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It seems that here in Cincinnati, it's back to the same old Bengals.  Maybe we all got off to a bit of a false start believing in Marvin Lewis.  The 1-3 start to this year's season is frankly unacceptable.  The 8-8 season was big here, but so far it doesn't seem like the team has made any improvements.  

Sure, you can say that Palmer is still (essentially) a rookie, but I don't really care.  So is Roethlisburger.  Palmer isn't even that much of a problem anyway.  He's getting way too much criticism.  The offensive line, on the other hand, is disgusting.  They can't protect Palmer, and they can't block for Rudi.  Why, why, why?

Don't even get me started on our 'what's a cornerback?' defense.  Having two rookies at safety isn't helping either, and the linebackers just plain suck.  Teams have been running all over us all year, and that makes passing easy (if necessary at all).

BLAH.  You better shape up, Marvin.  We're sick of crappy football teams in Cincinnati.

oh boy what a shitty game... for the past four weeks.

nep i agree on carson palmer, let him take the snaps, until the O-line gets him about killed.
and speaking of the lines the defensive line is pathetic.  they ought to be ashamed of they way that they play.  maybe there was something to marvin trying to pick up two pro-bowl tackles this off season in daryl garner and sapp.  garner turned out to have a destroyed back and denver just released him.  we had a deal with him (it seemed like before he was even released) until he failed his physical.  but while garner was still in denver we went after sapp.  so we thought that we had garner in the bag and STILL went after sapp.  i guess that the price for sapp got too high so we backed out thinking that we would still get garner.  nontheless, neither of those options panned out and we are stuck with a shitty d-line.  

as for the secondary, those two rookies that are playing strong and free saftey are both cornerbacks.  sucks when your team is so banged up that it has to put two rookies on the feild and have them play out of position.  and the LB's arent much better than last year.  just when it looked like nate webster was coming around (week 2 & 3 he had two forced fumbles and a recovery, a deflected pass and lead in tackles) he is knocked out for the season.  that means that rookie caleb miller is starting MLB.  he looked like he was getting caught in traffic today but i think that he will get better as the year plays out.  same thing with the two rookie CB's.

the offense is bad cause the line is hurt.  our center have knee surgery and couldnt go since week 2.  his backup, larry moore, had been hurt since at least the first week of play.  so then you have to get Jerry Fontenot (17 years in the NFL) and have him start with 2 days notice.  levi jones T is coming off a surgery also.  peter warrick is hurt also and didnt even play today.  he is missed cause he really helps take the pressure off chad johnson.  even thought c. johnson was making catches against the ravens in triple coverage.  thats right... TRIPLE COVERAGE!

maybe the bi-week will help out with some injury issues.  help the offense get its timing back.  and help out the rookies know their place better on the defense.  

if not, this is a very young team.  even before the injures.  growing pains.  but this is different from  the past 13 years... cause we have a coach with a plan.  someone who is in charge.

we started out last year 1-3 also.  we will have some good games this year.  but i am not thinking about super bowl quite yet.

who-dey

One of the many problems I see ahead is that the schedule just keeps getting harder and harder from here on out.  Fans have sold out  so many home games this year (all of them?), and they want immediate results.  That's kind of unfair, but the way both the offensive and defensive lines have been playing this year is just awful.  Then all of the injuries doesn't help anything.  Having to put rookies in because of injuries is bad enough, but as you said, they're out of position too.  A few weeks ago, they had a cornerback playing safety and a safety playing cornerback.  Where's the logic in that?

One thing that really disturbed me beyond everything I've said and Rick has said already is that the team didn't seem energetic at all today.  I know the game was at Pittsburgh, but still.  If the D plays hungry, they're going to do a lot better.  This wasn't as much of a problem for three of our offensive players, but the rest of the offense was sleeping, so it didn't matter too much.

Oh, and who the heck is #86?  I heard on the radio that the Bengals just picked him up like one or two days previously.  I think he was playing at tight end.  Palmer threw one or two passes to him, but I can't remember if they were caught/dropped/overthrown.

P.S.  Go back to Michigan, Chris Perry.  I still resent that you were our first round pick.  We should have gotten a cornerback, linebacker, or safety instead.  Hell, Chris Gamble would have been a nice choice if he was still available.  That guy could've passed to himself, blocked for himself, kicked the point after the TD he scored, intercept the ball after the kickoff, and run it back for another TD, all while calling the plays from the box.  Stupid Chris Perry.

HA.  Still think Palmer is as good as Roethlisberger, Rick?  Losing to Cleveland that badly is inexcusable.  Ohio football teams are the worst.  The only time one of them wins is when they play another bad Ohio team.

roethlisburger is the flavor of the month right now.  he will stumble, just like any other rookie does.  but the team he is playing on is helping out alot.

AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Just had to get that out.

