Best Bengals team of all time

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(10-18-2023, 07:12 PM)ElkValleyBengal Wrote: To those saying 1988 without question, I think you're overlooking the defensive side of the ball.  That group was solid in all three phases of the defense- much like it has been the past few seasons for the most part.  The '88 squad had some nice individual players, but collectively they weren't impressive.  To their credit, they did play good defense in the playoffs.  If we're discussing offense alone, then I'd agree with '88 being the better team- primarily due to the running game.

One thing though.... 88 had an intimidator at safety. Averaging out, you're probably right. The DL was kinda meh outside of Krumrie, Eric Thomas had a nice year. They were good enough, because the offense could explode at any time.....and Boomer won the league MVP.