Polishing my Ken Anderson Hall of Fame pitch

[*bengalfan74*]

(07-12-2016, 01:05 PM)fredtoast Wrote: 1.  He did not win enough.  1981 was the only year he won a playoff game.

2.  In a four year stretch that should have been near his prime (age 28-31) he had a 20-32 record as a starter and a 69 passer rating.  Over the rest of his career he was 71-49 with a 86.8 rating.

#2 is the part that killed him in the eyes of the beholders outside of Cincinnati. I mean sure it's true the "if he had a ring he'd be in blah, blah". But I feel if not for the pretty bad four years he would still be in.

Even among fans who were around back then I think many forget nearly everybody wanted Kenny's head on a platter for quite some time. He was out injured for a good bit and dinged up off and on and every time a drive stalled the whispers started. Every interception and it became a roar, "gotta move on from Anderson". Those seasons hurt his overall rep. pretty bad !