Shula won meaningless year-end games too...

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(12-25-2020, 04:51 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: I disagree. 2020 Bengals > 2019 Bengals even with a myriad of injuries.

Better record
More scoring on offense
Improved run defense
Beat the Steelers

I honestly think there's less of a difference than you might imagine...

Better record, but much weaker Strength of Schedule. -0.03 (18th in NFL) in 2020 vs 1.47 (5th in NFL) in 2019 according to PFR.
Actually the exact same ranking on scoring offense (30th) between the two years.
True the defense is 6 ranks higher in 2020 (19th vs 25th).
True they beat the Steelers.

It's pretty much a wash. They are both really bad teams.