The Week That Defined The Bengals' 1981 Super Bowl Season

They talk about the November to Remember. Or the win in Pittsburgh that clinched the division and spawned the Hollywood reception at the airport. Or the iconic Freezer Bowl that sent them to their first Super Bowl and chilled the 1981 Bengals in an eternity of slashing stripes. But those Bengals were defined in the first seven days of the season. Forty years ago this week.