The Cincinnati Bengals should pay better attention to the past. Because it is clear that they have not, and, as a result, are repeating their mistakes.
In 1988, Cincinnati lost in Super Bowl XXIII to the San Francisco 49ers by a score of 20-16. The following year, the Bengals’ slogan read: “Finish Everything.”
Even though Cincinnati did not quite live up to that slogan that year (the Bengals’ finished the year with a record of 8-8 and ended up in fourth place in the AFC Central), it is a lesson that this year’s squad never learned, either.