05-10-2021, 01:33 AM
(05-09-2021, 12:33 AM)masterpanthera_t Wrote: I agree with your overall point that Marvin didn't have a very good roster. I just want to point out that Spikes left for Buffalo the same off-season that Marvin was named coach. And he had Dillon for a few games before he got hurt, and left in the very next off-season.
The 2003 Bengals were pretty stacked with young ascending offensive talent. Willie, Levi, Braham, Chad, Housh, Warrick, Rudi, CD, etc.
The 2019 Bengals were littered with players at the end of their careers.
That doesn't mean Zac has an excuse for going 6-25-1...which is historically awful. But Marv was certainly given the better stitch.
In short, Marv was a solid coach who was given a solid roster (offensively). Zac is a bad coach who was given a deceptively bad roster. You add those two and you get 6-25-1.
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