Ben will have his bad games, but it's no fluke that he's playing the way he is.  Four rookie starts and four wins a coincidence?  I think not.  That hasn't been done since the early eighties.  He has FAR better numbers than most rookie QB's, including Manning, Couch, Vick, Palmer, etc, etc.  And, if the Browns can destroy us like they did today, Pittsburgh is going to obliterate us when we play them next....  if the Bengals even survive Denver on Monday Night Football next week.

I shudder to think.

Same old bengals are leading the Broncos 13-7 at the half.  On national TV.

WHO DEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(besides just about everyone)

Nope.  It's the same old Bengals still.  They end up occasionally winning a big game here or there, but the next week they have a few bad drives and fart around for 55 minutes.  Then at the end they do a few good things to maybe pull something off, but instead Palmer (once again) makes an idiotic mistake (turnover).  Thank goodness for the Steelers.  (Yup, the Steelers.)

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I bet there are more steelers fans in ohio than pennsylvainia.

Probably.  There aren't really any teams in Ohio that are nearly as much fun to watch as the Steelers have been this year.  Sure, I'll always stand by my Buckeyes and Bengals, cheering them on and rooting for them no matter what.....  but this year neither team is as exciting to watch as Pittsburgh....  which is frightening for me to say as a Bengals fan.  Ben is just such a class act that he's hard not to like.

As long as you dont start liking the browns, then i guess we can let the fact that you are enjoying the steelers slide.  But dont let me catch you again ;-)

Don't think I like the steelers. I hate the steelers. I'd rather watch the Bengals get destroyed then root for a yellow, black and white and red and blue and whatever other colors they use, team.
I'll never be a traitor to my teams, i just know lots of people who are.

Roethlisberger is sooooo good.  6-0 as a rookie starter, something like 70% pass completion, beat two undefeated teams in consecutive weeks.....  It's just unreal.  I was really bummed the game wasn't on here in Cincy, because it would have been a lot of fun to watch him beat the Eagles.

As for the Bengals, - good win, and they have some good stuff to build on.  However, they have to do it again each week, rather than pulling off a win like they did against Denver and then beating themselves like they did against the Titans last week.  I think they've got a lot starting to go for them, and they are certainly a lot more fun to watch than they used to be (even with the poor record), but there's still a long road ahead.

WhoooooooooooooooooooooDaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayy
Sorry for the delayed reaction.

Whhhhhhhhhoooooooooooddddddaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy Again!!!!

Dohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Damn, I thought they had this game.  They looked so good in the first half, and then it was all downhill in the second half.  Oh well, there is always next year.

Hey, they could play again in the playoffs, right?  Heh.

why why why?
all the way up to the saftey i thought we had the game.  palmer killed us.
btw nep, arent you glad that you played favre?  what was it a 4 point difference?

4 points, but both of them had awful weeks.  I could have put Carr in and had more than either Farve or Roethlisberger.  Of course I also had Driver (GB) on my bench who scored something like 14 points.  I think the two WR's I had in didn't score that many points combined.  Den might get his seventh straight win this week.  Vinatieri and the NE defense could very well do it.

As for the Bengals, Palmer did indeed kill the game.  He gave up one point less than the entire defense combined.  The defense played an amazing game, but it's too bad they came up short.  ther than Chad Johnson and Jerome Bettis, the entire game was all defense, for both teams.

agreed/

i hate having my heart ripped from my chest and trampled on ever week.
its emotionally straining.

Well, they did win two in a row before this, did they not?

seems that was a tease.
i want to win ever week.  they are out of the playoffs now also.  again.  
at least the defense is fun to watch play.

Whooooooooooooo Deyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!
That was the awsomist game I ever see'd.

It wasn't for me.  Of course I'm glad they put all those points on the board and very very glad to see them beat Cleveland, BUT there's no excuse for the defense giving up alomost 50 points.  That's ridiculous.  Palmer's three interceptions didn't help things either.  On the one hand he had a career day, but on the other he kept giving Cleveland free points.  I'm very happy they won, but rather disgusted at how some of the team played.

that looked like a college game to me. though I did get a crapload of points from Rudi Johnson in one of my fantasy leagues so I'm not complaining.

That was probably his best game of the season.  He hasn't done that well since probably last year's 49er's game.

Who Dey!!!! Superbowl here we come!! ;)

:ninjaturtle: Nice Smiley

Hahahaha.  Don't know about the Super Bowl, but that was a good, hard-fought win.  Palmer is definitely improving.  Houshmanzadah (spelled horribly wrong, I'm sure) had his best game of the season easily.  Chad Johnson also had a great game.  They shot themselves in the foot a few times on defense with penalties, and the excessive celebration call was garbage, but it was a pretty good game for the team.  Winning at Baltimore against a good defense like that is no small feat.  Who dey.

STUPID PATRIOTS!! STUPID BRIBED REFS!! STUPID PALMER!! STUPID KITNA!! STUPID BENGALS!!!

