02-23-2016, 05:25 PM
(02-23-2016, 04:13 PM)jj22 Wrote: If we can be honest, after the first 8 games the team was pretty average. We lost 3 out of the 4 national tv games which was pretty typical of the Bengals and can't be considered an improvement. We only needed to win one more game to get a bye (which at the time was meaning a good chance to get Dalton back), and we choked under pressure, which again is typical. And we lost to playoff teams late in the season, which again is typical. So you can't say it was anything more than an average season. Even with the improvement of Dalton.
Overall after the amazing start, the team crashed and burned. Even with honorable backup qb play.
So you are holding a road loss against the Super Bowl Champs with McCarron against the Bengals?
A primetime loss to the hottest team in football at the time (Arizona) on the road in the last minute against them?
Yes, losing to playoff teams with a backup QB on the road is pretty normal for any team.
I'd give the Bengals an A. I really wish Dalton wouldn't have gotten hurt so we could have seen how this team really would have ended up. There was definitely something different about them this year.
