February 12th, 2011 
Eric McMackin 
Posted in Today word came out that former Bengals offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski was hired as the new QB coach in Atlanta. Bratkowski replaces Bill Musgrave, who is the new OC in Minnesota, and will coach Matt Ryan under Falcons OC Mike Mularkey. Mularkey and Bratkowski worked together in Pittsburgh under Bill Cowher. Bengal fans might remember [...]
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OC Opining
Okay, so while here at the Gab we’re all still rejoicing about the long-overdue dispatching of one Bob Bratkowski, apparently some circles of Bengaldom have already moved on to a more familiar emotion: Cynicism. Reedy wrote: Getting rid of Bratkowski on Super Bowl week puts the Bengals at a disadvantage. Almost all of the other [...]
More On The Bratkowski Firing
Bengals.com has a piece on the news, with these official statements from Marvin Lewis and the Sith Lord himself: Mike Brown’s statement: “Bob is an intelligent coach and as fine an individual as you will find in the profession, though the time is right for us to make a change, I thank him for his [...]
Report: Brat Axed
The hellish last week we’ve seen, with Carson Palmer’s trade requests, Marvin Lewis & Chad Ochocinco trading barbs via the media, Ocho’s Twitter proclamation that ownership doesn’t care, the Bengals planning to ask Hamilton County for 43 million in improvements to PBS, and a loss by the Bengal-coached North in the Senior Bowl, was so [...]
Cincinnati Chilly?
As Bengals fans beg for change, particularly on offense, head coach Marvin Lewis and owner Mike Brown have been largely mum on any potential moves. While both promised changes in some form, neither would state how far they would go, even suggesting that the staff may undergo only subtle changes. So far, the only news [...]
Skid Over; Benson Powers Bengals to Win
They say all good things must come to an end. Thankfully, bad ones do too. The Bengals’ epic 10-game losing streak started back on October 3rd in Cleveland, and it mercifully ended today versus the same Browns. The symmetrical end to one of the darkest days in club history was long overdue, but much-needed and [...]
T.O. Blasts Bratkowski
T.O. could no longer bite his famous tongue after Sunday’s ineptitude at Pittsburgh. The loudmouth receiver finally let some opinions fly about the offensive play calling, and QB Carson Palmer. “I can’t throw the ball to myself, I can’t do anything else. All I can do is go with the plays that are called and [...]
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 [...]
