Why did Boomer Esiasons career go south?

[kevin]

(02-20-2021, 01:24 PM)Jhowdy54 Wrote: Was too young to remember the Boomer Esiason era with the Bengals and just wondering why his career took a big dip.  Had those 2 pro bowl seasons with a trip to the Super Bowl.  After those years of course the Bengals struggled obviously and his numbers just went terrible for any starting QB.  You older guys were thinking we have a great young QB to build around and never happened.

Boomer came back to Bengals in 1997 season and showed he could still play the game. Him and Corey Dillon were the best parts of 1997 Bengals.  Team didn't score under Jeff Blake in 1997, but Boomer started to play in mid season and team began to win. They had no defense though.  Turned out our boys in grade school were right, they said Boomer should have been starting all season. It would be like Tampa not playing Brady they added, and going with the young QB, and no Super Bowl.

I think Boomer did put up a lot of passing yards with teams he went to after 1980's Bengals. I can't say his career went south. I know the Bengals went south when he and other Super Bowl Bengals left or retired. Well, the Bengals went south when Paul Brown died, but as you say, you are too young to know that. No play-off wins since Paul Brown died. A lot of last place seasons under his son Mike Brown, the acorn who fell too far from the tree

Rumor was Boomer wanted to stay with Bengals after his very good 1997 season, but the returning veteran had some suggestions to get Bengals out of last place, and Mike Brown wasn't listening. That was the rumor in the off season of 1997 to 1998. We know Carson Palmer wanted to make suggestions to improve the team, but he felt Mike Brown wasn't listening. Both Boomer and Carson wanted to Win, and you can't blame them for that. With no playoff wins still, perhaps Mike Brown should have listened to Boomer or Carsons suggestions to improve the Bengals. I know Carson said before he left that the team chemistry was wrong, too many players who were not focused on winning on 2000 Bengals. Might have been true of 1997 Bengals. Might be true of 2020 Bengals.