Which team was a better team 2005 or 2015

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(05-11-2020, 01:54 PM)fredtoast Wrote: 2013 team was not in the same class as the 2015 team.

The claim the Bengals were running at will over the Chargers and just decided to stop trying is also false.  Second half the Bengals ran the ball 5 of their first 6 first downs.  Benny started the second half with a nice run but on those next 4 first down rushes he and Gio combined for just 8 total yards.

I still don't understand what happened in that game.  The second half our offensive line forgot how to block for the run or the pass (Dalton was sacked 3 times and forced to scramble/run 3 other times in 2nd half) and our defense could not stop the run (SD 19 carries for 118 in second half)

Dalton had a terrible game, but you can't blame him for the loss.  The whole team crumbled

What made the 2015 team more talented than the 2013 team?

As to the rest: BS, but we've been down that road before. You mention the 118 yards on 19 carries but fail to mention 1 was for 58 yards when the Bengals were selling out on defense trying to get the ball back with 2:27 left in the game after the offense had turned the ball over for the 5th straight series. Take away them desperately trying to get the ball back and the Chargers rush for 60 yards on 18 carries. We held Rivers to about 120 passing yards.

Ben average over 5 YPC that game. But somehow that's not running over somebody, but our D couldn't stop the run because we held them to 3.3.YPC in the 2nd half until the one fluke play

Saying the defense is to share equal blame for that 2013 loss and do so by using one play instead of the whole game is like saying Andy Dalton is an elite QB because of a 10 game stretch in a 9 year career.