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Book-em: Predictions for the year 2009
August 02, 2009 by
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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.
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Optimism? In the Nati?
June 26, 2009 by
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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.
Mike Brown and the “GM” bonus
April 27, 2009 by
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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...
Some draft beer and draft thoughts
April 26, 2009 by
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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...
Houshmandzadeh a Seahawk
March 02, 2009 by
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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...
What the hell?
March 02, 2009 by
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Cincinnati Bengals T.J. Houshmandzadeh is currently deciding between three teams - according to C. Trent Rosecrans (who has just one initial for a first name?), the Bengals are offering the best contract. Who would have figured. Now, if we can just get Carson Palmer to handle the draft …
Meanwhile …
February 28, 2009 by
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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...
Bengals pushing hard to keep Housh
February 27, 2009 by
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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...
And the Bengals draft … Michael Crabtree?
February 25, 2009 by
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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...
Benson to test free agent waters
February 22, 2009 by
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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...
Another one bites the dust
February 17, 2009 by
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The Cincinnati Bengals appear to be breaking the trend started two years ago of not re-signing its franchise players. Cincinnati put the tag on kicker Shayne Graham, who will make $2.4 million, which is the average salary of the top five players at his position.
This leads to imminent...
The future
December 26, 2008 by
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So 2008 winds down, and the Cincinnati Bengals find themselves one more win, or one more loss, from picking anywhere from fourth to seventh in a draft. It’s a position they should be experts at, since perennially, that’s the position this franchise traditionally finds itself...
A splinter in the eye
December 02, 2008 by
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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...
At least someone has it worse
November 28, 2008 by
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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...
Best and worst coaches in the NFL
November 13, 2008 by
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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...
Feel good?
November 10, 2008 by
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That’s two weekends in a row we didn’t have to watch the Cincinnati Bengals lose …
Something you’ll never see in Cincinnati
October 26, 2008 by
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A coach who actually looks like he cares about what happens on the field.
Blind side
October 20, 2008 by
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Does anyone with a brain believe, if Hines Ward played defense, he would get away with this ****?
Bungal-ed
October 13, 2008 by
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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...
Screamin’ A on Marvin
October 05, 2008 by
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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...
Injured again
June 02, 2008 by
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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...
Henry is gone
April 20, 2008 by
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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...
Free Agency Update: Williams, Smith Gone; Jones signed.
March 27, 2008 by
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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...
85 trade rumors
March 24, 2008 by
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I was just wondering when did the Ocho Cinco trade rumors really start? This article is from october.
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