Were the pre-Joe Bengals as bad as most think?

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(01-31-2023, 11:04 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: The 80’s were an eternity ago. Plenty of people didn’t even watch those teams play.

Touting “playoff appearances” as some big achievement is kind of embarrassing (we’re past that now). I’m honestly not sure what you’re going for with these weird threads you’ve been starting lately.

Football is odd.

A SB win brings pride, even if you weren't alive for it as many Steeler fans have some sort of misplaced (well, it's sports so it's all misplaced to us nobody fans if you want to get picky) pride in the 4 SBs that occured before any of them who are under the age of 50 could recall.  The Chicago Bears and their fans have been living off of that 1985 team for almost 40 years.  SB wins are forever, and people accept them as part of the team even if they weren't alive for it.

With that being said, NFL Championships prior to the SB era, despite being only slightly older than the oldest SB wins are deemed irrelevant and pathetic to cite.  A Steeler fan who trumpets the SB wins from 48-43 years ago with total relevance will scoff at a Browns fan trying to talk up Championships that aren't significantly older than that.

Playoff appearances?  Meh...I mean...that's a low bar for anyone outside of the fanbase to remember.  The Dolphins and Raiders made the playoffs twice in the past 7 years...who did they play against in the 2016 playoffs?  Does it matter?  Who'd remember that?