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Tuesday afternoon links and notes

On Wednesday, you can see Marvin Lewis and Shayne Graham at the Savannah Center in the Union Centre area. For $20 you can sample food from more than 20 restaurants (that alone is worth the cost).

The Bengal Blitz has a very pessimistic view of Stacy Andrews.

Before taking the Red Eye flight out of California to join his camp, T.J. Houshmandzadeh has been working with Carson Palmer in southern California.

James Walker gave the Bengals an "F" for their 2005 draft. Which, today, is accurate (especially since Eric Ghiaciuc and Jonathan Fanene are the only players on the active roster). Hindsight is an over-rated tool used by those that love quoting history because the present is either too boring, or reflecting of history -- no matter how off-beat the connection is. But, the season those players were rookies, they were HUGE contributors. At the time, it was a hellva draft. In hindsight, it actually set us back a bit.

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The NFL draft- any sport’s draft- is a crapshoot(see Bosworth, Brian and Leaf, Ryan). Hindsight is also good for those too perplexed by the ambiguities of the present to form an opinion. Pollack and Thurman, barring circumstance beyond our control, would have been two thirds of a LB corps the envy of the league. Obviously, nobody could have foreseen the tragedy of Pollack but I’d argue that Odell’s eventual problems were not writ large on him coming out of UGA either. In all seriousness, I can’t fault the team for either of those two picks. Odell is like Josh Hamilton, without the support system of family and friends, without(so far) the strength of character, and, presumably, without the Jeebus that helped the former Red get his shit together.

Chris Henry was a different story. He was a reach and, despite flashes of Moss-like athleticism, we got burned. But, hell, we took a shot and it didn’t work out.

In any event, it’s history, and I’m much more concerned with this year’s draft, this year’s team, etc…

by IgnatiusJReilly on Jul 15, 2008 7:15 PM EDT reply actions  

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