05-11-2020, 05:21 PM
(05-11-2020, 10:45 AM)fredtoast Wrote: 1. No other team made Boomer a better offer, so no way we can blame Brown for him not coming back.
2. Those '95 to '97 teams also had some talented players on defense, John Copeland and Dan Wilkerson were both very good D-linemen, CB Ashley Ambrose had 8 interceptions and was All Pro in '96. LB James Francis and Safety Darryl Williams both went to Pro Bowls after they left the Bengals
2. Blake had a good RB every season.... '95 Harold Green (Pro Bowl '92), '96 (Garrison Hearst (Pro Bowl '98, '01), '97 Corey Dillon (4 time Pro Bowl)
**CORRECTION**
James Francis never made a Pro Bowl with another team. I was thinking of LB/DE Alfred Williams, the Bengals first round pick from 1991 who was an ALL-Pro for the Broncos in '96. He had 10 sacks for the Bengals in 1992, and 9.5 in '94, but he was gone by 1995.
James Francis was the same size as Williams and was also a Bengals first round pick, but it was in 1990. He was a good player, but not as good as Williams.
