01-05-2018, 04:31 PM
(01-05-2018, 04:10 PM)ElkValleyBengal Wrote: What I find impressive about Bengals history is how good they were early on. I believe they made the playoffs their third season, in an era where expansion teams were pretty much scrap heap projects. The early-mid 70s saw an impressive team in the Queen City. Unfortunately for them that was a bad time to be good or even really good, with legendary teams like the Dolphins, Steelers, and Raiders lurking in conference.
In back-to-back years in the mid 70's they went 11-3 and 10-4, which resulted in a grand total of one playoff loss. 21-7 record over two years. This thing where we're good, but not good enough for it to matter goes back a ways.
