03-03-2020, 07:11 PM
(03-03-2020, 06:43 PM)Pat5775 Wrote: They *SHOULD have been that great for a long time... I don’t know what happened. Maybe all of the arrests, injuries, retaining Chuck Bresnahan too long, a combination of everything....it just wasn’t meant to be
2006 was a very bad year for us... We lost a lot of players to injury(or other) some never returned...
Braham
Pollack
Thruman
are just a few...
I think after game 2 of 2006 seasons vs Cleveland we had to put 10 players on IR.... Took us a good while to fix that line.
Palmer aired it out in 2006... we almost returned to the playoffs but lost 3 straight at the end of the year.. (one to a bad snap on a field goal.)
Injuries again in 2007 on the Defensive side this time mainly LBer
2008 was the year his elbow got smashed after getting a bloody nose in the preseason.
2009 was a great year as we swept the division but the offense was more running than gunning.
Palmer and that offense could generate points almost as fast as our defense could give them up...
Bengals vs Cleveland I think went over 100 points both times in 2007.
