Can Andy and the Bengals finally win a playoff game?

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(07-12-2015, 11:37 AM)WhoDeyWho Wrote: 5 sacks and 2 turnovers in 6 GAMES is not a championship worthy defense regardless of how the offense has performed.  

7.25 points per game average scored by the offense.  You don't overcome that.  In fact, in 2012 the defense outscored the offense.  Leon Hall outscored the entire offense...with a single play.  The offense contributed a grand total of 6 points while the defense scored 7 and gave up 19.  That isn't last-place defense there, but that is a dreadful offensive performance.

The offense generated the following net points:


2011 - 3 (10 points scored, -7 for Dalton's pick six)
2012 - 6 (13 points scored, but Hall's pick 6 generated 7 points for the defense)
2013 - 10
2014 - 10

Look at those numbers.  Look at them.  What defense can pull that offense across the finish line?  The defensive performance in 2012 could have dragged most offenses kicking and screaming to a win, but not this one.  The more I look at the actual numbers rather than throwing my hands and saying "the offense, coaching, and defense are all crap!!!!" the more I see an offense that plays at a sub 32-ranking in the playoffs.

7.25 net points per game

Even if you don't count it as net points and just go with the total the Bengals have scored 10,13,10, and 10 points in the playoffs. Here is the lowest score that resulted a win in each year's playoffs:

2011 - 20
2012 - 19
2013 - 23
2014 - 24

So we are a good 6-11 points below the lowest winning score achieved for each playoff year. Ugh.