I Think Bengals Will be a Force Again

[SunsetBengal]

(09-17-2024, 11:27 AM)TheCincinnatiKid Wrote: I would say they have somewhat made that step though.

We no longer suck in Prime Time. Clearly better than Marvin's Era.

We can win playoff games. We're 5-2 in the playoffs in the past 3 years.

Within Burrow's two 'fully' healthy seasons, we won the division back-to-back, and went to the AFCCG back-to-back, once to the SB.

Even last year with a completely unknown QB and a poor defence, we had a winning record and weren't far off making the playoffs.

Other than KC, who's standard has been better? I'd rather have been the Rams (due to a SB win, though let's not forget they went 5-12 two years ago), and you'd have to say the 49ers with 3 straight NFC Champ games and a SB loss, but I'm not sure who else is at a better standard than we've been across those 3 years. 

If I were defining what makes a team a standard of winning to be measured by, the first item on the list would have to be winning against divisional opponents. The Bengals haven't done much of that the past few years.