Have Bengals Ever Not Won A Division Game ???

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(12-28-2023, 01:29 PM)kevin Wrote: Thank you.  2002.   The only thing I remember from that awful season was Tampa Warren Sapp sacking Akili Smith and sitting on top of him saying, " I don't feel sorry for you. "   That was in the newspapers.  The story was Smith was getting paid, and Sapp didn't feel sorry for how bad Tampa was beating them.   I also remember a guy at work was trying to give away his season tickets during season.  Our computer expert tech.  He said in 2002 that you couldn't sell them, because everybody was trying to sell them and couldn't.  He offered the free tickets to me and said I could see the new stadium.  I refused because I didn't want to drive 70 miles there and 70 miles back to watch a team as bad as the 2002 Bengals were.  

OK, that was a horrible season. Just 2 wins.  Smith was awful, that was a bad pick. Coaches and Smith would be fired and Marvin Lewis and Carson Palmer brought in.  Gus Ferrotte was at QB in a game at Cleveland and tried to throw the ball with his left hand and worst pass I ever saw, right to a Browns player.  When reporters said he isn't left handed, Gus said he didn't think Browns knew that.  Yes, 2002 was a team to forget.  Fans unable to sell Bengals tickets found they couldn't even give them away.  

Also added was the 1993 Bengals, a team that was called The Bungles by ESPN.  Coach Dave Shula, they were awful.  You look at the list of players that team had, and almost none belonged in the NFL.  Paul Brown had died, and Mike Brown and Family didn't have a clue without Paul Brown in 1993.   I remember fans complaining about Klingler at QB, but I felt sorry for him.  As soon as the ball was snapped he was getting clobbered every single play.  The worst blocking I've ever see on the Bengals, and that is saying something, because this franchise has had bad blocking years, but 1993 there was no blocking at all.  

Yes, 1993 and 2002 were very bad teams.  I think the 2023 team is far better and it would be a shame to see them join those teams on getting division swept.

Yes, games blacked out in 1993 and 2002 was actually a good thing.  In 1993 I remember playing tennis one Sunday and we had the game on radio as announcers saying Klinger getting  hit as soon as the ball was snapped every play.  That  was the worst blocking team I ever saw.  2008 Bengals blocking was awful also, but 1993 was the worst.  1993 and 2002, those were the Bungles years, as per ESPN.  Bengals were called the worst franchise in all of sports that decade, not just NFL, worst in all of sports.  So blackouts were a good thing some seasons. As a Fan, I had been spoiled by good blocking in 1970's and 1980's.   1990's started to show me how bad a team looks with no blocking.  The worst was drafting Ki Jana Carter and as he was still getting hand-off in backfield, he was hit by 3 Detroit Lions and career injured due to that awful blocking.  It was as if there was no offensive line at all. Defenses really teed off on Bengals QBs and RB's.  The old rules, so defenses could really lay the hits on, it was still legal.  

1993 and 2002 were two of the worst teams to ever walk onto an NFL field.  I can't say that about 2023, but they could join this group of getting division swept.

Yeah, my guy Klingler didn't get a fair shake.