02-08-2022, 08:04 AM
It had to be the fact that no other team went from only winning four games the year before to winning the Super Bowl the next year. It took a little bit of digging, but it turns out the opposing team, the Rams (St. Louis at the time) won only 4 games in 1998 and then won the Super Bowl in 1999.
The Bengals could be the second team to do it, although their overall record in 2020 was slightly better than the 1998 Rams at 4-11-1. But guess what the Bengals record was in 1987, the year before the Bengal's last Super Bowl appearance? 4-11. Why was it not 4-12, you might ask? There was a strike that year and one game was canceled. Take a wild guess who the Bengals would have been playing? The Los Angeles Rams, who at that time were playing at Anaheim stadium. (Cue Twilight Zone theme)
The Bengals could be the second team to do it, although their overall record in 2020 was slightly better than the 1998 Rams at 4-11-1. But guess what the Bengals record was in 1987, the year before the Bengal's last Super Bowl appearance? 4-11. Why was it not 4-12, you might ask? There was a strike that year and one game was canceled. Take a wild guess who the Bengals would have been playing? The Los Angeles Rams, who at that time were playing at Anaheim stadium. (Cue Twilight Zone theme)
