Are We A Contender Now?!

[SunsetBengal]

(02-03-2019, 09:02 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: Give you credit for keep trying to revise 2002 team. So first Steinbach was drafted in 2003 so does not matter in comparison,  both Jones and price were on rookie team, Glenn was injured not washed up player, 2002 had 2 subpar players in Odwyer and Goff so again this was not a heads and above line.. Avg at best and you cany excuse 2-14 nice try, plus please explain why we rushed so much better in 2018 than 2002 which we had Dillion best back in our history...hmm

In 2002, Dillon ran for 1311 and caught 43 passes for 298.  This past season, Mixon ran for 1168 and caught 43 passes for 296.  Mixon had a higher ypc at 4.9, compared to 4.2 for Dillon.

I wouldn't say that the 2018 Bengals ran "so much" better than '02. The "real" difference? Andy Dalton is a much, much better QB than Jon Kitna was. This year, Andy threw for 2566, 21 TD 11INT, in 11 games. In 2002, Kitna threw for 3178 16TD, 16INT, in 16 games.