Are We A Contender Now?!

[SunsetBengal]

(02-03-2019, 01:28 AM)Essex Johnson Wrote: seasoned veterans does not mean good.. Odwyer in 2003 started 4 games and was gone by 2004... hmm. that would be like saying Hopkins was a sesoned veteran so does that him good.. bottom line we were 2-14 with this line.. you can't just excuse the line plus i indicated we had more 11 more TDS..  over half yard average better in running and same sacks 37 2018 to 2002 plus we won 4 more games.. so please explain the superior line play of 2002 team ??

Just because they were 2-14 with that line does not mean that they were 2-14 because of that line.  The problems with that team, and previous ones in that era wasn't a lack of talent on the team, as much as it was a failure to perform to their abilities.  They had huge problems with morale, attitude, and general climate of organizational culture.

Where with the 2018 team, we have a team that failed to make the playoffs for the 3rd straight season, even after a 4-1 start to the season.  I think that it can be argued fairly that the offense put up average numbers this season in spite of the line being poor, rather than because of it "performing better" than the 2002 line.

Again, here is the 2002 team.  A lot of talent on that roster, equal to or greater than what we have today.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cin/2002_roster.htm