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Q&A: Cris Collinsworth recalls torturous Super Bowl losses with Bengals, who get third try

LOS ANGELES — NBC's Cris Collinsworth has watched so much NFL video in his career as his network's top color analyst that it could be calculated in years. Counting his career as a Cincinnati Bengals receiver, you could wrap the globe in all the film and video he's seen.

But there's something he still won't watch: his two Super Bowls as a player.

Collinsworth entered the NFL in 1981, when the Bengals ended the season with a Super Bowl loss to San Francisco, and retired in 1988 after a second loss to the 49ers on the NFL's biggest stage.

Still can't bear to look.

"You're thrilled

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