01-27-2019, 06:43 PM
(01-27-2019, 06:15 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: What a lot of guys that weren't around back then don't understand is that everybody and I mean EVERYBODY wanted Kenny Anderson canned in the late 70's and 1980 season !
Every game he played the first incomplete pass or whatever and the announcers would go on a ten minute rant about when is Anderson going to be replaced, he's washed up, bring on the backup yada, yada.
Nearly every Bengals fan you talked to wanted him gone. Things changed in 1981
The Bengals used the #3 pick of the 79 draft on Anderson's replacement, Jack Thompson from Washington State.
From '78-'80 Anderson was only 13-26 as a starter with fewer passing tds (32) than games. He threw 45 ints, and his passer rating over those three years was 68.9. After getting benched opening day '81 for going 5-15 for 39 yds and 2 picks it was amazing to fans that he was still the starter week 2. But he ended the season as the league MVP.
1981 was Andersons 11th season in the NFL and he had never won a single playoff game.
Never say never.
