Both had 2 Super Bowl appearances, both losses.
10 total postseason appearances for the Pats vs. 8 for the Bengals.
The Patriots had a 0.465 winning percentage versus the Bengals’ 0.435. A difference of 1 extra win every 2 seasons for the Patriots compared to the Bengals.
This is a great comparison, with some important similarities.
Looking a bit deeper can illuminate the difference:
The New England Patriots in their first 41 years from 1960-2000 were indistinguishable from 1968-2008 Cincinnati Bengals, their first 41 years.
The Patriots were an original AFL franchise which was a game or two at the most away from the title game in five out of six seasons. In their first decade, Bengals were competitive in seven of eight seasons. They had Munoz, we had Hannah.
Now, we had a much, much more colorful history with many more star players.
A 10 year stretch of bad play from the mid 60s to mid 70s
Nine, if you stretch it out. 1974 was an excellent team. Second in the NFL in scoring, a touchdown less than the Raiders.
BTW I take Plunkett over Stabler every day especially on Sundays.
The longest losing streak in Patriots history: Seven seasons
a 5 year stretch of horrid play
Doug Flutie says Hi
Please. The Cowboys and Giants, to name two, committed real abuse of legitimate female reporters which are actually documented (if you take the time to dig deep enough). How about the 'drug scandal' initiated when Raymond Berry expressed concern, indicating himself that the Patriots used less than any other team
Indistinguishable from the Bengals 1991 - 2002 horror show
11 losing seasons in 12 years w/one .500
Both with ownership groups known as cheap who had no money who fired coaches over money and control. With the Patriots owner actually going bankrupt not long after putting together a shoddy stadium that couldn’t handle all the toilets flushing. Their next owner put the Patriots at the top of Johnny Carson’s monologues. Mike Brown has been bad, but nowhere near that level.
Yes. The problem is that the players and their on field accomplishments not only have nothing to do with that, but deserve credit for doing so under those circumstances. Many NFL teams including the exalted ones have had players disgrace themselves without the team being criticized at all. Hernandez was this century. Irving Fryar's domestic dispute before the AFCCG is supposed to erase everyone else including his own HOF worthy career?
Media criticism of the Bengals has been spot on. The Patriots are an entirely different story. Mania against the Patriots was out of control by the mid-70's, and is the foundation of the same this century.
Sean Taylor was mourned like a head of state. The Giants honored him when they lost to the Redskins.
Marquise Hill saved a woman's life before losing his own, and his number was on each Patriot's helmet in 2007. And the Giants arrived in Arizona dressed in black for the Patriots' 'funeral'.
The Bengals, along with every other NFL team, have never been subjected to any single attack from the league
deliberately manufacturing an unfair competitive disadvantage. The Patriots have had three - so far
No one outside of Cincinnati views them as anything but the Bungles……. And no one outside of New England viewed us as anything but the Patsies until Belichick and Brady showed up.
Well, a year after they showed up...and cheating allegations were leveled immediately when the Patriots started winning in the 2001 playoffs.
The 'Patsies' media diatribe is bought by a very large contingent right here at home in New England, as well as nationally. Their success was qualified, dismissed, ignored and denigrated and Kraft did nothing but encourage it. He tried to make himself look good; instead he compromised his own accomplishments.