The Bengals find themselves with an unfamiliar feeling: playoff success

The Bengals won their first postseason game in 31 years last weekend. Much of their success is down to a young quarterback-coaching duo

Only one year has passed since Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown felt the need to issue a statement explaining why he was keeping head coach Zac Taylor, whose Bengals had won just six of 32 games in his first two seasons.

Brown, the 86-year-old son of the late legendary Hall of Fame coach and Bengals founder Paul Brown, ended his statement with this kind-of-silly line (which should have been accompanied by the sound of a snarling tiger): Next year, we will earn our stripes."