10-30-2015, 12:33 PM
(10-30-2015, 12:11 PM)Cincybearcatfan Wrote: Everyone seems to forget that the Patriots almost had a lost decade too but they righted the ship and are the standard for excellence now. They had 7 seasons of horrible football.
1987 8-7
1988 9-7
1989 5-11
1990 1-15
1991 6-11
1992 2-14
1993 5-11
The Bengals are in the middle of an incredible run.
I have a better example than that. In the 8 seasons prior to 1972 the Pittsburgh Steelers only won 30 total games. In the 8 seasons starting in 1972 they won 102 games including 4 Super Bowls.
In the 38 seasons before 1972 the Pittsburgh Steelers only had 7 winning years. In the 43 years since then they have only had 6 losing seasons. (The NFL season was only 14 games for 6 of those 8 years)
