03-18-2019, 09:55 PM
(03-17-2019, 06:30 PM)Whatever Wrote: I don't think the team ever really overachieved under Marvin. Marvin was the NFL equivalent of John Cooper. He would beat the team's that he should be able to to beat, but in big spots against top competition, he always came up short.
Actually other than the mind boggling record against the Steelers Marvin was pretty decent against good teams.
From '03 to '18 only 11 teams had more wins against playoff teams than the Bengals 31. Under Marvin the Bengals won 37% of their games (29-50-2) against playoff teams other than the Steelers. That does not sound very impressive until you realize that only 7 teams in the league won more than 37% of their games against playoff teams during that same span. But we were only 2-18 against the Steelers when they were a playoff team. Still the Bengals overall record against playoff teams was in the top half of the league under Marvin.
