05-18-2017, 03:46 PM
(05-18-2017, 03:24 PM)masterpanthera_t Wrote: Bengals definitely haven't played well against the Steelers in the Marvin era, and that should fall on Marvin at least a little bit. However, comparing the record from the 90s to that after Marvin, I think we haven't seen any changes simply because while the Bengals got better under Marvin, the Steelers improved at QB, going from Neil O'Donnell, Kordell Stewart and Tommy Maddox pre-Marvin to that guy from Findlay, OH post-Marvin. I think that's the main reason why there hasn't been much of a difference in the pre and post marvin records.
While the Steelers have had the better QB, can you honestly say that from a talent perspective that the Steelers roster should beat the Bengals 3 out of every 4 times?
I would say that the Steelers generally have a better roster...but not that much better. In fact, even when we have a better record, the Steelers generally dominate us.
To put things in perspective, the Steelers dominance over us is very similar to our dominance over the Browns.