Bengals history of making lemonade out of lemons

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(04-08-2019, 01:30 PM)fredtoast Wrote: 1. Dhani Jones, Roy Williams,, Chris Crocker, Rashad Jenty, Adam Jones, Reggie Nelson, Manny Lawson, Thomas Howard, Nate Clements, Terrance Newman, Wallace Gilberry, Vontaze Burfict.

2. But then after that the stream of successful reclamation projects seemed to dry up. Harrison, Hawk, Dansby, or Minter

1. Mike Zimmer

2. No Mike Zimmer

(Worth noting that Zimmer was around for Burfict's first two years, which was when he went to the Pro Bowl, had his 2nd Team All-Pro season, and averaged 149 tackles a season/9.8 tackles per start.)

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Vikings Defense Rankings (Total / Scoring)

2011: 21st / 31st
2012: 16th / t-14th
2013: 31st / 32nd
Zimmer Hired
2014: 14th / 11th
2015: 13th / 5th
2016: 3rd / 6th
2017: 1st / 1st
2018: 4th  9th



Bengals Defense Rankings (Total / Scoring)

2011: 7th / 9th
2012: 6th / 8th
2013: 3rd / t-5th
Zimmer Leaves
2014: 22nd / 12th
2015: 11th / 2nd
2016: 17th / 8th
2017: 18th / 16th
2018: 32nd / 30th


Letting Zimmer leave instead of giving him the HC job after the 2013 playoff flop against an inferior Chargers team will go down as one of the worst decisions in Bengals franchise history. Up there with turning down a billion picks from the Saints for the Akili Smith pick.