Well, I have neglected this blog all year, but I had some free time today, so I figured I'd add a new post. The first two weeks of the NFL season have been pretty good, with the stupid Hail Mary from the Broncos to win week 1 (gosh I hate watching the highlights of that play) to the great game between Dallas and the NYG last week in the Texas palace. But the thing that has me the most excited is the Bengals' defense. They played hard all preseason, did really well agaianst Denver, minus that stupid Hail Mary, and recorded 6 sacks on Aaron Rodgers last week. This defense finished 15th last year and I feel they are well on their way to being a top 10 unit. With Odom healthy, it's easy to see why Cincy shelled out so much money for him last offseason. He has 7 sacks on the season (which leads the NFL) and works really well on third downs with Geathers on one end, Michael Johnson on the other, and Odom inside. This combo causes a lot of problems for the offenses and I feel that it will again this week against Pittsburgh.
Offensive Line
25 September 2009
1 October 2008
How bad can this season get for Bengals fans? It's bad enough that no one respects the boys in stripes, but what else is new? No, the new low came this past Sunday when the equally dissed and abismal Browns came into our house and beat us 20-12. Now, granted, the Defense of Cincinnati played well most of the game, but the ugly sea monster known as the offensive line reared its head again this week. They could not protect Ryan Fitzpatrick nor could they open up many running lanes for Chris Perry. This brings me to my point for this article: why did we waste a bunch of money by signing Cedric Benson this week?
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16 September 2008
I didn’t expect it to happen so soon, but the bad off season moves have finally hit home. While I felt that Deltha O’neal was on the decline, I did think we needed to keep him as a valuable nickel back, yet the Bengals didn’t believe so and cut him. Now with Jonathan Joseph sustaining a sprained ankle last week, we are down a valuable corner with no sustainable replacement. Thus the Bengals were forced to pull Geoffrey Pope off the Practice squad and cut Guard Frank Davis.
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7 September 2008
Well here we go again, another horrible season…
I honestly can’t believe how horrible our offensive line is. They allowed Carson Palmer to get sack on the first 2 passing plays. Due to their horrible play Carson had to run around constantly afraid he would get his head knocked off by a very experienced Ravens defense, which lead to many horrible passes/ dropped balls, bad plays in general. We need to do something about this line which has made me realize/ hope we take an offensive lineman in one of the first 2 rounds of the draft next year.
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2 September 2008
It appears that Joe Flacco has been named the starter against the Bengals. This could be a great sign for the first game. I was a little apprehensive if Troy Smith got the start simply due to the fact that he is quite mobile and we simply don't have the experience linebackers to chase him around. Yet by some luck he still has a viral infection so we may have a chance at taking a run at their rookie. Although it would be nice to see an OSU boy play...
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Is it just me or does it look like at the end of this year the bengals will have a top 5 draft pick? First we bring Chris Henry back after we cut him to "teach him a lesson." Then we decided to cut arguably one of the best tackles in bengals history (W. Anderson), a probowl running back (R. Johnson), and a pro bowl defensive back (D. O'neal). While i understand how Rudi was losing the starting running back race to Chris Perry, I can't believe that we didn't at least try to trade him for a solid 3rd receiver until Henry is healthy. The Bears are dying for a running back of Johnsons caliber, yet they don;t have any receivers worth taking so I understand why nothing came of that. Yet Deltha O'neal was picked up by the Patriots as soon as it was possible to have a contract finalized...I hate to say it but they seem to have the "winning solution" down, so i think they know something more then we do. Anderson should have been kept out of respect, but mainly for the reason that our offensive line let Palmer get slaughtered during the preseason and we need anyone who could help. Thus I conclude that we are headed no where this season. while I am a die hard fan and I'm sue it won;t come across this way, I can't get over the evidence that we are headed down the gutter.
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