Bengals Beat Up on Dolphins to End Hopeless Seasons for Both

Cincinnati beat Miami, 38-25, to end seasons that both franchise would love to forget.

For Miami, they end a 1-15 season that saw things happen so badly that it damn near became hilarious. For a quick recap, just check this out, which was a list compiled in October! The funniest thing about this loss was that Bill Parcell sat in the press box and watched it as if he was the Super Nanny watching an idiot couple's kids.

As for the Bengals, well, they regressed from last season by one game in the standings column. Still, this was about as ugly a season as there could be. For one: there is now hope in the Nati that the Bengals will be competitive. Instead, it was a team hit by injuries, suspensions and selfish play. It was the year that the Greater Cincinnati area pretty much lost all faith in coach Marvin Lewis.

Cincy ended the season winning five of eight. In that stretch, they beat the NFL's worst team (Miami), second worst team (St. Louis) and the only team that Miami beat this year (Baltimore). They can take pride in the fact that TJ Houshmandzadeh tied Wes Welker for the NFL leader in receptions. On the throw that would have given him the outright title, TJ dropped it.

It's been that kind of season.

As for 2008, who knows. Parcells is likely to implode the Dolphins and start from scratch. It won't get that drastic in Cincy, but with twelve unrestricted free agents, there will be quite a few changes coming.