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(04-03-2019, 02:33 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Some do, but the hard core whiners just talk about 27 years and act like there is no difference between the 90's and the last decade.

They don't talk about winning championships to measure great teams because the Bengals are in the majority of NFL teams that have not won a championship in the last 27 years/

And they don't talk about winning seasons, or making the playoffs, or beating good teams because the Bengals have been in the top half of the league based on those measures for the last decade.

So instead they narrow it down to just one measure i.e. "winning a playoff game".  Not winning championships.  Not having winning records.  But just winning a single playoff game.  And the only reason they use that measure is because it is the one that makes the Bengals look the worst.

It's kind of interesting that you use Super Bowl wins as your barometer for success and not playoff wins. I'll play along.


Winning a playoff game is really a common thing. We've elevated it to the mythical white whale here. But, to win a SB, you need to 1st win playoff games. Generally the teams with the most playoff wins, have won SB's. So if a Super Bowl is the goal, then playoff wins is a Key Performance Indicator...a checkpoint as to how close you are to that goal if you will.

Don't believe it?

Here's the playoff records 1991-2015. This is the Top 11 Teams in Playoff Wins over that span. (They've all won SB's! Every single one of them. And some multiple Super Bowls!)


Patriots: 25-12
Packers: 19-16
Steelers: 18-14
Ravens: 15-8
Broncos: 15-11
Cowboys: 14-10
49ers: 14-11
Colts: 14-15
Seahawks: 12-10
Eagles: 12-13
Giants: 11-7

The bottom 10 Teams in playoff wins? Only 1 Super Bowl and that was the Bucs.
Raiders: 5-5
Jaguars: 5-6
Buccaneers: 5-6
Dolphins: 5-9
Bears: 4-6
Chiefs: 4-11 (broke a 22 year streak last year)
Texans: 2-3 (both wins over Bengals)
Browns: 1-2 (streak is now at 19 seasons)
Lions: 1-8 (their streak is only 1 year shorter)
Bengals: 0-7 (the streak is now up to 26 seasons)