Dont Refer To The 90's, This Is No Better

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(01-02-2018, 11:01 AM)GodFather Wrote: All you hear about the Bengals and the current situation is "It could be worse we could go back to the 90's" Well guess what with the state of this front offices joke of decision making and desire to truly win, this team and organization is still in the 90s. Big deal we won 7 games instead of 2 or 3. Whats the difference? This team cant win a playoff game and has nor ever could compete with any contending team in a consistent way.

If the current coaching decisions follow what most of us think on this board, we may as well put our grunge shirts on, drink some Snapple, Be Kind and Rewind our VHS tapes from Blockbuster before returning them and believe Marvin Lewis when he says, "I'll Be Back"

Get ready boys because the "I cant believe this is happening again" is about to happen and you wonder why this team is never be taken seriously.

I can definitely see your point.
If the goal is to win playoff games, the result is the same in the ML era as it was in the 1991 through 2002 - 0 playoff wins.
If the goal is to make the playoffs though, there was an improvement.

For me, it was enjoyable in the mid-late 2000's to see the Bengals in contention for the playoffs through most of December and even make it a few times.
Then I considered it a small improvement on top of that when they perennially made the playoffs five straight seasons.
But I'm with you at this point...The fans are now used to making the playoffs, so it's time to take the next step. There should be no satisfaction in just making the playoffs anymore.