1979 SI Article - 'Everything's gone wrong in Cincinnati'

[McC]

(12-21-2017, 07:57 PM)Pat5775 Wrote: Wow... It's uncanny. Thanks for sharing! And as McC said, they made the super bowl only two years later... We can only hope

Also of note, "Around Cincinnati there is a feeling that the Bengals wasted many of those nine first-round picks on players of the sort the Brown clan prefers, that is, neither flamboyant nor disruptive." That mantra has done a complete 180.

Look at what changed after '79 that made the leap possible.

The OLine got way better by adding Munoz and Montoya.  This magically made the QB and the whole offense better.

The passive HC was replaced with the fiery tough guy.

They hired Hank Bullough to run the defense.

Mike--

This is your 1979.  Whatcha gonna do about it?  You gonna rise up like Daddy did?  Have you even got rise up in you?