07-08-2015, 07:48 PM
(07-08-2015, 07:23 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: Whenever the topic of the Bengals and the playoffs comes up...it always seems that we get the usual line of "excuses" for each loss. I would have no problem accepting the excuses for any individual loss, if that game were an anomaly compared to the others. But, that's not the case. Instead, each loss has followed a disturbingly similar pattern, regardless of what "excuses" may have existed.
For all the reasons that can be brought up to explain each of the 6 losses, the frustrating constants remain the same, game in, game out. Until those "constants" are addressed and fixed...excuses are all we're left with.
Like I said earlier, I think they're capable of winning in the postseason...but only when the coaches and players decide to put out a competent/competitive, full 60 minute effort.
We've had Dalton for 4 years, but had Marvin for 12.
Marvin never won a playoff game before Dalton or during Dalton. Hasn't won a playoff game with 3 different coordinators. His teams are never consistent in primetime/playoff games.
Marvin has been the constant, and nothing has changed. Different players, same outcome.