The refs did make a few bad calls (Dillon's "touchdown" was not even close), but there were a lot more problems with the Bengals offense shooting themselves in their own feet.  Having 9 penalties for 75 yards, most of them in a single drive, is just plain dumb.  Three turnovers going the wrong way didn't help too much either.  Before the game, I told my dad, "They can win this if they don't do anything stupid."  I was right.  Too bad they did a lot of stupid things to beat themselves.

I was kinda hoping that Dillon being on the Pats side would make the Bengals step up and look like a team for once, but apparently I was wrong.  Oh well, there is always next year.

Well the defense did well, and they contained Dillon too.  I have no real beef with the defense.  Even though New England scored 35 points, it was more the offense's fault, because of turnovers.  Especially at the end of the game, the defense played very well.  I think they held the Patriots twice to three-and-out.  Then the offense got the ball back with another chance to score and instead gave up the ball.  Dumb, dumb, dumb.

Man, that game today was AWFUL.  They haven't played a game that horrible in several years.  They truly played like the Bengals team I grew up with.  Let's see...  Go three-and-out after three incomplete passes that were all tipped by defenders.  Then, have a punt blocked and let the other team recover it in the end zone for a TD.  Later, let's have Rudi Johnson run for 25 or 30 yards to give us some hope, only to fumble it at the end of the run.  Then let's not forget Kitna's two fumbles and two interceptions, one of which was run back 60 yards or so for a score.  Disgusting.

The worst part?  I went down to this crapfest in spite of the 0 degree temperature, with wind chills several degrees below zero.  It was no Freezer Bowl by any means (-60 degree windchills in the AFC championship when the Bengals didn't suck), but it was way too cold for them to give Cincinnatians a shitty performance like that.  They didn't deserve a sellout crowd today.

Take my last post on this thread. Replace Patriots with Bills. Take out Ref comment.

hey bones i was there too!  that game just sucked ass tho.
i dont know if it was kitna or what.  but it was a cold motherfucker out there and the bills fans suck ass.
wish i would have seen you.

What section were you sitting in?  I was waaaaay at the top towards the river side of the stadium.  Section 347, row 18, seat 11 or 12 I think.  There were a bunch of Bills fans around me and they were pretty bad indeed.  I was there with my dad and younger sisters, and when we left, some of them started cursing at us.  It was just really tacky and pretty immature.  It's not like my 13 year old sister was being disrespectful to them, so they really had no excuse.

I bet you had better seats than we did.  We were right in the path of the wind.  Luckily we at least had the sun for a while.

i cant remember the exact seats but we were in the sun all day long.  so i'm guessing that we were on different sides.  i was way up at the top also.

this weeks game is the one that chad johnson bought tickets for.  15 rows from the field by te tunnel they come in and out of.  

he just sent kelly a christmas ordament to work for her, signed... pepto ordament.
(maybe i should be worried?  ;))

at the end of the bills game we were down by the tunnel and she went ape to see him... he was talking to his woman in the stands.  i could have reached down and grabed his face mask he was so close.  anyway, kelly went ape and his girlfriend didnt like that too much, i dont think.  then i had to drag her (kelly) to the car so that she wouldnt follow chad's girlfriend.

thats the lastest on the chad johnson saga.  he's a pretty nice guy.

Sounds like you were probably on level 3 somewhere on the visitors' side too.  You may have been close to us, or you may have been on the other side of the stadium.  Have fun at the game this week, though.  Hopefully they'll play better than they did last week.  I'll probably miss the game though, since I'm going to be in Flint by the time the game starts.  Plus, I'm hoping the Pittsburgh game will be on.

Damn that's cool.

Oops, forgot to make my weekly noise. Anyway.
8 and 8 HERE WE COME!!!! :rock:

Looks like we got it.  I didn't see the game since I was out of town and it wasn't on TV there, but I'm glad they beat Philly by 28.  Without looking, I'm guessing Philly had their starters out for most of the game to save them for the playoffs.  Even so, a win is a win, and consecutive .500 seasons for the Bengals is certainly a lot better than we've had in a long, long time.  Good for them.  If only they could have been a little less dumb on a few occasions this season, they might be going to the post-season.

Whoooooooooooooo Deyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!

For real.  I cannot believe how they have been playing this year.  Sure, there are a few question marks, but 3 and 0?!?!  Who is this team and what did they do with the Bengals?

We gave Bengal uniforms to the sisters up on Mt. St. Joe. and let them play in all our football games.  Interceptions at the hand of God FTW.  

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!4-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHO-DEY!

You know, thats^ becoming a question. Who Dey and what did dey do with the Bungals?

I missed the game, but this is just crazy.  I read that there were a lot of injuries yesterday.  Two centers going down in one game is bad.  What is the situation with them and with Palmer?  Will they be 100% next week?

Also, the penalties are reeeeally starting to get on my nerves, despite the fact that they are winning.  They have been averaging over 80 yards of penalties per game I imagine.  Breaking franchise records in that category is not a good thing.

