....

[*bengalfan74*]

(09-13-2017, 11:45 AM)Hoofhearted Wrote: Nah I said I believe these last few years has tarnished his rep. Shake just said he would probably get another shot at a bottom dweller, as did I in my original post. And making the playoffs is not something we're going to hang a banner or have a parade over, but if given the choice to have the playoff run or NOT have a playoff run, the answer is very simple: yes, yes I would rather have the playoff run. But, yeah, NFL teams aren't going to be looking over the schedule and saying "oh, look, we have the Bengals this week! we have to practice extra hard!" or anything like that. 

Agree

It's way better we were making the playoffs than going 4-12. But I seriously question if we've ever been truly viewed as a team to reckon with, a model franchise or whatever across the NFL. We've has a good stretch here, a couple games there, sure.

But the end result ?