Cinci is on hold this week, which should help them in prepping up for the big Indy matchup. The Bengals kind of laid an egg in their first coming out "big game" party a few weeks back against the Steelers.
Since some of you people may not see Cinci very often, I'll give you the low down.
Cinci's offense is pretty similar to the Colts. Palmer is not yet to the point where they are running a bunch of no huddle and stuff, but the Colts and Manning didn't start running all of that junk until Peyton's third season and second playoff run. Like the Colts, Palmer and the Bengals are not afraid to throw downfield, they do not live an die by throwing screen passes.
Cinci has a deep reciever core beyond Chad Johnson with TJ Houshmanzada (sp?), Kelley Washington and this really talented rookie out of West Virginia named Chris Henry. Henry has looked real good in their past two games, his build and playing style reminds me of Plaxico Burriss. Cinci also has a good running game mix running Rudi Johnson as a power runner then bringing in Chris Perry to run on the outside and catch passes. Perry has had some big plays in the passing game and has seemed quite improved.
Cinci's defense is much improved. The thing that has kept them from being a playoff team the past couple of years was they could not stop the run. They are getting turnovers like mad this year, so far they have lit up Minn, Chicago and GB for five interceptions each game. The Bengals have a really good rookie LB out of Georgia named Odell Thurmond, who might be an allpro down the line. Their run defense is improved, but they seem to be a bit weak in the middle of the line. They get a pretty good pass rush and have a solid DE named Justin Smith.
Their kicking game is pretty good and they are not bad on special teams as a whole.
― earlnash, Thursday, 10 November 2005 04:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Thursday, 10 November 2005 04:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― earlnash, Thursday, 10 November 2005 04:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 10 November 2005 04:50 (nineteen years ago) link
What the Bengals really need is a big ole' Keith Traylor or Ted Washington type player to plop into the middle of their defensive line.
― earlnash, Thursday, 10 November 2005 05:14 (nineteen years ago) link
So I bought a Bengals shirt and wore it even as the team slowly and surely got more sucky. It's become a running joke that I wear the shirt at Super Bowl parties, since everyone else has always had their Broncs or Pats jerseys on.
Anyway. Maybe it won't be a joke anymore. I've been looking forward for Cincy to have a decent team. I'll be rooting for you guys, earl.
(Now, just imagine what my disappointment was like when I got back home and realized that the airport that I had been in was actually located in Kentucky.)
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 10 November 2005 05:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mingus Dew (Mingus Dew), Thursday, 10 November 2005 05:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 10 November 2005 06:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 10 November 2005 08:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Monday, 5 December 2005 03:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 December 2005 04:52 (nineteen years ago) link
The Bengals weakness has been much more against the run than the pass, where they have been getting interceptions left and right. I would have thought the Steelers would try to run the ball and control more of the clock.
Oh well...mark it as a win.
I think the Steelers are in trouble to make the playoffs, anyway it goes it is going to be close.
― earlnash, Monday, 5 December 2005 14:08 (nineteen years ago) link
Rudi Johnson had a great game yesterday. That one run where Rudi straight armed three defenders for an extra 20 yards was great.
Detroit is definitely in football purgatory. It sounded a couple of times like the Bengals were playing at home, there was so many Cinci fans in the stands. The "Who Dey, Who Dey Ain't Nobody Going to Beat Dem Bengals Chant" was cutting through pretty clear at the end of the game.
I really want to see the Chargers and Bengals play in the playoffs, that would be some AFC high octane offensive football at it's finest.
I hope Chris Perry's ankle gets better for the playoffs, as he was a nice secret weapon off the bench for the Bengals. T.J. is also getting a bit banged up.
― earlnash, Monday, 19 December 2005 16:22 (nineteen years ago) link
A surrogate reindeer, perhaps?
"On the highway, I hit a deer," Johnson said Tuesday, insisting he was serious and that the animal wasn't hurt. "I kept him. He's at home in the garage. I'm going to use him for the celebration this weekend. He's a prop. They might suspend me for the last game, but I think this one is worth it."
Even if Johnson is serious — and, with him, there's no telling — coach Marvin Lewis would certainly put his foot down. So Johnson's scheme may never get beyond the talking stage.
He wasn't joking about his desire to come up with a celebration that will keep fans talking long after the Bengals' last regular-season home game.
