Jeff Blake

[*bengalfan74*]

(06-14-2020, 12:27 PM)McC Wrote: With Jeff Blake, as with most things, context is important.

He brought excitement where there was none.  He gave hope where none existed.

While he wasn't actually just a one trick pony, I have vivid memories of thinking damn, if this guy could complete a ten yard out, he really would be special.

And he definitely had a shelf life as a Bengal.  During his last year s a starter here, Boomer took over with the same lineup Blake had and the difference was night and day.

The bottom line, though, was Jeff Blake was a pretty cool chapter in Bengals history.

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From 91-94 we had 14 wins. Along comes Blake and you could at least pull the brown paper bag up above your eyebrows a bit. Despite the awful coaching/no coaching. We actually went 7-9 then 8-8 and were in several of the loses.

Blake put a bit of fun back into watching Bengals football. Was he a super star QB ? No But considering what he had to work with he did pretty well.