04-06-2019, 01:29 PM
(04-06-2019, 01:01 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Revised history.
AJ Green played 9 games (Bengals had a 5-4 record)
Andy Dalton played 11 games (Bengals had a 5-6 record)
Brown went on the IR the same week as AJ Green, after they were 5-4.
Carl Lawson played in 7 games, which is still not out of the gate, but damn near half the season. (He wasn't even a starter.)
Mixon missed 2 games, but Gio was healthy for them. Gio missed 2 games, but Mixon was healthy for them, they never were both out.
Burfict wasn't hurt but suspended to start the season.
Tyler Eifert was ALWAYS going to be hurt. If a team doesn't plan for expecting Tyler Eifert to get instantly hurt, that's on the team.
People keep spinning the myth that they fell apart after the 4-1 start, but really they made it to about the halfway point of the season before they fell apart... but that narrative isn't as fun to push because 5-4 or 5-6 isn't as good sounding as 4-1 when trying to make excuses.
1.) 4-1 isn't a myth it actually happened and we beat two playoff teams during that stretch.
2.) Boyd, Mixon, Lawson, Bates, and Jackson are all pro bowl caliber players who happened to be under 30.
3.) The Bengals were 5-3 with both AJ and Andy in the lineup. They didn't play together at all for the rest of the season after the Bucs game.
