No More Marvin Loyalty Means Whole New Look

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(01-24-2019, 12:04 PM)Socal Bengals fan Wrote: Well against the Steelers.   Are you kidding me. There goes any credibility you had.  Not even the biggest Bengals homer would agree with this.  And being a quarterback is more than throwing for 250 with a td n say he played decent and wasn’t the reason they lost.  Being a quarterback means being the leader , coming up big on 3rd down time again n again.

Sure.....we could say I have no credibility, or......we could look at the numbers objectively.

2011:


L 24-17:  15/30 170 yds 2/2 RTG. 61.8

L 35-7:  11/24 135 yds 1/0 RTG. 77.6


2012:


L 24-17:  14/28 105 yds 1/1 RTG. 56.4

W 13-10:  24/41 278 yds 0/2 RTG. 74.2


2013:


W 20-10:  25/45 280 yds 1/0 RTG. 81.7

L 30-20:  25/44 230 yds 2/0 RTG. 86.4


2014:


L 42-21:  21/29 302 yds 2/0 RTG. 128.8

L 27-17:  27/38 244 yds 2/2 RTG. 83.7


2015:


W 16-10:  23/38 231 yds 1/2 RTG. 64.7

injured 2nd game


2016:


L 24-16:  31/54 366 yds 1/0 RTG. 84.3

L 20-24:  16/27 157 yds 0/1 RTG. 60.3


2017:


L 29-14:  17/30 140 yds 2/2 RTG. 63.2

L 23-20:  21/36 234 2/0 RTG. 96.3


2018:


L 21-28:  26/42 229 yds 2/0 RTG. 92.3


So, what can we glean from this?  The first two years were rough, no doubt.  As time went on, he has played well against Pitt in some losses, and played bad in a few losses, and a lot of decent games.  He has played well in 2 wins, and not so well in a win.

So maybe I wasn't as clear as I should have been.....he has played well at times against Pitt, and we still lost.  Should I post Pitt's rushing numbers against us, or no?  I'll give you hint....they did well, and Pig Pen had less yards than Dalton in several of those games.

So, considering Merv's overall record against Pitt, I put more of it on the coaching than the players.  Any of them.