(01-15-2018, 01:54 PM)Ctfan73 Wrote: Obviously, the history of the franchise, the fact that the Bengals don’t have a post season victory since freaking 1990, is why the string of one and done’s get so much attention from the media and our own fan base. The Chiefs have a poor playoff history, i’ve heard many in the media talking about that and I’m sure their fans are pretty disgusted as well. Let’s face it,  the Bengals won’t turn off the negative media until they have some post season success.

(01-15-2018, 01:16 PM)kevin Wrote: This year Steelers, Chiefs, Bills, Panthers, Rams all were One And Done's.  For their fans it hurts just as much. OK, Pittsburg has Super Bowl wins in modern history.  The fans in the other 4 cities don't.  I'm still not sure winning a bye week is a true One And Done since team moved into second round of play-offs.  I am sure I would rather make play-offs than not make play-offs.  These 5 teams at least gave their fans play-off years.  The Bengals at least gave fans 5 straight play-off seasons for a franchise not known for having 2 good seasons in a row.  I think most Bengals fans want team back in play-offs ASAP and hoping to go deeper than One and Done.  Still, look at Saints losing to Vikings in last 14 seconds and you see that even good teams can lose in the wildest of finishes.  Now they weren't One and Done, but still a tough loss. .....I point this out because we hear of Bengals One and Done's greatly but not these other teams.  Chiefs and Bills aren't known for going deep in play-offs either for a few decades.  So on the Bengals One and Dones, at least Coach Lewis got team to play-offs 7 times and those were 7 fun regular seasons of getting into play-offs.  Much better than Browns, unless you are a Draft Day nut and don't like the regular season. So 5 good teams had One and Done's this year because everybody in play-offs is good and somebody has to lose. Only one team can win Super Bowl.   I like that Bengals put together 5 straight play-off seasons even if the losses were hard, especially Chargers and Steelers in The Jungle losses.  Steelers, Chiefs and Rams will wonder how they lost at home this year.  .....So hoping Bengals get back to play-offs ASAP and hoping we finally get that play-off win, but knowing play-offs of any kind are better than no play-offs at all.  Even with our 13-18-1 record the last 2 years the road back to play-offs is not as far as Browns of 1-31 over the same 2 years. Anybody that doesn't see 7-9 as better than 0-16 doesn't know beans about football. ......So 5 good teams went One and Done and ESPN and such aren't beating it to death as they do Bengals. I'll finish by repeating losing in the play-offs is better than no play-offs at all and Hoping Bengals return to play-offs ASAP.

(01-15-2018, 01:16 PM)kevin Wrote: This year Steelers, Chiefs, Bills, Panthers, Rams all were One And Done's.  For their fans it hurts just as much. OK, Pittsburg has Super Bowl wins in modern history.  The fans in the other 4 cities don't.  I'm still not sure winning a bye week is a true One And Done since team moved into second round of play-offs.  I am sure I would rather make play-offs than not make play-offs.  These 5 teams at least gave their fans play-off years.  The Bengals at least gave fans 5 straight play-off seasons for a franchise not known for having 2 good seasons in a row.  I think most Bengals fans want team back in play-offs ASAP and hoping to go deeper than One and Done.  Still, look at Saints losing to Vikings in last 14 seconds and you see that even good teams can lose in the wildest of finishes.  Now they weren't One and Done, but still a tough loss. .....I point this out because we hear of Bengals One and Done's greatly but not these other teams.  Chiefs and Bills aren't known for going deep in play-offs either for a few decades.  So on the Bengals One and Dones, at least Coach Lewis got team to play-offs 7 times and those were 7 fun regular seasons of getting into play-offs.  Much better than Browns, unless you are a Draft Day nut and don't like the regular season. So 5 good teams had One and Done's this year because everybody in play-offs is good and somebody has to lose. Only one team can win Super Bowl.   I like that Bengals put together 5 straight play-off seasons even if the losses were hard, especially Chargers and Steelers in The Jungle losses.  Steelers, Chiefs and Rams will wonder how they lost at home this year.  .....So hoping Bengals get back to play-offs ASAP and hoping we finally get that play-off win, but knowing play-offs of any kind are better than no play-offs at all.  Even with our 13-18-1 record the last 2 years the road back to play-offs is not as far as Browns of 1-31 over the same 2 years. Anybody that doesn't see 7-9 as better than 0-16 doesn't know beans about football. ......So 5 good teams went One and Done and ESPN and such aren't beating it to death as they do Bengals. I'll finish by repeating losing in the play-offs is better than no play-offs at all and Hoping Bengals return to play-offs ASAP.

(01-15-2018, 03:23 PM)whodey4life84 Wrote: I don't get mad about the lack of a playoff win recently as much as others because imo, unless you're winning the super bowl, no single playoff win matters for anything except getting a worse draft position.

(01-15-2018, 03:30 PM)Bengalitis Wrote: kinda but not really... its like running a 20 mile marathon. Some drop out at the 5 mile mark, others at the 19 mile mark and others win it. I'd definitely want to get close to winning it as possible than the opposite, even if we don't get the Lombardi. Have to have a goal to be successful.

Can someone Photoshop a Super Bowl Ring on Mike Brown's finger? Maybe if he could see how good a SB ring would look on his hand, he make take winning more seriously and make it his goal/priority before he retires.

(01-15-2018, 03:30 PM)Bengalitis Wrote: kinda but not really... its like running a 20 mile marathon. Some drop out at the 5 mile mark, others at the 19 mile mark and others win it. I'd definitely want to get close to winning it as possible than the opposite, even if we don't get the Lombardi. Have to have a goal to be successful.

Can someone Photoshop a Super Bowl Ring on Mike Brown's finger? Maybe if he could see how good a SB ring would look on his hand, he make take winning more seriously and make it his goal/priority before he retires.

(01-15-2018, 03:38 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Except Mike Brown's SB ring would be made out of stainless steel and glass instead of white gold and diamonds.

Then he'd use the money saved to take the team captains to Wendy's.

(01-15-2018, 03:30 PM)Bengalitis Wrote: kinda but not really... its like running a 20 mile marathon. Some drop out at the 5 mile mark, others at the 19 mile mark and others win it. I'd definitely want to get close to winning it as possible than the opposite, even if we don't get the Lombardi. Have to have a goal to be successful.

Can someone Photoshop a Super Bowl Ring on Mike Brown's finger? Maybe if he could see how good a SB ring would look on his hand, he make take winning more seriously and make it his goal/priority before he retires.

(01-15-2018, 02:28 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: There's good reasons why the Bengals playoff failures gets talked about so much, and is unique from other teams:

Overall, have 7 straight one an done's
NFL record for most consecutive one and done's  - 5
Tied for 2nd for most playoff losses in a row - 8
Have the longest current streak without a playoff win - 27 years
47 of 50 seasons have ended without a single postseason victory