But 4-0?  Wow.  Amazing.

I dunno what the deal is with the centers. I missed the first half.

Only down by 6, c'mon Bengals!

Here is a lovely Cincinnati prayer that someone had as an away message:

Our Marvin, who art in Cincy, hallowed be thy team.


Thy season come, Bengals wins will be won, at home, and in Cleveland on October one-seven.


Give us this year our weekly victories, and overlook Chad's penalties, and we will forgive those who are penalized against us (after the game).


Lead us not into the cellar, but deliver us from the playoff drought.


For the city, the team, and the Lombardi are yours, now and forever.

20-23 was the spread in las vegas, so this was essentially a tie.  Bengals had it until they fumbled the ball. This game would have been very, very different had TJ Huschmanzadeh (2 point for anyone who can spell his last name) not been injured.  With only one good reciever in, the jaguars could easily double and triple cover him.  If they had had to cover two good recievers, we would have gotten many more touchdowns.  And that whole first kick foul up might have easily cost us the game as well.  4-1 is still fucking awesome for the bungals though.

Houshmandzadeh
Thats the spelling ;)

I can't wait until everyone is healthy again. It's going to be an ass kicking this weekend in Tennessee.

Additionally, Chad Johnson cried after last night's game. So sad, really, I can understand his frustrations in not getting the ball, but does he have to cry about it? I don't think so.


And I bet you did some copying on that spelling Izret.

With out a doubt i did some copying on the spelling.
He is benched on my Fantasty team.

It will be good for the team to be back in order.
It isn't nearly as good to see teams play when they are injured or missing players due to injury.

2 points.

5-1

Who-dey, Who-dey

Bring it on Pittsburgh

Did they mention when Houshmandzadeh might return?  Seems kinda lame to have him out more than two games because of a hand injury.  Isn't he good enough to play one handed anyways?

I couldn't find anything out about Houshmandzadeh's status for next week, but I did read that Roethlisberger will probably be back next week.  That will make a big difference in the game, since the two games the Steelers have lost this year are the one Ben got injured in and the one he did not play in.  Next week's game should be a good one.

The entire city is going to be glued to the game come Sunday, and it will be a rather enjoyable time.

May the Steelers find a most unwelcome presence in the 'nati, and may they suffer the agony of defeat.

For a while there (late 90's) I remember that the only team we could beat consistantly was the steelers.  Now I realize that the Steelers have gotten much better with the new tallent, but so have we.  If it is true what they say about history repeating itself, then I think we will win this game.  It's our turn :-)












Bengals will win the Super Bowl!!!!!!!!!!!

I think the Bengals will go into the AFC championship against Indianapolis.  I'm not sure yet how I forsee that panning out, if it does happen.

P.S.  I can't believe I'm saying this and actually meaning it.  The Bengals have been sooooo bad for so, so long.

Well, we did beat them in the pre-season.  (I know, I know, they didn't play their first string, but I can still dream.)

Wow, can you tell we have a lot of cinci people on the boards?

I have to agree, it is actually fun to watch the Bengals now, a very welcome relief from the epitamy of awfulness they were just 2 or 3 years back.  The Steelers game should be good, especially since the Bengals only weakness this year seems to be their run defense.

And on a side note, does anybody know what the hell the three diamonds on the steelers emblem stands for?

There is one diamond for every interception that the bengals will make this game.

I had to look this up since I had no idea, but here you go:



Info thanks to: http://pittsburgh.about.com/od/football/l/aa121401a.htm

Regarding T.J, Marvin Lewis said the following yesterday at a press conference:

If TJ is put in, even if he doesn't play well, still greatly increases our chances of winning.  If they steelers have to guard two potentially very good recievers , then their defense will be weaker for it.  

I heard they were selling tickets for tomorrows game only in packs of two to keep steelers fans away. Meaning they have to buy tickets for two bengals games.

Stupid steelers cheated.

Our first touchdown so counted. That was a shot in the gut, and could have severly effected our play for the rest of the game.  On the plus side, we are still a young team, and should only get better.  

Yeah we're still just making rookie mistakes. Lots of rookie mistakes.

Like that (almost) rookie Ben Roethlisberger....  Oh, nevermind.

Ben and Palmer are about equal. It's everything else thats lopsided in the exp field.

That and the fact that our own bus is more like a compact car. :-(

6-2

Offense and rush defence looked like crap though.

So did the security. ;-)

I can't watch the games from here, so I only know the outcomes.  And a win is a win, I'll take it.

A win is a win, but we have yet to beat a team with a winning record (at the time we played them).  Of all the teams we've beaten, only one has gone above .500 since we played them, and just barely at 4-3.  Next week we play yet another bad team.  I'm glad we're doing what we are, but the Steelers game was very revealing about the team if you ask me.  When we play against really solid teams, we fold (so far).  Hopefully they get their act together for the second half of the season, which should be much more of a challenge.

7-2

Great game today.

