Archive for September, 2010

T.O. Calls Out the O-Line

Chad says its his fault.  Carson says its penalties.  Cedric says its a lack of an identity.  Whatever the problem is with the offense and the “frustration” its caused, there is no shortage of opinions from the team. The latest player to add their proverbial two cents is Terrell Owens.  Rather than take the high [...]

Nugent wins AFC Special Teams Player of the Month award

The Bengals have the AFC Special Teams Player of the Month, as kicker Mike Nugent has taken home that honor: Bengals kicker Mike Nugent has been named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Month. Nugent went 8-for-8 on field goal attempts during the Bengals’ three September games, including makes from 54 and 50 yards. [...]

Frustration…

“Frustration” seems to be the catch word around Bengaldom these days.  Despite a 2-1 mark, and with two upcoming games in which the Bengals will be favored, we’re reading about frustration. Cedric Benson is frustrated with his carries. The fans are frustrated with the offense, and Marvin Lewis is frustrated with the media for asking questions [...]

Lewis still has faith in Palmer in 2010

There seems to be more questions than answers these days about Carson Palmer, who has had his issues all season. The Cincy Enquirer says though that his coach, Marvin Lewis, seems to feel that the QB can still get it done and will in 2010. The circle continued unbroken Monday after the Bengals improved to [...]

Bengals Win Despite Themselves, Down Toothless Panthers 20-7

Despite their best efforts to try and give the game away, the Bengals were able to squeak out a 20-7 decision today over the young and disheveled Carolina Panthers.  At times it seemed that the Bengals wanted to give Panthers rookie QB Jimmy Clausen every possible opportunity to win his first NFL start. Thankfully, the [...]

Week 3 Primer: Bengals at Panthers

Well, fellow Bengal fans, our beloved striped crusaders survived a brutal first two weeks of the season. Despite starting the season like the Bad News Bears on Ambien, the cats have clawed their way back to 1-1 with a dominating defensive effort and a “hold serve” performance against a division rival.  At 1-1, and just [...]

Friday Notes

Here are a few interesting Bengal tidbits and my take on them as we head to Sunday’s game:  -Apparently Chad Ochocinco tweeted that he has a cracked rib, which sent the intergoogle into a frenzy. It has since been removed.  With Ocho, you never if he’s joking or serious with these types of things. For [...]

Benson says the direction of the offense is frustrating

It sounds like after two games Ced Benson isn’t too happy about the way that the offense is going. He spoke his mind about it on NFL Radio and said the direction is off. Over the past couple weeks Bengals RB Cedric Benson has wondered why there has been less emphasis with the running game [...]