05-11-2020, 11:43 PM
(05-10-2020, 06:33 PM)impactplaya Wrote: 1994 1995 Jeff Blake puts together a nice run of
Pro Bowl seasons. The Bengals go 7-9 8-8. But in 1996 for
Whatever reason the offense gets off to a slow start
And after 11 games he gets benched for Boomer.
I think they sign Neil O'Donnell to a huge contract in 97.
Does anyone recall why the organization gave up on Blake
So fast ? Seems to be Blake still was quite young and had
Alot left.
1997 till.Carson got drafted the front office was just burning
Through QBs.
The team was never really committed to Blake for whatever reason, then once Coslet was gone, that was his main supporter.
He wasn't flawless by any stretch, but he was definitely good enough to where we should've been focusing on the numerous holes on the team rather than spending money/picks on guys like O'Donnell and Akili. O'Donnell had one of the more efficient seasons ever by a Bengals QB, and we went 2-9 in his starts...because QB wasn't the problem in the first place.
Tbh, everyone (me included) wanted Boomer to come back after that 5 game stretch, but frankly that was probably a fluke. Or at the very least it wasn't sustainable over the long haul. That team had a lot of holes.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