The people on CBS calling the game were horribly skewed towards the Ravens. It was rediculuous. We didn't need to know that one commentator was wearing a purple tie and purple shirt, and while they were missing two big starters, so were we.

It is a pity that no one in this country gives Cincinnati any respect. Perhaps by the end of this season people will begin to notice.

Indy, bring it on.

If we beat Indianapolis I will (along with the rest of the country) have a LOT more respect for the Bengals.  They are no doubt a VAST improvement over Bengals teams of the past, but they have yet to beat a good team this year.  Let's hope the next game changes that trend.

Then again, we did come close to besting the Patriots last year, so who knows?

Finally a real who dey game. The napolis is going d
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Hmm lots of button pushing for what is probably a lost cause.

BIG GAME TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's going to be tough, but I'm betting the Bengals can best the Colts.

Unfortunately i don't think they will.

Statistically the colts are superior.

If any team were to take them down though it would be nice if it was the Bengals.
But i didn't pick them in my pool and i benched them in the fantasy league so it would be a very bitter sweet win

Whats the deal with the refs!!!!!!!! I've seen three pass interference's on bengals and the one they called against the Bengals was everything but interference. Blind refs cost the game.

We'll get them in the super bowl...

Damn straight. I was just thinking the same thing.

I had a strange dream where the bengals ended up winning in the last 10 seconds by a field goal.
I had to check the paper in the morning to make sure i hadn't dreamt it.

What makes it even sranger is i had watched much of the game including the ending 20+ seconds they ticked off the clock while walking around and exchanging pleasentries.

AFC Championship, perhaps, but getting them in the Super Bowl would be rather difficult.

The game was both good and bad.  The Bengals made key mistakes at key times.  There were quite a few single plays that could have changed the outcome of the entire game.  Palmer's interception was a big one.  Take away 3 points from Indy and add 7 for us, and we would have had the W.  Or, what about the penalties?  At one point I think we had 85 yards of penalties vs. Indy's 5.  That is HUGE.  85 yards equals a minimum of 7 points (probably more), especially since it did allow Indianapolis to convert on at least one 3rd down that later led to a touchdown.

They're still acting like a team that wants to win, can win, and should win but doesn't because they are sloppy.  Still, huge improvements over the teams of the past.

Hehe. Thats true, no Colts in teh Bowl. Oh yeah, WHO DEY!!!!

They tried to lose it in the last half there but thankfully time ran out.

Well, we tried our best to give this game to the Ravens, but they still couldn't win.


Seriously, what the hell happened the second half?

Overconfidence.


But, a win is a win. WHO-DEY!!!



Now, on to Pittsburgh, and in a lesser sense for those who hail white and blue, on to Canton!

Now we just have to hope to god Pittsburgh doesn't pull off some miracle tonight. Stupid Rottenburger, I hope he gets injured.

I was at the game.  To go up 34-0 and confine Boller to a first-half QB rating of 6.0 is phenomenal.  The crazy thing was at that point Baltimore had nearly equal time of posession.  They only got burned on a few plays, but they sure were big plays, giving up 21 points way too quickly.  Then the offense didn't help things either on two drives there, giving up the ball without a fight (with the exception of T.J.'s fumble, which was an incredible play by Baltimore).  

The defense finally played a great half of football in all aspects, but then fell apart - both against the pass and the run.  They need to get their act together.  Perhaps next year we'll get some people up front or a decent linebacker in the draft.  I only wish we could get A.J. Hawk or even Bobby Carpenter.  Too bad some crap team like the Browns will get them first.

Gotta disagree with you there.  Roethlisberger is a class act and an amazing quarterback.  With all of the Terrel Owenses in the league these days, I'm happy to see somebody like Roethlisberger doing so well.  Plus, I was a fan of him when he played at Miami.  The guy is incredible.  I was not happy at all when he went to Pittsburgh at first, but now I can at least watch him play almost every week, since he's in the AFC North.  I wouldn't even mind seeing him beat the Colts.  I'd be glad to see him take away the perfect season from Manning (another class act), and just think of how huge it would be if we beat them next week.

I still can't believe any of us care this much about the Bengals in December.  Awesome.

I would rather see the Colts win the game... and then we woop their ass in the super bowl.

I'm still dreaming.

What I meant by "rather difficult" was "impossible."  Remember, the Colts are in the AFC as well, so only one of us could go to the Super Bowl....  against an NFC team, naturally.

Yeah, I wasn't paying attention to that, guess we'll have to pick them off during the playoffs then. :-)

Good ol' colts.

Well, that helps our chances of an automatic playoff bid.

I have no clue how the playoffs work, does only one team from each division get to go to playoffs?

9-3

I believe Cincinnatians can now say that their team can play with the big boys.

9-3
9-3
9-3
9-3
9-3

Yes, but.....  the defense is still very questionable.

Hooray for the Bengals.  It looks like the playoffs are nearly a sure thing.

