Remembering the Pre-Lewis Years

[THE PISTONS]

We were basically as bad as the Browns before Marvin got here:

Starting in 1992 after the departure of Sam Wyche and ending in 2003 with the arrival of Lewis, here's how things went for the Bengals: 5-11, 3-13, 3-13, 7-9, 8-8, 7-9, 3-13, 4-12, 4-12, 6-10, 2-14. That's 11 years without a winning record, just one .500 record and seven years that brought fewer than five wins. One-hundred-seventy-six games with a cumulative winning percentage of .295. It goes without saying there wasn't a single playoff appearance to be had.

https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/why-marvin-lewis-should-never-be-fired-from-the-cincinnati-bengals-112216

Oh...but the same GM is here!