Bengals @ Eagles 1997

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(02-28-2021, 09:15 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Been looking for this game for a long time. Finally found it. It is Boomer's only loss as a starting QB in '97--though he did light it up--but those white on white unis...smokin!!

Is my memory correct that this was Boomer's final game in the NFL?

I'm thinking he retired and went into broadcasting after that season, then we drafted Takeo Spikes with our first pick in the next draft.  Boomer was covering the event, and interviewed Coslett after the pick.  He asked why they went with a LB when the starting QB had just retired.  Coslett's answer was along the lines of "you scored over forty points in your last game, and yet you lost.  We need more defense."