January 10, 201016 yr Tom Landry Weeb Eubank of the Jets Hank Stram of the Chiefs Chuck Noll of the Steelers was in his 6th season before their first Super Bowl Bud Grant of the Vikings John Madden - 8th season Dan Reeves - 6th season Andy Reid - 6th season Stram won a AFL title in 1966 and coached in SB I. I guess technically that is correct but I would say he does not fall into the category. Eubank another one prior to the SB ever existed. Grant HC in 1967, SB 1970 Reid hired in 1999 first season, coached in SB 39 in 2005, which is the SB of his 5th season.
January 10, 201016 yr I'm so glad the Steelers didn't get it in the playoffs. I don't know who I can't stand more Uk fans, Ohio State Fans or Steeler fans. At least UK and Ohio State have good looking women fans unlike the Steelers HA HA:lol: Keep dreaming JB... :lol:
January 10, 201016 yr I think they need a new HC, if they want to win a Superbowl! Here is my thinking off the top of my head. Can anyone name one HC in the history of the league that has been to a Superbowl, that did not do it in their first five years with that team? Thank you! Not everyone is living in the doldrums. There is simply not a poorer game manager than Lewis. Seems like a nice man but you need more than a nice man to win the Superbowl. Dump Brat... sure. But Lewis needs to go as well if the Bengals have any designs on becoming a conference champ.
January 10, 201016 yr Does anyone give worse answers to questions in the post game presser than Marvin Lewis? Here's the transcript: http://cincinnati.com/blogs/bengals/
January 10, 201016 yr I think a case could be made that the Bengals, at season's end, were the fourth best team in the AFC North. I don't think there is any doubt about Pittsburgh and Baltimore being better, but Cleveland was clearing playing better than Cincy as well. Sure, the Bengals deserved the playoff berth with their sweep of the division, but they were playing more like a 6-10 team at year's end. They had no realistic chance of advancing deep into the playoffs.
January 10, 201016 yr Just an obvservation, did anyone else notice Shayne Graham was not wearing sleeves? Who is he kidding? Plus, the kicker should be the warmest guy on the field. He can use those guns to polish cars at the Mikes Car Wash this summer because his days as a kicker in the NFL are over. He better start liquidating those exotic vehicles.
January 10, 201016 yr I think a case could be made that the Bengals, at season's end, were the fourth best team in the AFC North. I don't think there is any doubt about Pittsburgh and Baltimore being better, but Cleveland was clearing playing better than Cincy as well. Sure, the Bengals deserved the playoff berth with their sweep of the division, but they were playing more like a 6-10 team at year's end. They had no realistic chance of advancing deep into the playoffs. :ohbrother:
January 10, 201016 yr After the beating I took from Bengals fans before the season questioning the wisdom of using the franchise tag on Graham, I'm feeling rather vindicated right now reading this thread.
January 10, 201016 yr After the beating I took from Bengals fans before the season questioning the wisdom of using the franchise tag on Graham, I'm feeling rather vindicated right now reading this thread. I still don't think it was a horrible decision. Graham has posted impressive numbers, despite his tendency to miss clutch kicks. It's possible that he would have demanded more than top 5 money. Also, outside of Houshmanzadeh, there were not many options for the franchise tag. TJ didn't want to be here and, although we missed him on the field, I suspect he was a problem in the locker room. At the time I thought Coles & Caldwell would fill in just fine, but they were both disappointments. I still think Caldwell's future is bright.
January 10, 201016 yr After the beating I took from Bengals fans before the season questioning the wisdom of using the franchise tag on Graham, I'm feeling rather vindicated right now reading this thread. I'm still shocked that Chad's book didn't end everything like someone said :lol:
January 10, 201016 yr We can talk all we want about Carson, but it's about turnovers. Flacco's QB rating today is 10.
January 10, 201016 yr I still don't think it was a horrible decision. Graham has posted impressive numbers, despite his tendency to miss clutch kicks. It's possible that he would have demanded more than top 5 money. Also, outside of Houshmanzadeh, there were not many options for the franchise tag. TJ didn't want to be here and, although we missed him on the field, I suspect he was a problem in the locker room. At the time I thought Coles & Caldwell would fill in just fine, but they were both disappointments. I still think Caldwell's future is bright. If your best choice is to use it on a kicker, don't use it. There's no rule that says you have to, as far as I know. I'm still shocked that Chad's book didn't end everything like someone said :lol: I am too. Maybe they were just good at keeping it in the clubhouse.
January 10, 201016 yr If your best choice is to use it on a kicker, don't use it. There's no rule that says you have to, as far as I know. You do not have to use it. But, if a team places it on the player, the player has no choice but to accept it. Like I said earlier, it's likely that Graham thought he was worthy of top $$ for a kicker, particularly since his raw numbers are so impressive. By taking the average of the top 5 kickers, it's possible (likely?) that the Bengals actually saved money.
January 10, 201016 yr Gotcha!:thumb: I guess technically you are right. He took over in the middle of the 1994 season (SB that season 1995) Then he went to the Superbowl in 2000(1999 Season). I just found that Madden and Reeves also did it. But I would never confuse Lewis with any of these 3. Definately not.
January 10, 201016 yr Tom Landry Weeb Eubank of the Jets Hank Stram of the Chiefs Chuck Noll of the Steelers was in his 6th season before their first Super Bowl Bud Grant of the Vikings John Madden - 8th season Dan Reeves - 6th season Andy Reid - 6th season Stram won a AFL title in 1966 and coached in SB I. I guess technically that is correct but I would say he does not fall into the category. Eubank another one prior to the SB ever existed. Grant HC in 1967, SB 1970 Reid hired in 1999 first season, coached in SB 39 in 2005, which is the SB of his 5th season. You are correct about Reid. I did not count correctly. 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 SB 2005 6 years.
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