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(03-08-2018, 03:14 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Yes it is 100% hindsight.

The people who made those claims back then actually said Marvin could never get the Bengals to the playoffs on any consistent basis but then they had to change their story when he did.

It is easy to be correct when you can keep changing your position after something happens.

When did I change my position?  All I can tell you is that as a vocal Bengals fan in Steeler country people were saying things along the lines of "Let the Bengals make the playoffs, they aren't going to do anything" from 2012 onward.  The Bengals could go 16-0 in the regular season and people would expect them to meltdown in their first playoff game, because they've set the precedent that that is what they do.

Like I said, recent NFL events have shown us that the Jaguar can change his spots but the Bengal can't change its stripes.  Damn, I'm clever.

Short version - It don't take no ball o' crystal to foresee Marvin Lewis not winning.

(03-08-2018, 03:15 PM)psychdoctor Wrote: Marvin Lewis changed the culture of the Cincinnati Bengals but it seems like many have forgotten this and they have forgotten how bad the Cincinnati Bengals were in the 1990s.

I also remember how bad the Jaguars were for the past 10 years and guess what...they won 2 playoff games and made it to the AFC Championship game in 2017.  Teams can turn things around a lot faster than we can, it seems.  Hell, I've seen meth addicts turn their fortunes around faster than this franchise!