3 Reasons the Cincy Bengals Suck a Big One

In 2005 they had the most high powered offense in all of football. Carson Palmer proved that he was the face of the franchise and the rest of the offense had promise with Chad Johnson, T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Rudi Johnson. Now we are just three years removed from that AFC Central championship, and at 0-7 we are definitely in need of change. So where did the Bengals go so wrong in such a short amount of time? Here's my analysis: 1. Trouble off the field- with Odell Thurman, Chris Henry serving suspensions from the NFL and several other Bengals in the news for being arrested, this can only be bad for the program. What good can come out of players who cannot keep their noses out of trouble? This appeared to get better after Odell Thurman and Chris Henry were both released. However, it has not gotten better because Chris Henry was re-signed just before the start of the season, and they brought in oft-arrested Cedric Benson to run the ball. Matters off the field have not changed. Other two reasons on the jump