Yeah but majority of his career was with the bengals
Quality over quantity I guess. Plus, it's about how it ended. If it ended bitterly, of course they're not going to appreciate him more than the Patriots who had a good ending with Corey.
Everyone doesn’t keep their composure, given how shyt of a franchise it was, and the unnecessary punishment he got, while being productive, it says more about the franchise if they don’t bury the hatchet and play nice, you want more of your players in the hof
Rudi and Corey had two different versions of the bengals, Corey was putting up numbers with a shyt franchise Corey was there when Rudi was there and Rudi outperformed him in the 2003 season. Had Corey stuck around, he could have been there for the Bengals resurgence but he didn't.