10-22-2017, 12:11 PM
(10-21-2017, 09:17 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: Prior to Mike taking over, the Bengals were 21-20 vs the Steelers.
Since Mike took over, they are 14-40 and 5-23 at home (including 2 PO games).
The Steelers are one area (along with playoff wins) that we didn't improve in after hiring Marvin.
Pre-Marvin: 6-18 (.250) *Mike started off 0-8
With Marvin: 8-22 (.267)
Our best success came during the Blake/Pickens/Scott era. Over those 5 seasons (1995-1999), we went 5-5 against the Steelers. In 1998, we went 3-13 while sweeping the Steelers.
Sadly, Jeff Blake has a better record against the Steelers (4-6) than Palmer (4-8) or Dalton (3-8). Mostly sad because Blake played on far worse teams, but also because he wasn't the QB that Palmer and Dalton are/were.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
