<P> The 1990s and the 2000s were a period of great struggle . Following the 1990 season, the team went fourteen years without posting a winning record nor making the playoffs . The Bengals had several head coaches and several of their top draft picks did not pan out . Mike Brown, the team's de facto general manager, was rated as among the worst team owners in American professional sports . Compounding matters were off - field problems of several players, notably receiver Chris Henry, who was suspended several times during his short professional career and was briefly released by the Bengals, but was re-signed and remained with the team until his death in 2009 . </P> <P> Since the mid-2000s, the team's fortunes have improved . Two years after becoming head coach, Lewis guided the Bengals to their first winning season and first division title in over a decade . After the acquisition of Andy Dalton as quarterback in 2011, the Bengals had made the playoffs each season until 2016, ranking highly among NFL teams in win totals . The Bengals drafts are also highly touted, leading to a consistency that had long escaped the franchise . However, the team has remained unable to win in the postseason and have not won a playoff game since 1990 . </P> <P> The Bengals are one of the 13 NFL teams to not have won a Super Bowl as of the 2016 season; however, they are also one of 9 NFL teams that have been to at least one Super Bowl, but have not won the game . </P> <P> The franchise takes its name from an earlier Cincinnati Bengals team, which played from 1937 to 1941 . It also was a nod to Paul Brown's Massillon, Ohio, roots where he coached the high school team known as the Tigers . </P>

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