At least we make every other defense look questionable. But it's true, a smidgen better defense and we woulda taken the colts.

I'm just happy for a winning season, which there hasn't been since I was three.

Who Dey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, it was ugly, but they are now 10-3.  I hope they can clinch a playoff berth soon.

My dear old dad is a sculptor who for years has been trying to get a job from the Bengals to make a sculpture of Paul Brown. He had a meeting about said sculpture with Ken Blackwell today and, talking about yesterdays game, Blackwell said that saving the field goal for the last second was a mistake. Apparently none of the Bungals were paying attention (which I find hard to believe seeing as how fifty five thousand people were screaming "TIME OUT! "   ) and Houshmanzadah saved the game by noticing the time and at the last second catching the ref's attention.

Make it 11-3.  At least this time they did it decisively.  We're headed to the playoffs!!!!!!  First time in fifteen years!

while my RFG fantasy team sucked balls, I've got a good chance at heading to final in my league at work. based mainly on the strength of my 3 Bengals.

I've got Cinci's Defense, TJ Houshmanzadeh and Rudi Johnson. they have been money.

Go Bengals!

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/lots of turnovers in the Bengals game
//enjoyed it anyways
///who dey, 11-3

Better hope that TJ comes back next week, because he left the game yesterday on crutches, which could be a bad sign for your fantasy team.  He has indeed been awesome.

I am surprised to see you cheering for the Bengals the day after they handed it to the Lions.

at this point the success of my still contending fantasy teams takes precedence over the lowly Lions.

Hooah!

Yeah, the Lions suck.  There were more people at that game in Cinci gear than in Lions gear.

I'm in the Super Bowl for the league I've been in for the last six years.  The guy I'm playing has Carson Palmer, Chad Johnson, and Cinci's defense.  No offense, but I hope Cincinnati gets shut out this week.

Sorry, but I doubt the Bengals will be shut out this week.  There is of course always a freak chance that they will do everything wrong and the Bills will do everything right, but this is a home game for the Bengals (11-3) against a Bills team (4-10) that is 0-6 on the road this year.  Good luck to your fantasy players, because I think they'll need it with the Bengals going up against yet another less-than-stellar team at home.

Alright, point taken.  I at least hope that Rudi Johnson goes off and Carson Palmer gets pulled after the half.

*Sigh* We blow over mediocre teams, play great against the best and get our asses handed to us by the crap teams.

I second the sigh.

On the plus side, Indy is getting it handed to them by Seattle.

Indy also doesn't have their head coach.

Anyway, the Bengals are lame.  They didn't quite get their asses handed to them, but they sure didn't play like they want to win in the playoffs.  Lame.

Indy is also resting all of their starters, so it was basically their second string in the whole game.

The Bengals could afford to lose this one since they already locked in their playoff spot, but this game does hurt.  You want your team to be gaining momentum as you go into the playoffs, not lose to teams you are supposed to beat.  At least this sobers all the fans and the players up to let them realize they are not the best team in the league.  They will have to play almost perfect football if they even want to have a chance at the superbowl, which means no stupid mistakes.

On the plus side, the next game and the all the post-season games are in HDTV and with my new USB HD reciever I got for Christmas, I can't wait to record the games.

Same Old Bengals.

I'd like to congratulate the Steelers on their win next week.

May the Colts win it all.

Yeah, we will lose next week.  The Bengals are t3h sUx0r.

You negative Nancies. We had no Palmer, our guys had no drive to win and our guys had no need to win. If we can stop the run game and force Rottenburger to pass to our secondary we'll be fine.

I don't know how you can possibly say that given the Bengals have given up an average of 30 points over the last seven games.

Negative Nancy. Tsk tsk tsk.

Nancy Zimpher is such a bitch.

What, it is just an expression? No matter.

(http://img272.imageshack.us/img272/5533/post4810903703576iu.jpg)

:P
But on a serious note, did something new happen?  I can't be expected to live in a cave and STILL keep up with world affairs.  ;)

[size=10]MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/size]

I don't know why they didn't even call a late hit on that play.  

"Not too Surprising. Join the Club"

I was surprised, Kitna played really well, and they knocked off Palmer. At least I don't root for a team as shitty as the Browns.

Excellent season, and a somber way to end it. There will be a ton of what ifs, but now is the time to celebrate that we made it somewhere other than the cellar.

Oh well.  Right now I couldn't care less about all this.

When Henry caught the pass everyone knew the Bengals were going to win.
8) and then there was a Bengal on the field.
:'(          :'(          :'(

I know, preseason games don't mean nuthin but WE PWNED WASHINGTON WITHOUT PALMER!

WE PWNED BUFFALO WITHOUT PALMER!

Ready for the Bengals to pwn Green Bay WITH Palmer? And WTF is Favre still doing around? Riddle me that Wisconsin members.

He has tenure.

Dear Wisconsin,
The Packers Suck.

Love,
Cincinnati

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Favre needs to go to bed.

