History of Cinncinati Bengals Season

In the first 2 years Cinncinati was not very good. They got Virgil Carter and made the playoffs at 8-6. They quickly became bad again though. They then became good. It was like this throughout the 70's. The inconsistency discouraged fans.In the late 70's they became a bad team and was no longer even a sometimes good team. They came out of nowhere and made the Super Bowl in 1981. However, they lost to San Fran. After this they went back to being inconsistent. In 1988 they made it back to the Super Bowl and again lost to San Francisco. The inconsistency lasted into the 90's. They then became a bad team again. In 3 out of 4 years they 3-13. They improved a little and were an okay team. They went back to being very quickly however. In the late 2000's went back to being inconsistent. Today they have stars like QB Carson Palmer, RB Cedric Benson, WR Chad Ochocinco, and CB Leon Hall.