A Sleeping Giant

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(12-30-2019, 12:40 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Wasn't it the Falcons who went from 32nd to the Super Bowl in 1 season?

No. Falcons have been to the SB two times.

The year before the first time they were 7-9.
The year before the second time they were 8-8.

(12-30-2019, 01:29 PM)jj22 Wrote: I saw some bright spots in the end there. The parts seem to have improved. They just need to come together. Sometimes the sum is better than the parts and that is a winning formula. Right now it looks like the parts are better than the sum. I'll wait for FA to see if the optimism is justified.

(12-30-2019, 01:42 PM)treee Wrote: I think we did see some good development in playcalling/scheming on both sides of the ball towards the end of the year. If we can get Burrow some good blocking and another good target to throw to then that would definitely be cause for some optimism and excitement.

Don't be fooled, you two. You thought you saw the Bengals playing better, but in reality you just saw the Bengals opponents being worse.

In the 1st half, the Bengals played 5 winning teams out of their 8 games.
In the 2nd half, the Bengals played 2 winning teams out of their 8 games.

The Bengals opponents in the 1st half finished with a record of 76-51-1. If you remove the Bengals that record becomes 66-51-1.
The Bengals opponents in the 2nd half finished with a record of 65-63. If you remove the Bengals that record becomes 58-61.

The only two games they played against winning teams in the 2nd half of they year, they lost by 49-13 and 34-13.

Looking better against the Browns, Jets, and Dolphins doesn't make much difference when you still get pasted by good teams.