Tom Brady and Andy Dalton against Texans

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(01-15-2017, 07:55 PM)bengalguy71 Wrote: It doesn't matter. The average fan doesn't remember who 'almost' won. Only the champs are remembered.

Most people remember the Bills losing 4 SBs. Few remember they were 4 in a row. A team 'going' to the SB 4 years in a row will probably never happen again.

Most people don't say, "The Great Bills dynasty when they went to 4 SBs in a row!"

It's more like, "The Bills and the Vikings are the only 0-4 SB teams. Big losers"

So, the average fan huh? The average fan would say Andy Dalton does not belong in the same conversation as Brady, not do the Bengals belong in the same discussion with the Patriots. One is a perennial facorite with multiple titles in the past 15 years. The other has been one of the laughingstocks of the league. One has the unanimous best coach in the NFL. The other has the coach with the NFL record for failure in the Playoffs. One has a revered owner in Robert Kraft. The other has a cheapskate who has played GM with laughable results. One team has the "Patriot Way", which demands excellence and values results over everything. The other has "Mike Brown's Way", which values profits, and only considers winning if it's done in a way that also maximizes family profits.

That's the average fan take.