10-31-2021, 07:23 AM
In ascending order:
3rd place: The 1988 team. Innovation. The no-huddle. The creativity of the west coast, er....Ohio River Offense. Also had a top defense with the SWAT team. The first year of the new uniforms. Crazy fun year.
2nd place: The 2005 team: High-powered offense. Young QB. After so many years of ineptitude with some huge misses on day 1 of the draft that KILLED teams before the rookie wage scale. We FINALLY had a taste of winning again. I thought O'dell Thurman would be a HOF'r after his rookie season. How it ended, though. Puke.
1st place: 2021 team. Ok, ok....Make fun of my "forget the past" nature. Here's why: I LOVE Joe Burrow. He is everything Palmer wasn't. Sorry, not sorry. I LOVE the defense. Relentless. Energetic. Selfless. Tough. They are so young, but have already taken the biggest enemies behind the woodshed. I see so many ways the Bengals can beat teams and they are just scratching the surface of what they could be. I am hoping that Khalid Kareem can boost the pass rush down the stretch and Snufalufagus himself (Trae Waynes) can get healthy and also be an asset down the stretch.
To elaborate: Why am I so in love with Burrow? Because athleticism always seems to catch up with hot QBs. Vick had ridiculous athleticism. Teams found ways to stop him. Mahommes has looked very human of late. Murray? Possibly the same thing. However, when you have a QB that has that rare combination of athleticism and incredible "football savant" IQ (think Brady, Manning, Montana), then you have someone with staying power. What Joe Burrow is doing in just 17 NFL starts, coming off a devastating knee injury is incredible. Absolutely incredible. And here is one more thing: He just keeps getting better.
3rd place: The 1988 team. Innovation. The no-huddle. The creativity of the west coast, er....Ohio River Offense. Also had a top defense with the SWAT team. The first year of the new uniforms. Crazy fun year.
2nd place: The 2005 team: High-powered offense. Young QB. After so many years of ineptitude with some huge misses on day 1 of the draft that KILLED teams before the rookie wage scale. We FINALLY had a taste of winning again. I thought O'dell Thurman would be a HOF'r after his rookie season. How it ended, though. Puke.
1st place: 2021 team. Ok, ok....Make fun of my "forget the past" nature. Here's why: I LOVE Joe Burrow. He is everything Palmer wasn't. Sorry, not sorry. I LOVE the defense. Relentless. Energetic. Selfless. Tough. They are so young, but have already taken the biggest enemies behind the woodshed. I see so many ways the Bengals can beat teams and they are just scratching the surface of what they could be. I am hoping that Khalid Kareem can boost the pass rush down the stretch and Snufalufagus himself (Trae Waynes) can get healthy and also be an asset down the stretch.
To elaborate: Why am I so in love with Burrow? Because athleticism always seems to catch up with hot QBs. Vick had ridiculous athleticism. Teams found ways to stop him. Mahommes has looked very human of late. Murray? Possibly the same thing. However, when you have a QB that has that rare combination of athleticism and incredible "football savant" IQ (think Brady, Manning, Montana), then you have someone with staying power. What Joe Burrow is doing in just 17 NFL starts, coming off a devastating knee injury is incredible. Absolutely incredible. And here is one more thing: He just keeps getting better.
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