WE PWNED GREEN BAY!

Poor Brett, he had a terrible night.

Carson, on the other hand, kicked major ass. So WHO-DEY!

If you want a good laugh, check out the AFC north.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/specials/preview/2006/scout.report/index.html?cnn=yes

Didnt the Dolphins suck ass last year?

I think they were banking on Carson Palmer being injured for a couple more games than he is going to be injured for.

Yeah, but then they got Daunte Culpepper. In the preseason at least it seems like he's back to his normal self. After a crappy injury plagued year in Minnesota that is. Throw in a few decent wide receivers like Chambers to connect with and I could see them making the playoffs.

Bengals at 8-8 this season? I certainly hope not.

That's ridiculous, did they watch football last year?

I still so no way in hell they make it to the super bowl. And I hope the Cards do better then what they project. Hell 8-8 would be AMAZING!

Bengals win 20-10.
The game would have been much more entertaining had it not been raining.

I agree, but I think the big story is that the Bengals stopped the run.

23-10, if I remember correctly....

Yeah, it was 23-10.

How about them Packers?  ;D

2-0 BABY!!!!!

Alas I missed both of the games. Got em on tape though.

WHO DEY IS THOUGH?

Fuck! Palmer's all freaked out!

3-0

Oh man that was insane. You should have been at that party. After the fumbled punt I can't hear out of my left ear.


WHO DEY!!!!!!!!!

FUCKING BULLSHIT REFS CALL PENALTIES FOR PLAYING THE GAME HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Two feet down and ball in hand is a reception in my book.
It is ok for the ground to knock it out.

Damn straight that was bullshit as was calling a personal foul on Kasevaharn for "hitting to the head." Right there our momentum got lost.

Ref's were fucking paid off. Motherfuckers I'm gonna go punch a hole in the wall of a steelers fan's house.

The station I was watching decided to start airing some other game in the middle of the fourth quarter.  I'm not yet sure if I am pissed about it or not though.

Sigh

Sigh. Same old Bengals.

haha, I think we'll be able to tell the Bengals final record at the end of the season based on your reactions after each game. Hopefully there will be more who deys than sighs though.

Yeah, that game was just depressing. Should have won. I think that call the ref made on roughing the passer threw away the game for us, and as such the ref should be hanged, drawn, and quartered throughout Cincinnati.

Yes, the officials were on Tampa's side the entire game. 
I'm still shocked we only got 13 points the entire game.  We have yet to have a high scoring game and it's starting to worry me.

edit: The 3 and 6 are too close together on the number pad.

I hate the NFL so much. Roughing the passer my arse, drawn and sliced into smithereens bit by bit would be best.

Make that 13 pts unfortunately.

And I'm really surprised they went for the field goal. Graham is a talented kicker, don't get me wrong, but 62 yards in a cross wind? I think they had a better chance with a long bomb to the endzone. Especially with Palmer's arm and Johnson/Houshmandzadeh's hands.

True dat. I was thinking the same thing. Although if Palmer hadn't gotten sacked...

I would just like to point out that the thread title "Same Old Bengals" seems very, very fitting right now.

Phew, that first half was brutal. I dunno about these guys.

Oh well. Who Dey!

Damn, looks like we've lost before the first minute...

Yup. We did. Oh, well, I can get some homework done.

Well, at least last season was good.

WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH THESE FUCKING RETARD REFS ALL FUCKING SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fuck the Ref, damn Evan beat me to this comment.

I mean what the hell, they block our passes and don't call penalties of blatent pass interference. I'm going to e-mail the nfl and demand they fire every ref.

So... how many days away is opening day? Clearly the NFL officiating squad aren't going to allow the Bengals proper officiating, so yeah, 2007 is the year for the Reds.    ::)

21-0 in the first quarter. 
Nice.

Fucking ref's just gave the Chargers a touchdown on a retarded penalty call. It was intentional grounding and our guy got penalized for trying to get through a receiver that was blocking and in no position to recieve!

YAYS!!!

Pwned those northerners, boo yeah!!

DESTRUCTION OF THE RAVENS!!!!!!!!!

And there was much rejoicing.

What a game.

Even though we won, I still have to complain about the refs. 

First, with one of the punts we did, the Raven's reciever fumbled the ball, we picked it up and ran it in for a touchdown.  No clue what that wasn't counted, and if it wasn't counted why we still ended up with the ball.

Secondly, there was obvious offensive pass interference on the one Raven's touchdown, which was not reviewable because of the damn two minute drill. 

That game should have been 20-0 and should have been our second shut out in a row.   Damn refs.

Oh, and...
 

The refs were right.  In the rules it states that you cannot advance the ball on a muffed catch.  Therefore, Cinci got the ball at the recovery spot.

Also, it was not pass interference in the end zone at all.  The defender was falling down, and the reciever didn't even push off.

Ken

Ok, I don't know about muffed passes, but the pass interference was certainly there.  They replayed it quite a few times, and in every show I could see the Baltimore reciever pushing off of the Bengals player. 

