04-26-2017, 10:19 AM
(04-26-2017, 01:48 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: You're right that the 2005 and 2015 teams were our best. I would also throw 2013 in there, and we were pretty much all hands on deck for that one. With the way the team has completely fallen off the rails every time (with other teams that should've been capable of winning at least 1 playoff game), I don't see any reason to believe 2005 and 2015 would've been any different.
You can't judge them by how dominant they looked in regular season because Marv teams completely morph into something else come playoff time. If we had even 1 game out of 7 where we didn't look drastically worse than our regular season performance, I'd probably feel differently.
I still believe in this roster (outside of o-line...which could sink us again), but as long as Marv and Paul are pacing the sidelines, I believe wholeheartedly that the end result will be the same as what we've seen the previous 14 years.
I see the lack of playoff success as a continuation of the struggles the team has in Primetime games. Generally the only teams we beat in Primetime are the Browns and Dolphins.
This team just has a mental block about playing and beating good teams.
If we can't do it during the regular season...we won't in the playoffs.
Here are our results vs the Steelers since he's been here. They own us:
2003
Cincinnati
L, 10-17
Pittsburgh
W, 24-20
2004
Pittsburgh
L, 17-28
Cincinnati
L, 14-19
2005
Cincinnati
L, 13-27
Pittsburgh
W, 38-31
Cincinnati
L, 17-31*
2006
Pittsburgh
W, 28-20
Cincinnati
L, 17-23 (OT)
2007
Cincinnati
L, 13-24
Pittsburgh
L, 10-24
2008
Cincinnati
L, 10-38
Pittsburgh
L, 10-27
2009
Cincinnati
W, 23-20
Pittsburgh
W, 18-12
2010
Cincinnati
L, 21-27
Pittsburgh
L, 7-23
2011
Cincinnati
L, 17-24
Pittsburgh
L, 7-35
2012
Cincinnati
L, 17-24
Pittsburgh
W, 13-10
2013
Cincinnati
W, 20-10
Pittsburgh
L, 20-30
2014
Cincinnati
L, 21-42
Pittsburgh
L, 17-27
2015
Pittsburgh
W, 16-10
Cincinnati
L, 20-33
Cincinnati
L, 16-18*
*AFC Wild Card Playoff
