In the Marvin Lewis era, there’s been just two seasons in which the Bengals had a starting quarterback finish a season with more than a 100 passer rating while throwing for more than seven adjusted net yards per attempt. Carson Palmer did it first in 2005, totaling a 101.1 rating while throwing 7.26 ANY/A. A decade later in 2015, Andy Dalton topped those numbers with a 106.2 rating and throwing for a remarkable 8.17 ANY/A.
There were two common denominators for these productive seasons. Up front, the offensive line in 2005 allowed just 19 sacks and only 20 were given up in 2015.