Category: Bengals

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Bengals 2-0

Bengals 34, Browns 17

Of course I’m a nay sayer at times. While the Bengals did put up 34 points, they gave up 17 to a completely inept offense. For the most part the defense looked stellar, and the offense sputtered a bit.

It doesn’t show in the numbers, and a W is a W, so I’m happy, but…

For all intents and purposes the Bengals did man-handle the Browns, it never really was a game. They suffered some injuries, some key injuries to Pollack, Braham, and Jackson, all not good, and Sir Chad bruised his shoulder but continued to play.

The Bengals are for real, the next two weeks in my opinion will define the season.

At Pittsburgh and New England at Home. If the Bengals are 4-0 going into the Bye week, they will be 2-0 in the division and that will be HUGE.

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Bengals 3-0 in the pre-season

Wow!

3-0 Three and Oh. Yeah, it’s still the pre-season and all but all three wins have been pretty impressive. Well, win #3 the Bengal’s looked about as good as Bret Farve looked bad.

But Carson is back and he’s for real and it’s better than where Pittsburg sits, which is 0-3.
Chad has been put on ice, this pre-season. I suspect their giving him a little attitude adjustment, helping him grow up just a little bit.

Rudy, however has not impressed, he’s clearly a north – south runner and hasn’t put to many yards down. He needs a few moves. Is it him, or the line? I don’t think it’s the line. Some of the younger guys look good, real good.

How big would a 4-0 preseason be? HUGE, given the schedule they face this year. Unbelievably big, the one’s that say “It’s only pre-season, are the ones with 2-2 or losing records???. It would be HUGE for the Bengals, period. To put Indianapolis in their place would be big, very, very big. It would set a tone in the league.

Here’s to next Friday, let’s see what they’ve got.

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Another Bengals Season Is Over.

I’m not a big “What if” kinda of person, and I don’t like to second guess.  The Bengals got it handed to them today by Pittsburgh.  Sure Carson got hurt on the second play of the game and that didn’t help.  The ‘D’ surprisingly stopped the run better than anyone expected at least for the first half.

Kitna actually played better than anyone thought he could.  He gave us hope.  But the D couldn’t keep it close enough for him to win.  It wasn’t meant to be.

The Bengals made it to the playoffs and I suppose that should be good enough.  Would the results have been different had Carson been able to play the entire game?  I don’t know.  Closer probably, but I don’t know.  It’s not really worth debating really. It is what it is.  We now have a winning team and next year to look forward to.

At least we weren’t shut out like NY 😉 and scored more points than the Jags.

That’s all very positive.  We just need a few key players on D and perhaps a better backup.

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The Bengals 0-2 in the last 2 Grrrr.

The Bengals have had a hell of a year, a hell of a run to get into the playoff for sure.

It was very clear last week when Buffalo came to town. They were 14 point underdogs to the Bengals with no chance of making the playoffs.

But they came to play, and play they did. No only did the upset the Bengals but the pretty much embarrassed them at home. Even though the Bengals played poorly, and poorly is probably an understatement, at no time during that game did I feel like the Bengals were out of it. Even when Buffalo gave them the ball back with a minute plus on the clock and no time outs. I thought, no big deal, drive down the field, field goal to tie it up, over-time and we win there.

But nope, a costly un-Carson like interception and ti was game over.

Fast forward to this week at Arrowhead. It’s hard enough to win there.

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The Chiefs need a miracle from Detroit to get in. Detroit to beat Pittsburgh, like that’s going to happen. We blew a chance at the 2nd seed last week, but a win here today going into the playoffs sets the tone in my mind. a 30-3 route by the Chiefs sends a message too and it’s not a good one. I don’t care that Carson only played one series.
The way things are looking we play Pittsburgh at home next week. Pittsburgh doesn’t scare me anymore than any other team in the playoffs. Any more than the Chiefs scared me today. But look at what the Chiefs accomplished.

I fear the Bengals played above their true potential this year, or that they rested on their record the last two games. Neither of which is good.

I’m stoked we have a 11-5 record, but so does Pittsburgh.

New England finishes up at 10-6, both teams have better defenses against the run, and you win games by running the ball in the playoffs.

Pittsburgh goes into the playoffs on a 4 game win streak, the Bengals on a 2 game losing streak, this weeks a complete beating at the hands of the Chiefs.

It will be very interesting to see if Marvin will have the men ready for this game. It has a lot of the same feeling as the first time Pittsburgh came to town. That was a big game at home.  I certainly hope the outcome is better.