Mike says Dalton should "re-establish himself" but FO needs to establish themselves

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(05-12-2019, 01:36 PM)Whatever Wrote: Marvin is still above .500 if you factor in playoff record... barely.

It's a terrible comparison for a number of reasons.  However, the Bengals are managed like a business in that they need to turn a profit every year due to a lack of fall back income for the Brown family. That won't change unless they invest their football money in another business.  

If the NFL worked more like a traditional business, Mike would have moved the team to another market years ago.  The Bengals make the lowest amount of money per fan in the league.  The revenue sharing that everyone bemoans for allowing Mike to be complacent is the only thing keeping the team economically viable in the city of Cincinnati.

Other NFL Teams sell out games. Some have streaks where they sell out for decades in a row. The Bengals don't sell out because they are a small market. They sell out because they don't win playoff games and fans generally know the team will disappoint.

You can't just be terrible from 1991 to 2010 and expect fans to be fully invested just because you are now 'average'. Yes the Bengals were terrible for around 19 years. They basically lost an entire generation of fans due to this.

As far as the small market excuse. Cincy is a bigger market than Green Bay and some other cities.

On this list, when looking at nearby cities...Cincy is actually a bigger market than Pittsburgh, Seattle, Baltimore, Indy, Kansas City, etc.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/wt1sr/list_of_nfl_teams_by_media_market_size/