The Cincinnati Bengals went from last place in 1987 to AFC Champs in 1988. Head Coach Sam Wyche and QBs Boomer Esiason and Mike Norseth share the story of how a visit to a comedy club helped the team heal the wounds of the 1987 NFL players strike. The Enquirer/Mike Nyerges
It’s been a rough five weeks for the Cincinnati Bengals special teams unit, with uncharacteristic breakdowns in protections, coverages and a disturbing reoccurrence of missed kicks.
The first miscue happened back on Oct. 22 in Pittsburgh, when the Bengals schemed up a punt return look to force the Steelers to throw a fake late in the game.