Thursday afternoon links and notes -- players give vote of confidence on Lewis

by Josh Kirkendall on Oct 30, 2008 12:58 PM EDT in Analysis

Chick Ludwig counters the argument that there's talent on this team. The truth is, if there's so much talent, why are they the only team being 0-8? However, Ludwig argues in another piece that it was Palmer's injury that doomed this team.

I have to be honest, but I like Rivers' attitude. I just hope he backs it up.

Matt previews this weekend's matchup with the Jaguars.

For all of those that think Lewis has lost the team, the players themselves speak differently -- though it would be nice if their play would reflect their comments.

Maurice Jones-Drew isn't looking past the Bengals. Though it would be nice if a Bengals player had similar thoughts as Jones-Drew did: "My motivation is for the love of the game, preparing for it and the fear of failing. The fear of not being able to play at my best is always motivation for me."

We could have had this guy.

Mike Zimmer is pissed off. "We'll be all right. We just played like crap in the second half."

Yes, Marvin Lewis, is in fact yelling at his players.

Robert Geathers has only four sacks since his 10.5 sack season in 2006.

I think people make too big of a deal comparing the popularity of baseball and football.

John Clayton lists his Ten Most Feared Players in the NFL -- think a Bengals player made the list?

Is the 2008 Bengals the worst Bengals ever?

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I’d say it’s definitely the worst performance by a Bengals team. Other 0-fer’s were accomplished with far less talent than we have on this team now or, let me rephrase that, with far less talent than what we, judging by contracts, pay like we believe we have now.

by IgnatiusJReilly on Oct 30, 2008 2:36 PM EDT reply actions

If...

1.) Carson hadn’t been injured…
2.) David Pollack hadn’t been injured…
3.) Eric Steinbach hadn’t been arrested…and if he’d stayed…
4.) Chris Perry hadn’t kept getting injured…
5.) Madieu Williams hadn’t been injured…
6.) Odell Thurman hadn’t been stupid…
7.) Justin Smith had been shown the door two years sooner…
8.) The league hadn’t meddled too much in the Shaun Rogers trade…
9.) Kenny Irons hadn’t been injured…
10.) Ocho Psycho hadn’t listened to RosenSatan…
11.) Mike Brown had a clue…
12.) Chris Henry had never been drafted… period…
13.) Ahmad Brooks had worked out as advertised…
14.) Willie Anderson were still in Bengal stripes…
15.) The Bengals knew how to draft…

I could go on and on, but we’ve all heard (and typed) it already…the point is that ALL of those binary statements were flipped to 0 instead of 1 and it has all led to the worst collapse in professional sports history, IMHO.

This team is truly the worst Bengal team ever, simply because it is doing the least with the most.

by TheWalrus1971 on Oct 30, 2008 3:06 PM EDT reply actions