Can we Duplicate 2011 Season

[Essex Johnson]

(09-09-2020, 04:57 PM)fredtoast Wrote: 2011 Bengals were coming off a season where their offense ranked 20th and the defense ranked in the top half of the league (15th).  They had a head coach with 8 years experience and a winning career record. They made the playoffs but only had one win against a team with a winning record.

2020 Bengals are coming off a season where their offense ranked 26th and their defense 29th.  Their head coach has one year of experience and  a .125 career winning percentage.

It will be much tougher to repeat what we did in 2011 because the 2019 team was much worse than the 2010 team.  But there are some striking similarities.  Both seasons our first two picks in the draft were a WR and QB, and we signed 3 new starters for our defense in free agency.

the ranking I have from Pro Football Reference has Defense in mid 20s.. that 2010 team gave up 25 points a game.. which was 24th worst.. and last we were 26th in points allowed so neither was good ..