Remembering the Pre-Lewis Years

[Shake n Blake]

(12-12-2017, 03:20 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Yeah it's tough to evaluate his tenure. I do think he overachieved some years too...like the year after Palmer left making the playoffs was totally unexpected.

But the year we went what 11-5 and lost to the Steelers in the playoffs may have been the lowest point in Bengals history.

It was unexpected only because people were unaware of how good Dalton, Green, Atkins, Dunlap, Gruden and Zimmer would be. 

He didn't exactly whip up a miracle out of bad parts. The parts were pretty great. We just didn't know it yet.