10-05-2015, 08:56 AM
Teams that start 4-0 have made play-offs 84 % or 87 % of the time. .....Only 4th time in Bengals history team has started 4-0.......2005, 1988 are 2 others.......So 2 of the best 4 starts ever for this franchise have been under Coach Lewis......Now I know Bengals still have 12 games left, 4 with the NFC West including Seattle, and 5 tough games in the rival AFC North.....and I know some people keep saying how hard the schedule gets.....but let us remember also that the Bengals can finish no worse than 3-1 against the AFC West and Oakland beating Baltimore and Cleveland after Bengals beat Oakland was huge. Also Bengals are 1-0 against AFC North so far, and 4-0 against AFC teams which is a factor in who goes to play-offs. ....So don't remember if TV said 84 % or 87 %, but the 4-0 start has greatly increased the chances of making it 5 straight play-off seasons
Some have even posted threads saying don't get too much into this team and this start because you are in for a let down later. I don't buy that. The team is 4-0 and as fans, we should be happy. If the team was 0-4 or 1-3 we would have reason to worry, but at 4-0, why should we be the wimpy Bengals fans, as Browns and Steelers fans use to call us. 4-0 is a great start. I'm hoping the fans end up talking about getting a bye week or having home field advantage in the AFC Championship Game.
At 4-0, when you talk teams with Super Bowl chances, you have to include BENGALS because of our great D Line and a solid D behind it, and a solid O Line and Dalton becoming a veteran QB with many rushing and receiving weapons, plus some solid special team of long time punter, kicker and return men. Also a very good coaching staff including Hue, the DB coach, the QB coach that has been working with Dalton. ...at 4-0, when you talk Super Bowl, you have to add BENGALS to the top teams starting out in 2015.......Remember, only the Packers, Patriots, Broncos and Bengals have been in the last 4 play-offs, the Bengals having the youngest players of the 4 and the youngest QB. The 2015 start of 4-0 shows this team is consistent and will probably make it 5 straight play-offs, the upside being that our young teams is becoming an older veteran team.
How about 5 straight play-off seasons and a Super Bowl....Glory Days....this could be the best decade in Bengals history. It is by far the best D Line Bengals have ever had. ...I would add that after the awful 1990s which led into 2000, 2001, 2002 and add in stinky 2008 and 2010.....and I say long suffering Bungles fans deserve a great decade of BENGALS !!!!!!....Make 2011 to 2020 a decade of Glory Days.
Some have even posted threads saying don't get too much into this team and this start because you are in for a let down later. I don't buy that. The team is 4-0 and as fans, we should be happy. If the team was 0-4 or 1-3 we would have reason to worry, but at 4-0, why should we be the wimpy Bengals fans, as Browns and Steelers fans use to call us. 4-0 is a great start. I'm hoping the fans end up talking about getting a bye week or having home field advantage in the AFC Championship Game.
At 4-0, when you talk teams with Super Bowl chances, you have to include BENGALS because of our great D Line and a solid D behind it, and a solid O Line and Dalton becoming a veteran QB with many rushing and receiving weapons, plus some solid special team of long time punter, kicker and return men. Also a very good coaching staff including Hue, the DB coach, the QB coach that has been working with Dalton. ...at 4-0, when you talk Super Bowl, you have to add BENGALS to the top teams starting out in 2015.......Remember, only the Packers, Patriots, Broncos and Bengals have been in the last 4 play-offs, the Bengals having the youngest players of the 4 and the youngest QB. The 2015 start of 4-0 shows this team is consistent and will probably make it 5 straight play-offs, the upside being that our young teams is becoming an older veteran team.
How about 5 straight play-off seasons and a Super Bowl....Glory Days....this could be the best decade in Bengals history. It is by far the best D Line Bengals have ever had. ...I would add that after the awful 1990s which led into 2000, 2001, 2002 and add in stinky 2008 and 2010.....and I say long suffering Bungles fans deserve a great decade of BENGALS !!!!!!....Make 2011 to 2020 a decade of Glory Days.
1968 Bengal Fan
