01-16-2020, 09:32 AM
(01-16-2020, 09:09 AM)jason Wrote: Not to mention it took a 2-14 season to sink the Bengals to that winning percentage over the last decade. Regardless of how some of us FEEL, we aren't the worst run franchise in the NFL... Let alone all of professional sports.
It depends on which metric you look at and how you gauge success. The Bengals empirically have the longest dearth of playoff wins out of 32 teams. The current ownership has never in their history won a game in the final elimination round which may lead to a Super Bowl championship. By that metric, they haven't even sniffed it. What they are famous for is the dead cat bounce, suddenly winning games once they are eliminated from playoff contention. Many teams would likely pump the breaks and regroup once they've been eliminated from a chance at taking first place. Not the Bengals! They revel in scooping up wins that cannot produce championships. It's reflective of their overarching philosophy of "give the fans something that's good enough", rather than striving for greatness. They may not be the worst, but they are quite possibly the most soul sucking and un-inspiring. They are perfectly content with being "not the worst." That's not what people pay for.