And just so you know.......A pass interference call or no call is not reviewable.

Ken

At all, or just because it was during the last two minutes?

At all.  Penalties aren't reviewable.

If there is a call (i.e. a fumble or pass completion) that could be challenged during the game, it can only be reviewed by the official booth when there are 2 minutes left.

Ken

Damn, I need to read up on the rules of football.

I think they need to seriously revise the coach's ability to challenge penalties or lack thereof. We've lost two games because of retarded calls.

The only penalty that is reviewable, I think, is illegal procedure on a kickoff or illegal touch on a punt.

Ken

That was gay how they never explained what happened after the kickoff fumble.

They said it really, really quickly.  But they did mention it.

Ken

Yeah, I guess we were all too caught up in jumping around and hootin and a hollerin to notice. Then it came back and we were like WTF?

I know I was like, WTF just happened?

Hydrobond and Mezmoron, how did you guys see the game?

It was on NFL Network, which it sounds like not too many people have.  Unless you saw it locally in Cincy or Baltimore, I didn't think too many people were able to watch the game.

A friend of mine from gradeschool who goes to Purdue has the NFL network, as well as a nice new DLP projector.  Saw the game on a 9 foot screen. :-) 

It was the first time I have seen a DLP projector, and I have to say the rainbow effect was quite noticable. 

Isn't it just NBC's thursday lineup?

I have the NFL Network.

Ken

BTW

The coverage blows on the NFL Network.

Ken

No.

NFL Network is part of my Dish Network package.

Sometime over christmas break you have to come over and watch a game at my house.  No rainbow effects on my projector :)

Did you get LCD?

Yup, can't really see any screendoor on it until you get within a foot of the screen either.  LCDs are just as good if not better than DLP nowadays.

Anyways, back to the topic at hand.  Chiefs and Denver both lost yesterday, so the Bengals are still in the hunt for the wildcard.  I figure a 10-6 season should get them in, which means they can only afford to lose one more game.

As far as front projection goes, I might agree with you.  But if you look at the rear projection sets, DLP seems to blow every other technology out of the water.  I think the more expensive DLP front projectors would blow any LCD out of the water, but I would have to see them first.

I concur

Retards. Needed more bombs, everyone knew it was going to be the Bengals trying to run, so they should have bombed it more often.

Ah well, we still in this.

Bengals any good this year?

We have the potential to be very good.  Last night it seemed like they hadn't been to practice in about three weeks.  Our star recievers couldn't catch the ball when we decided to throw, and we didn't throw nearly enough. 

if they win in denver this weekend, they will be a virtual lock.  it will be tough though, short week, mile high lack of oxygen, etc.  but this team always seems to do well when it isnt expected of them.

Lets hope you are right.

People calling into the local radio station were pleading with Marvin Lewis to go to Denver really early to acclimate the Bengals to the mile high conditions.  Let's hope he listens. 

BTW, this page took 31.944 seconds to create.  (24 queries.)

take them out of town early, so they can get acclimated to the denver bar scene quicker

HOW DID YOU MISS THAT TACKLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111

Time to put this into perspective:

Reds 2006 Record: 80-82 (.494)
Bengals 2006 Record: 8-8 (.500)

Hey the Bengals are barely better than the Reds! What a commitment to mediocrity!

No comment.  No comment.

I have one,











fuck.

And Denver lost, impossibly, so we would have been in. I'd like to restate my earlier comment.

I know it's still the preseason, but damn, that was a horrible loss.

Fuck.

The Bengals beat The Bengals yet again.

It's preseason, our third string lost the game.  Over half of them won't even make the final cut.  When the first string got pulled they were up 6-0.  We did lose our second round pick for the rest of the season, so that sucks :(

Stop not complaining!  You are a fan, you need to complain about any loss.

It sucks you lost Irons, but I really didn't think that you needed him anyway. Chris Perry is still on the roster (I don't know his status, however), and second/third string RBs can be found fairly easily.

But he was to save us from Rudy :(

WHO DEY!!!!

Two words:
Golden Graham.

One statement:

How about them Reds?

Start a new thread.

Sigh. Same Old Bungles.

It's redikeroos

What a meh season, very disappointing.

I do find solace in the fact that Cleveland suffered the same fate that we suffered last year. Except we lost our last game last year. But yeah, that damn Broncos loss last year sealed our fate.

Dear Marvin:

Don't suck next year.

Sincerely,

Cincinnati

I say we can his ass, along with the whole coaching staff.

I think you're missing a verb there, Evan.

Actually I think he was using "can" as a verb, as in throw him out.

Ah, right right. I was reading it as a helper verb.

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First NFL tie in 6 years...

WAT?

Stupid abbreviations.
People should use the proper term "shit can."

Lol :P

Bengals are my favotite team =[

But you're in Tennessee....shouldn't you be rooting for the undefeated titans?