Best Bengals Team Ever?

[reuben.ahmed]

(11-06-2015, 09:49 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: But they got to the Super Bowl, that's the point.  We're not grading on a curve, here.  Those teams were special because they were this close to a world championship.  :34 in one instance.  If this team plays in a Super Bowl, regardless of the outcome, and they best the 12-4 regular season records of those '81 and '88 squads, then then you bet I will join you in saying they're the best Bengal team, ever.  Period.  But, sorry, not a minute before and certainly not with an entire half of a season left to play. 

So why isn't there a curve again?

E.g. when Jordan was playing, you're not winning a championship. He probably would have had 9 in a row if he didn't retire. It's a little different when competition MAY be better, one will never know.