Cris Collinsworth knows how tough it is for teams to come back strong the season after losing the Super Bowl.
The former Cincinnati Bengals receiver experienced it twice.
The 1981 and ’88 Bengals fell short in the Super Bowl – each time to San Francisco – by a total of nine points.
“I lost two Super Bowls, so I understand full well how hard it is emotionally to get back to that point where you go, ‘All I want to do is get back to the Super Bowl and have another shot,’” Collinsworth said. “But you have to go to training camp and you have to do all the hard work.