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Surprised me just because it's so easy to get lost in the endless drumbeat of "Mike Brown sucks !" it becomes its own reality regardless of how true it is or isn't...turns out it's not true at all, as 20 of 32 franchises did worse than the Mike Brown owned and managed Cincinnati Bengals over the past 10 years. 

 

Mike Brown does not suck.

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19 minutes ago, Duluoz said:

Surprised me just because it's so easy to get lost in the endless drumbeat of "Mike Brown sucks !" it becomes its own reality regardless of how true it is or isn't...turns out it's not true at all, as 20 of 32 franchises did worse than the Mike Brown owned and managed Cincinnati Bengals over the past 10 years. 

 

Mike Brown does not suck.

Yep we have a great one...

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At the end of the day, nobody remembers your regular season record. You legacy is defined by how you perform on the biggest of stages. 

 

We we had some excellent teams this decade that underperformed when they took center stage. Teams that should have earned byes but always found a way to lose that extra game or two.  They will be forgotten, in fact they already have. 

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11 hours ago, Le Tigre said:

Doesn't surprise me at all. 5 straight playoff seasons plus 7-8 win non years=wins. 

 

And before someone drones on about the playoff win stuff...the context of the piece is about overall record. 

 

Some guy named Lewis, who is reviled, comes to mind...

sorry...but that's all it reminds me of. How many really good teams we have had over the years that totally shit to bed in the playoffs.

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Five straight playoff years, five straight losses and most were embarrassing.  Lewis put together a solid squad, but his own coaching weaknesses kept them from moving forward.  I don't hate Lewis, but if you goal is to actually win the Super Bowl you had to get rid of the guy.  They waited far too long.

 

I'd be all for Marvin Lewis being added to the front office for talent evaluation.  He could even replace Tobin, IMO. 

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52 minutes ago, Hooky said:

They don't matter. Just like the 5 straight playoff seasons don't seem to matter to anybody now.

 

 

Well, it doesn't matter when you cherry pick data.  If you simply compare Marvin's ENTIRE tenure to the rest of the league, his teams were 16th out of 32 in regular season wins, which is right in the middle.  Of course Marvin went 0-7 in the playoffs. 

 

A better question is this,  would you rather be 16th out of 32 for the regular season or would you rather be:

 

17th:  Chicago Bears: 2 NFC title games, 1 NFC Title, Super Bowl loss

18th:  New York Giants 2 NFC titles, 2 Super Bowls wins

20th: Arizona Cardinals 1 NFC Title game and win, Super Bowl loss

25th: SF 49ers: 3 NFC title games, 1 NFC title, 1 Super Bowl loss

27th: St Louis/La Rams:  1 NFC title, 1 Super Bowl loss

28th: Jacksonville Jags: 1 AFC title game, loss

 

 

 

 

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25 minutes ago, SF2 said:

Well, it doesn't matter when you cherry pick data.  If you simply compare Marvin's ENTIRE tenure to the rest of the league, his teams were 16th out of 32 in regular season wins, which is right in the middle.  Of course Marvin went 0-7 in the playoffs. 

 

A better question is this,  would you rather be 16th out of 32 for the regular season or would you rather be:

 

17th:  Chicago Bears: 2 NFC title games, 1 NFC Title, Super Bowl loss

18th:  New York Giants 2 NFC titles, 2 Super Bowls wins

20th: Arizona Cardinals 1 NFC Title game and win, Super Bowl loss

25th: SF 49ers: 3 NFC title games, 1 NFC title, 1 Super Bowl loss

27th: St Louis/La Rams:  1 NFC title, 1 Super Bowl loss

28th: Jacksonville Jags: 1 AFC title game, loss

 

 

 

 

I'll take any of those over our history.

 

It means we actually won at least one fucking playoff game.

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1 hour ago, SF2 said:

Well, it doesn't matter when you cherry pick data.  If you simply compare Marvin's ENTIRE tenure to the rest of the league, his teams were 16th out of 32 in regular season wins, which is right in the middle.  Of course Marvin went 0-7 in the playoffs. 

 

A better question is this,  would you rather be 16th out of 32 for the regular season or would you rather be:

 

17th:  Chicago Bears: 2 NFC title games, 1 NFC Title, Super Bowl loss

18th:  New York Giants 2 NFC titles, 2 Super Bowls wins

20th: Arizona Cardinals 1 NFC Title game and win, Super Bowl loss

25th: SF 49ers: 3 NFC title games, 1 NFC title, 1 Super Bowl loss

27th: St Louis/La Rams:  1 NFC title, 1 Super Bowl loss

28th: Jacksonville Jags: 1 AFC title game, loss

 

 

 

 

Would you rather be one of the teams in the back 16 not on your list that didn't go to the playoffs 5 years in a row? We could do this all day. Ultimately, the teams outside the 8 teams that won a super bowl in the last 10 years really can't brag about shit.

 

 

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48 minutes ago, Hooky said:

Would you rather be one of the teams in the back 16 not on your list that didn't go to the playoffs 5 years in a row? We could do this all day. Ultimately, the teams outside the 8 teams that won a super bowl in the last 10 years really can't brag about shit.

 

 

Losing 5 straight playoff games in the manner we did is worse.  Particularly the last one against Pittsburgh. 

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That 2015 playoff loss is the absolute lowest point in the history of the franchise, and that's saying a lot.

 

As for the rankings, it's funny seeing the Browns at #32, but they'll get the last laugh in February, when they win the Super Bowl.  They are still winning the Super Bowl this year, right?

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My daughter was freshman at UK when they were undefeated  heading into the final 4. She was at spring break and a bunch of students were getting small 40-0 tats on their wrists. I told her she better make hers a 38-1 since they were going to lose to Wisconsin.  Thankfully she did neither. 

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On 10/15/2019 at 10:23 AM, SF2 said:

Well, it doesn't matter when you cherry pick data.  If you simply compare Marvin's ENTIRE tenure to the rest of the league, his teams were 16th out of 32 in regular season wins, which is right in the middle.  Of course Marvin went 0-7 in the playoffs. 

 

A better question is this,  would you rather be 16th out of 32 for the regular season or would you rather be:

 

17th:  Chicago Bears: 2 NFC title games, 1 NFC Title, Super Bowl loss

18th:  New York Giants 2 NFC titles, 2 Super Bowls wins

20th: Arizona Cardinals 1 NFC Title game and win, Super Bowl loss

25th: SF 49ers: 3 NFC title games, 1 NFC title, 1 Super Bowl loss

27th: St Louis/La Rams:  1 NFC title, 1 Super Bowl loss

28th: Jacksonville Jags: 1 AFC title game, loss

 

 

 

 

Good stuff there...

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