I would use some crazy title like, “Top things I think I think,” but no responsible journalist would ever combine such utter platitude with bad word usage. Some predictions to celebrate the start of training camp and another hard six months of life as football fans. 1. Chris Wells will have a monster year. Beanie is [...]

I hate to urinate all over everyone’s Kumbayah parade, but can anyone find the depth chart and name one quality offensive lineman on the roster? Excluding one’s that haven’t signed contracts? Carson is Carson after all, but he can’t block for himself.

Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown has been rightly vilified over his “GM” bonus, a stipend he receives at the end of the season for duties performed as general manager. The bonus, which had paid anywhere from $1.2 million to $1.9 million a season over the last decade was the subject of two articles by Kimball [...]

The Bengals accomplished what they normally set out to do on draft day - dredge up enough hope for the striped masses to sell a few jerseys and keep the suckers drunk until September. It reads great on paper, but that would make this draft no different than any draft since 1991. Andre Smith looks [...]

The Cincinnati Bengals lost their leading receiver the last two seasons. T.J. Houshmandzadeh signed a contract today with the Seattle Seahawks. StripeHype had the following to say: And so, T.J. Houshmandzadeh is a Seahawk. Good riddance. For the last two years, Houshmandzadeh had been an ever-increasing pain in the side of the Cincinnati organization, disgruntled over his pay, refusing [...]

As the Cincinnati Bengals woo the New York Giants’ third-string running back, Kansas City took an enormous, yet very predictable, step in trading for Matt Cassel from New England. No word on how those “efforts” to keep T.J. Houshmandzadeh are going. Wouldn’t surprise me if the only person being told they are trying to re-sign Houshmandzadeh [...]

So says John Clayton of ESPN, who states that Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer is on the phone constantly with free agent receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh as he prepares to enter free agency Friday. Clayton reports the Bengals are making the biggest push to keep him in town. One has to wonder how much contention there [...]

Not sure how sourced this was, but the ever-ubiquitous John Clayton of ESPN was talking Cincinnati Bengals wide outs on the World Wide Leader this morning. Clayton said what everybody knows about T.J. Houshmandzadeh, that he’s almost assuredly gone, but did say he expects Chad Johnson to remain with the team. Replacing T.J.? Clayton says [...]

According to a report from Cincy Jungle, Cincinnati Bengals running back Cedric Benson will be testing the free agent waters. This leaves the Bengals without a No. 1 running back. This gives Mike Brown the out he probably clamored for - he can go after Ohio State running back Chris Wells, whom Brown would consider a [...]

As if 34-3 wasn’t enough to piss off fans, Mike Brown grants an interview to the Enquirer’s Mark Curnutte that has some of the most abject stupidity ever recorded. Q: Are you going to essentially fire yourself and hire a general manager? A: “I call them themes. They (fans and customers) like to talk about different themes [...]

Granted, watching the Cincinnati Bengals perform isn’t like seeing the 70s Steelers in their prime, but the Detroit Lions left no doubt Thursday who the worst football team in the NFL is. I’ve watched football for nearly 30 years. It’s been a part of my life since I could begin piecing together what all those flashy [...]

Without a loss! Go Bengals!

Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis doesn’t fare well in this list of best and worst coaches in the NFL. 9. Bengals’ Marvin Lewis: The Bengals avoided 0-16 by beating the Jaguars, although 1-15 is a real possibility. Lewis created the Chad Johnson situation. Lewis didn’t learn from the Denny Green mess and allowed Johnson and [...]

That’s two weekends in a row we didn’t have to watch the Cincinnati Bengals lose …

A coach who actually looks like he cares about what happens on the field.

Does anyone with a brain believe, if Hines Ward played defense, he would get away with this ****?

Leave it to Chick Ludwig of the Dayton Daily News to put the Cincinnati Bengals and their 0-6 season in proper perspective. What’s incredible is that team president Mike Brown actually thinks he’s done a good job building this team — or should we say tearing it down — and his subjects think the positives outweigh [...]

Stephen A. Smith, resident sports pundit for ESPN, had his own thoughts on Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis and his performance on the job. Smith makes several good points, arguing that most of the circumstances for the Bengals problems were in place well before Lewis became coach, but doesn’t let him off the hook completely for [...]

Tab Perry, the one-man injured reserve list, tore his Achilles tendon and was subsequently cut by the Miami Dolphins. The guy had the talent and the size, but couldn't stay healthy. Chick Ludwig defends his pick of Carson Palmer as the best quarterback in the NFL. Top tier? Definitely, but my money i...

Players who succumb to drugs are tragic, but it’s an addiction and almost understandable. Throwing everything away due to pure stupidity is tragedy on a whole new, Shakespearean level. That’s where Chris Henry is at today. The Bengals wide receiver was cut today after he was charged with ...

Justin Smith is gone - the Cincinnati Bengals longtime defensive end is now a San Francisco 49er, signing a six-year $45 million package that includes $20 million in guaranteed money. This is the second high-profile free agent to leave Cincinnati, as Smith joine Madieu Willaims who signed a $33 milli...

I was just wondering when did the Ocho Cinco trade rumors really start? This article is from october.

It’s only the official fourth day of NFL free agency and already the Bengals have confounded every football brain trust known to man. First they trade for Shaun Rodgers, then they don’t. Then they acquire Dewayne Robertson, DT with the Jets, then they don’t. Somehow, in the midst of...

In case you didn’t hear, the Cincinnati Bengals had arranged a trade with the Detroit Lions for two-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Shaun Rodgers. The trade was for third and fifth round draft picks. The trade fell through, either due to a counter offer by the Cleveland Browns or the NFL nixing ...

While the Cincinnati Bengals are mulling over how much to pay Landon Johnson, the Cleveland Browns have been busy. They acquired Shaun Rodgers (DT) in a trade, re-signed Jamal Lewis and Derek Anderson, picked up Corey Williams (DT) from Green Bay and just announced a deal with Donte Stallworth (WR). ...