Tuesday morning links and notes -- What of Chris Perry?
by Kirkendall on Oct 21, 2008 10:37 AM EDT
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Not only is Cedric Benson taking over as the team's feature back, but there's suspicion out there that Chris Perry may have proven himself off the Cincinnati Bengals. Considering the team is winless through seven games, with one of the worst rushing offenses in the league, that doesn't sit well for his future prospects.
Hobson thinks he believes he enjoys watching Benson at work.
However, Chris Perry has been bothered by a shoulder injury.
James Walker, by way of Scouts, Inc., provides a blurb about Rivers' season.
"If you're trying to find something positive in Cincinnati this season, it has to be the play of first-round pick Keith Rivers. Rivers has played mainly on the weak side in the Bengals' 4-3 system, but might be best suited as the MLB that could hopefully stabilize the interior run defense that's been missing since Marvin Lewis took over head coach. He has three-down value based on his size and quick-twitch athleticism but plays only on first and second down, which indicates to me that he's not real comfortable in the system yet. Meanwhile, he is a big, physical linebacker who is learning how to play on the second level in regards to his key and reads. He can bend and attack downhill gaps with good knee bend and leverage. He has good functional strength with explosive hand use but must be more consistent in his stack-shed while getting off blocks. He has the speed and quickness to close on ball carriers, extend to sidelines and make plays in space. He is a strong open-field tackler. Any time a rookie misses a substantial amount of time due to injuries it obviously hinders his development as a player. But from what I've seen, the Bengals will definitely miss their first-round pick, especially his play-making skills within their system.
Glenn Holt will likely return this week against the Texans.
The biggest disappointment this season has been the offensive line.
Don't you love I told you so pieces? Though it grows increasingly hard to be a fan -- and I'm the idiot that reads and writes about them every day.
After the NFL saw the third head coach fired during the season, some are now looking at Marvin Lewis and Rod Marinelli as the next one's to go.
A list of free agent offensive linemen in 2009 (via Footballsfuture.com)
Matt Birk
Marc Colombo
Mike Goff
Jordan Gross
Mark Tauscher
More.
For obvious reasons, Palmer's favorite place is Hawaii.
Palmer is out Sunday against the Texans.
Even though the UC Bearcats are undefeated in the Big East (well, after one game), sporting a 5-1 record, they aren't ranked right now... for good reason. “We haven’t beaten anybody really that has any marquee appeal to it,” Kelly said. “Rutgers is a really good football team but they were 1-4 or 1-5 at the time. You’ve got to beat quality teams to get ranked in the top 25. We haven’t beaten anybody yet. I think we’re right where we should be.”
This weekend they play Connecticut (5-2, 1-1), who have suffered back-to-back losses on the road to North Carolina and Rutgers. UConn will be eager to win a Big East game, at home, where they've won 10 straight games -- the last team to beat UConn at home was the Mark Dantonio Bearcats on November 25, 2006 (26-23).
After UConn, UC hosts #16 South Florida (6-1, 1-1), head to West Virginia (4-2, 2-0) and Louisville (4-2, 0-1), host #17 Pittsburgh (5-1, 2-0) and Syracuse (1-6, 0-3) before finishing the season at Hawaii (3-4). The game against South Florida will be a Thursday night game on ESPN.
Dave Curtis gives the Bearcats a long shot to winning the Big East.
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…I got it off the message board from the Bengals website.
http://home.ntelos.net/~blades/BudLightPresents.mp3
Its funny that Mike Goff is out there. I actually hope we go after him. The only Bengals jersey I own is Mike Goff’s #63—for reasons you may be able to deduce from my nickname. My father was wearing it to a game in 2003 and Mike Goff’s family approached him asked why he had their son’s Jersey—he explained the name thing and asked if the Bengals would be resigning Mike. They said no—even though he wanted to stay—they weren’t negotiating with him. Of course, Goff is playing guard on one of the better lines in the NFL—makes you wonder.
Benson hitting Polamalu—
by goffchile on Oct 21, 2008 10:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Regarding Lewis & Marinelli
If it was true Lewis would be gone afterwards, this developing 0-16 season would be well worth it. But sadly Lewis won’t be gone. What a shame Mike Brown’s most prolific move to join the 21st century, e.g., hire a organization outsider as head coach, it’s tragic Lewis was that choice. Being an NFL head coach is just too big for Lewis. We’ve now wasted 6 years of Lewis on what should be a Hall of Fame career for Palmer.
by Timzilla on Oct 21, 2008 1:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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I’m just not sure that we can trust Mike Brown to hire a coach that will actually do better than Lewis — no matter what everyone thinks of him.
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by Kirkendall on Oct 21, 2008 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lewis Part 2
Agreed, the after-Lewis era is no guarantee to be any better … and no, Mike Brown has never given us a reason to be believe he’s capable of replacing Lewis with someone better. But the fact this team now has to be pretty much entirely rebuilt, can we really entrust Lewis to do the rebuilding? A slight glimmer of hope (beyond ’08) is all fans have … and keeping Lewis in my opinion kills that little bit of glimmer. Lewis is not an NFL head coach … never was, never will be. Our only hope is that Brown gets lukcy and for the first time ever, makes a good choice for head coach.
by Timzilla on Oct 21, 2008 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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We have to remember that Lewis was given the task of rebuilding a 2-14 team, of which his team went 8-8 in 2003 and 8-8 in 2004. Whatever most people think, that’s huge. Then they go into the playoffs with an 11-5 record, of which translates to an 8-5 record in 2006 before blowing up into a 7-19 record since. My point is that given another chance to rebuild, he might do better that could sustain success.
On the other hand, you’re 100% correct. His game management hasn’t been great (boy, that’s a nice way of putting it, isn’t it?) and we know he has input on personnel, but not the final say.
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by Kirkendall on Oct 21, 2008 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Back to the Future
The more games Lewis coaches, the more I find it harder and harder to give him credit for temporary rise above the 2-14 days, because we’ve obviously gone full circle and are right back where we started. Agreed, his game management skills are horrible, probably the worse this team has ever seen … his teams lack discipline and focus … and he continually gets out-coached week after week. When you look past the flash-in-a-pan 11-5 year and see the full body of work it’s, well, dismal. Unless I’m missing something here, I think he’s by far the worst the head coach in the League.
by Timzilla on Oct 22, 2008 5:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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