September 20th, 2009 
Matt Loede 
Posted in On the bright side, the Bengals won a game Sunday that just about no one thought they would win. On a down note, how nice would it be to be 2-0 right now and tied with the Ravens for the lead in the AFC North? Oh well, there’s nothing you can do about the fluke [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Week Two Preview: Cheese Whiz
The last time I remember the Bengals playing a regular season game at Lambeau Field, Brett Favre made his Packer debut and led Green Bay to a fourth-quarter comeback win. It was early in the season, the Bengals were 2-0, the Packers were winless, Cincinnati was up 17-3 in the third quarter, the meltdown ensued [...]
Working Out the Kinks
Last Sunday, Marvin Lewis and his coaches stood in front of a hulking object, covered in a tarp inside of Paul Brown Stadium. A crowd gathered around it and the tarp was removed. There stood the new Bengals machine of 2009, shiny and new, purring idly and waiting to operate. The coaches set it in [...]
The Football Gods Hate Stripes
Last week in this space I wrote about how the Bengals had no excuses heading into their first game of the season. The argument was that they had no legitimate reason to lose to the Broncos, and after a generally successful offseason, they simply couldn’t afford to. Playing at home, almost completely healthy and facing [...]
Former Cardinal TE Pope to Talk to the Bengals
National Football Post says that the Bengals will get a visit from former Cardinal TE Leonard Pope: Former Arizona Cardinals third-round draft tight end Leonard Pope visited the Cincinnati Bengals, according to a league source. Pope had recently tried out for the Kansas City Chiefs, too. He was cut by the Cardinals during their final [...]
Former Raven Corey Ivy Visits Bengals
Aaron WIlson of RavensInsider is reporting via the RavensInsider Twitter page that former Ravens defensive back Corey Ivy is visiting with the Cincinnati Bengals. Wilson writes, “Former Ravens defensive back Corey Ivy visited the Bengals today.”
Tags: Week One Play by Play
Roy Williams prevents huge run on first play by Buckhalter. Geathers on nice run stuff. Marshall drops screen pass No pass rush, nice coverage by Crocker. First play of the year is a run up the middle for no gain. Imagine that. Second play is run off tackle for no gain. Good pass protection; 18 [...]
Stuff Happens
After the stunned silence and the eruption of outrage, after the philosophical musings about the mysterious ways of the universe and after letting it go with a sigh and a beer, we can talk about what happened yesterday in a serious, analytical tone that has nothing to do with hexes or of team ownership. Outside [...]
