Bengals- One of the best over next 3 years?

[BengalChris]

(07-02-2015, 09:52 AM)Nately120 Wrote: Being a Bengals fan is a real trip.  I can't imagine telling the fan of any non-Browns team that there is no way we can win a playoff game if we replace the guy who is 0-6 in the postseason and not being laughed at.

I don't think anyone would be laughing at the Bengals for replacing Lewis for postseason failure. The Broncos fired John Fox (a team that went to the SB only last year) and the 49ers fired the Michigan guy (a team that went to the SB 2 years ago). If a SB is the goal, then losing badly in 6 straight wildcard appearances isn't a step forward or even a step closer. Somewhere in that time they'd have to push beyond the wildcard round.

If a team isn't going to be good enough to earn a first round bye then the road to a SB win is paved with 4 straight playoff games, each one against a better and better opponent. So if you go 0-6 in an ugly way, the confidence that you'll ever go 4-0 is pretty much a big goose egg.

You can only say "next year will be better" so many times before people stop believing.