I was at this game...the beginning of the dreaded "Dave Shula" era or error...one of the worst coaches in the history of the NFL but the Bengals kept him for 5 years
and the went to Yale like the owner Mike Brown..was cheap...and young....I remember he an ex-lineman talked about Shula being so nervous he was sweating all over the overhead projector during their first meeting..great first impression....he had also been demoted from his previous jobs, even his dad`s team
1:56:10 That graphic is messed up. Cook didn't play beyond 1969. He might have been on the taxi squad or injured reserve beyond that, but he did not play and he certainly wasn't the starter. Virgil Carter, Ken Anderson and Sam Wyche got the starts during that period.
Cincinnati actually outplayed the steelers in some ways. Other than the inability to score a td, and the sacks allowed by cincy, the bengals played good. They forced 2 turnovers, and they ran for 160 yards on 6.4 yards a carry, and the steelers' offense didn't do a whole lot that day. The yardage totals were almost identical
David Klingler's pro football career was doomed before it got started. The Offensive Line was non-existent, Head Coach was a wimp, and a front office that didn't give a damn. After The Legendary Paul Brown died, and his cheap son, Mike Brown, took over, The Cincinnati Bengals went from being a respectable franchise to The NFL's welcome mat.
@@chrisspearline767 to top it all off, The Bengals really didn't know how to use Klingler. They tried to make him a pocket quarterback instead of implementing The Run-And-Shoot offense which he was under when he played for The University Of Houston.
