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Bengals thinking playoffs? 4-1 doesn't guarantee it

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12:44 AM Tuesday, October 13, 2009

The Cincinnati Bengals are in first place and riding high with a 4-1 record, but being above .500 through five games doesn’t exactly guarantee anything. This is the seventh time it’s happened since 1988. Only three of those seasons contained playoff appearances.

Year	Five games	Final record
*1988	5-0	12-4
1989	4-1	8-8
*1990	4-1	9-7
2001	3-2	6-10
*2005	4-1	11-5
2006	3-2	8-8
2009	4-1	?-?
* — Qualified for playoffs

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Playoffs? Youre talkin about playoffs? Playoffs? I just hope we win another game. Get real....

Jim Mora Sr.
3:07 PM, 10/21/2009

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so whenever they went 4-1, they had a 75% chance to make the playoffs... hmm... those are pretty good odds.

cokane
3:30 PM, 10/15/2009

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Kevin - "Proofin" is not a word...

me
9:04 AM, 10/15/2009

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DMR, another bitter and jealous story from a lonely Browns fan. Browns keep hiring these bums as coaches and keep losing, great work. Just because you fired Belichek, now you are hiring his 'predecessors' and you just can't win. No class, you still win and are still bitter. Well you got your one win this year, hopefully Mangina will screw your draft up next year like he did last year, haha. Brady Quinn was a good pick too!

whoDeywho
8:27 AM, 10/15/2009

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DMR,

Let me refresh your memory. I am not old enough to remember pre-Bengals Ohio but oh that would be a fond memory of mine. I am old enough to remember 3 AFC Championship games in the 80's.I wear my Browns gear win or lose, I would say that about half your fanbase cannot make this claim. Where were all the Bengals jerseys last year in Southern Ohio? Oh and not to mention the fact that at 4-1 you still cannot sell out home games how pathetic is that.

Laughing
12:31 PM, 10/14/2009

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