Article about Anderson's career path with new OC

[BengalChris]

(06-18-2018, 12:11 AM)BengalFanInNJ Wrote: They had yanked him during the first game of the 1981 season against the Seahawks. The Bengals were down 21-0 before you can bat an eye. They ended up coming back to win that game with Turk Schonert coming in for an ineffective Anderson. Anderson was told that Schonert was going to start against the Jets the following week. He told Gregg that he should be the starter and talked him into getting one more chance. Bengals won that game 31-30 after trailing 14-0. Anderson went on to have a great year that year and we all know how the rest of the story unfolded.

Imagine if Anderson wasn't able to convince Gregg to keep him as the starter?

Remember it well. Those two games set the tone that the team could put up wins. Schonert was a decent QB filling in, but Anderson had the beautiful deep ball.

(06-18-2018, 06:55 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I remember that as well, but I thought Anderson was injured in the first game.  He was benched?  Wow.  A little bit different than Marv riding with a team that didn't score a TD for the first two entire games!

Yep, Marv and Gregg were galaxies apart. Could you imagine Ogbuehi or Bodine or Alexander lasting more than a few weeks with Gregg at the helm? I can't.