Many players have played for both the Bengals and Patriots during tenure of the league’s two longest reigning head coaches.
The Patriots have long been known as a team who is more likely to let a player go a year before his play declines than a year after. The Bengals have certainly held on to some veterans past their prime.
In any acquisition there are always winners and losers. So how have the Bengals fared when acquiring former Patriots and how have the Patriots fared when acquiring former Bengals?
One team has done better than the other.