Fans in Detroit booed when he merely handed the ball to an official following his touchdown during a 41-17 victory Sunday that clinched the AFC North title. It was only the second time this season that he didn't celebrate a touchdown — the other came when the officials needed time to decide if he had scored, spoiling the moment.
"But this Saturday, I'll be back to my old self," he said. "You can look forward to the celebration being part of something that has to do with Christmas. It's going to be fun. I might get in trouble, so I might as well let that out now. I might get in trouble for what I'm going to do, but it's worth it."
Johnson was excited by the thought of getting a deer into the end zone routine. His Riverdance brought him national attention as a hoofer. Now, he's fixated on hooves.
"This is going to be the greatest celebration of all time, man," he said. "I actually use an animal."
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 16:46 (nineteen years ago) link
“Fear Da Tiger” lyrics
Crank it up foolFear the tigers, fear the tigers, cause we’re the tigersWe’re ready to rumble, we’re ready to rumble, ’cause we king of the jungleBootsy Collins: Rap ’em up, DuaneDuane Clemons: I’m not Paul Wall but I’m real dirty like the SouthAnd you know I got a bad girly at home and she’s cookin’ on some neck bonesOn the sideline talkin’ on the telephoneMade two adjustments and now it’s onNow I’m back on the field to seal the dealBlow the back field up with intent to killNow that’s how I’m livin’ cause I’m way too real.Who dey, who dey, who dey, who dey think they gonna beat them BengalsWho dey, who dey, who dey, who dey think they gonna beat them BengalsStacy Andrews: We’re the biggest cats in the jungleWhen we come through we gonna shake rattle and rumbleRumble like some thunder in the middle of the summerRunnin’ over players like a Hummer and a Honda on them 84’s.Oh yeah, I’m the man, when I hit the field you understand what I’m sayin’ The fellas hate seeing me when I show my mean mugFeel the icing on the cake when you see the scoreboard, manWho dey, who dey, who dey, who dey think they gonna beat them BengalsWho dey, who dey, who dey, who dey think they gonna beat them BengalsBen Wilkerson: Fear the tigers because we’re the tigers.Opponents they want to hate us but the fans they will like usThey love us understand that ain’t nobody can touch us, nobody can rush usNow with us you’re a buster, we battle on field just like we battle on stage’Cause on the turf you’re in our home and we rattling cagesFeel outrageous, showing no mercy, just like the ultimate fighter, lookin’ right into the eye of a tigerFear the tigers, fear the tigers cause we’re the tigers (crank it up fool)We’re ready to rumble, we’re ready to rumble cause we’re king of the jungle (crank it up fool)Fear the tigers, fear the tigers cause we’re the tigers (crank it up fool)We’re ready to rumble, we’re ready to rumble cause we’re king of the jungle (crank it up fool)Bootsy Collins: Who dey, who dey, who dey (crank it up fool)Who dey, who dey, who dey think gonna beat them BengalsWho dey, who dey, who dey (crank it up fool)Who dey, who dey, who dey think gonna beat them Bengals
(Copyright Bootzilla Productions, Mash-A-Mugg Music, BMI)
Cinci used "Eye of the Tiger" and "Welcome to the Jungle" in the past, which are also both pretty good fight songs.
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 18:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 21:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Thursday, 22 December 2005 02:55 (nineteen years ago) link
Also I just reread that article, that's fucked up.
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 22 December 2005 15:26 (nineteen years ago) link
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Ai.SNxYpuZX0LtB6KbmzbbJDubYF?slug=ap-bengals-palmer&prov=ap&type=lgns
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Friday, 30 December 2005 07:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 30 December 2005 12:30 (nineteen years ago) link
The thing that caught my eye in that article is that the Bengals have already got Chad Johnson, TJ Houshmanzada, and Rudi Johnson already signed up for a few years, so the core of that offense will be playing together for a few more years. I think you can look at the success the Colts have had with having a core of players that have been together for years and see what that kind of stability can do for an offense.
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Friday, 30 December 2005 16:46 (nineteen years ago) link
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2290239
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 13 January 2006 01:11 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 January 2006 03:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 13 January 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Friday, 13 January 2006 16:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Friday, 13 January 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 13 January 2006 17:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Friday, 13 January 2006 19:34 (nineteen years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/kUBqU1v.jpg
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