Are the Bengals bad or just unlucky?

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(02-17-2018, 05:12 PM)GMDino Wrote: The Bengals are founded in 1968 and have the NFL/AFL rookie of the year in 68 and 69.

In 1969, one year after their founding, their first great QB sets all kind of rookie records....then has to retire due to injury.


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With the legendary Paul Brown has their head coach from 1968-1975 they STILL have a losing record overall...and go 0-3 in the playoffs.



In fact only three of the men to be head coach of the Bengals has a winning record.  One is Marvin Lewis who remains without a win in the post-season.

They reach the Super Bowl twice under an innovative coach who had a pro bowl QB...and had the misfortune of meeting a better coach with a better pro bowl QB both times.

That's not mentioning Tim Krumie's broken leg and Stanley Wilson.

In the 20 years since their last Super Bowl apperance they have had only eight above 500 seasons.

And they have reached the playoffs eight times...winning one game in 1990.  

In the midst of that we cannot forget that in '05, the Steelers take out Palmer on the opening play of the playoff game and then everyone knows what happened at halftime and everything just fell apart.


Or the year the Bengals tanked their last game so they could play the Jets could get into the playoffs and travel to Cincinnati for the game.  [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_NFL_playoffs#AFC:_New_York_Jets_24,_Cincinnati_Bengals_14]Only to lose at home to the Jets.


And then the year that Dalton broke his thumb after throwing an INT and trying to make a tackle the Steelers beat the Bengals in the playoffs due to lack of discipline on the Bengals players.


Oh, and all the missed field goals!  And draft picks that didn't pan out!


So, are the Bengals bad...or just unlucky?

The fact it took you hours of research and time to type this mess tells us a lot. Get a life dude.