The 2005 Bengals

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(05-12-2019, 08:30 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Management is responsible for everything. There are obviously a lot of owners who wouldn't touch having Burfict on the roster.

I think Marvin came to this team and saw that the only way he could add talent under MB was on the cheap...so it's either sign guys that are bad...or oh hey, you can get a guy like Pacman Jones cheap because he's been suspended a bunch. Or, oh hey Burfict went undrafted. Or wow Tank Johnson and Benson got waived for off-the-field issues.

AND, the cherry on top is that most teams in the NFL won't sign these guys so the Bengals can lowball them and it's either they retire or take what the Bengals offer.

But, yes...the Steelers meltdown did demonstrate A LOT of things. It was Marvins 7th playoff loss. AND the Bengals chose to not fire him. Instead, they gave him 3 more seasons. HOW MANY NFL OWNERS WOULD DO THAT?

Yep.  Not gonna argue with your points.  All valid. 

Bad ownership and lack of dipping into the FA pool are Mike Brown's jam.

However Marvin has got to own the bad stuff as well.

A better coach could have snuffed out some of that crap that was going on in that particular game.

From what the players were doing, how the game was managed, and having a legacy of passiveness towards poor officiating.

It all culminated into a full on shitnado.