08-18-2015, 12:39 AM
(08-18-2015, 12:25 AM)Ravage Wrote: There was a thread on the old boards, following one of the recent playoff losses, asking if the season that had just finished was 'the most disappointed you've been as a Bengals fan'.
My reply was that for me, the 1995 season, specifically Ki-Jana's knee exploding like a party popper on the $^&$ing Silverdome turf, was far worse. As was pointed out earlier, that team could have made the playoffs that year without Ki-Jana with a handful of lucky bounces here and there, with him...who knows?
They went 7-9 with Dave Shula as the HC and Bruce Coslet as the OC! Think about that for a second, they went 7-9 almost in spite of their coaching staff while missing their starting HB and 1st pick in the draft! For a 90's Bengals team that's insanity!
I never thought, dreamed, nor remember any comparisons to Bo, in hindsight it fits in more ways than one I guess, two supreme specimens at HB cut down by career altering injuries.
I never thought of Ki-Jana as a bust. Akili Smith was a bust. Ki-Jana, and more recently for us David Pollack, get injury exemptions. They're not busts, they're casualties.
In the last 24 yars, only one rb has been taken #1. Ki Jana. No shock, the team that drafted him has not won a playoff game over the same 24 years.
Longest playoff win drought in the NFL. Moves like drafting Carter are contributing factors to this.
