Last three seasons have been similar to 2005-2007.

**The Excellector** · 11-23-2020, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by camdenyard

I was so pissed off leaving the stadium after that fiasco. I remember kicking cans all the way down the concourse yelling "F$%#!" each time. And I wasn't alone.

The game that Carson Palmer was born.

**FuzzyDice** · 11-23-2020, 03:00 PM

This year reminds me of the '18-'19 Rams, if any team. Historically dominant run-based offense with a huge regression the following year. Team finishes 9-7 and third in the division. At no point were they "bad", but that offense hasn't been the same since.

**I Touchdown There** · 11-23-2020, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by The Excellector

Getting prepared to watch the Ravens play Indianapolis and Pittsburgh, knowing that they would get railroaded and there was nothing that could be done about it.

That sucked and I was living with a Patriots fan that year

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**The Excellector** · 11-23-2020, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by I Touchdown There

That sucked and I was living with a Patriots fan that year

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And you married a Steelers fan.

**I Touchdown There** · 11-23-2020, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by The Excellector

And you married a Steelers fan.

Definitely a glutton for punishment!

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**The Excellector** · 11-23-2020, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by I Touchdown There

Definitely a glutton for punishment!

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We have a term for that with four letters.

**xiao_ke** · 11-23-2020, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by The Excellector

The game that Carson Palmer was born.

Luckily the Bengals still couldn't stop beating themselves, but that game was when I knew they wouldn't be pushovers anymore. And I also remember thinking to myself while leaving that game, the Ravens win easily with just an average QB leading the offense.

**Corvus Corax** · 11-23-2020, 04:18 PM

Doesn’t 2020 remind anyone of 2017? Lose Yanda in Week 2, then totally embarrassed in London, then Williams hurt and run over by Steelers at home. Go 4-5 into bye, win three straight, blow 11-point lead in Pittsburgh. Finish with three supposedly ‘sure wins’ before collapsing at home to Bengals who we shut out in Week 1. 9-7, miss playoffs. Deja vu?

**Purple_Bird** · 11-26-2020, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by organizedchaos21

This game was played in 2004: https://www.pro-football-reference.c...0412050rav.htm

Both Bengals games in 2005 were blowouts, and the 2005 team never sniffed the playoffs. Game 1: https://www.pro-football-reference.c...0511060rav.htm . Game 2: https://www.pro-football-reference.c...0511270cin.htm

Ok maybe I was thinking of the wrong season for the “drunk Chris McCallister” Bengals game. Its just how I remember that 3 year period leading to Billick’s eventual firing.

**Purple_Bird** · 11-26-2020, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by organizedchaos21

I have to disagree with this. In 2007, a 4-3 Ravens team traveled to PIT on MNF to take on a 5-2 Steelers team with a chance to force a three-way tie for first place (CLE was also 5-3). They were blown off the field (had no CBs IIRC), but there was still some hope 9 weeks into the season.

In 2015, the season basically ended 3 weeks in after they started 0-3. They stole a win in PIT on TNF, but then lost 3 in a row. At 1-6, they were all but eliminated already. Flacco goes down in week 11, and we get the joy of watching Matt Schaub throw TDs to the other team, and Jimmy Clausen in mustard yellow (Mallett was actually ok!).

I compare the 2007 team to 2020 for the same general trend ... started out ok but the wheels came off the Jalopy quite quickly, all the while failing to recapture any sense of the form of the previous season.