Open Thread - Titans @ Bengals (Game #2)

but will be watching (maybe on a delay, depends on how long it takes me to get to the store). I’ll check in when I can.

http://forum.go-bengals.com/index.php?showtopic=44592

Each week the guys over at go-bengals do a thread listing all the sites they find streaming the game. :)

Along with Dexter Jackson, the Bengals won’t have DB’s David Jones or Herana-Daze Jones.

Dexter Jackson
Reagan Maui’a
Herana-Daze Jones
Frank Davis
Andre Caldwell
Pat Sims
Jason Shirley

Frostee Rucker starts over Antwan Odom.
Chinedum Ndukwe starts over Dexter Jackson
Darryl Blackstock gets the start over Rashad Jeanty

look at all the depth we have in the secondary! look at the injuries. look at mike brown saving a buck. look at 4-12. yay us.

CBs
Joseph
Hall
Castille

Safeties
White
Ndukwe
Hebert
Lynch

Thornton
Peko
Harris

Probably see some DEs take some DT snaps.

Second straight week that Shirley was inactive… Sims being inactive is likely still his injury and perhaps, lack of preparation.

only 3 DT’s just like last week… when we let up countless 3rd and 1’s
we should have kept mike myers if we were going to have the rookies inactive

and what do we do in a dime situation?
FS White SS Ndukwe
4th CB ? Lynch? Hebert? please no

From WKRC:

 *WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9PM* Winds from 10-25 mph, gusting to 35+mph at times…increasing clouds…showers and thunderstorms developing. High: 87°

ALL select the Titans to beat the Bengals.

Palmer throws quick to Ben Utecht, deflects off his hands, and nearly picked. Utecht is down.

Handoff to Perry, power O to the right with Whitworth pulling to the right, gains about three yards.

Palmer in shotgun, with 3 WRs on the right, hits Reggie Kelly at the LOS, lost about 2 yards or so.

Three and out.

Punt coverage was there, making the stop quickly. Titans at the 46.

Johnson is HIT by Keith Rivers at the LOS. SWEET! Rivers just filled the cut back lane and stood up Chris Johnson.

Hand off to Johnson, BLOWN UP. Thornton stepped in front of the guard, beat him into the backfield, forcing Johnson at the LOS.

Antwan ODOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disrupts the pass, forces pass early and incomplete.

Defense is PLAYING ball today boys.

For the defense, we’ll need our D for all 4 quarters with this weather

Handoff to Perry, of the right edge — GREAT blocking — picks up about 7 yards. Though he lost the fumble that went out of bounds. Great job by Williams to make the block at the LB level.

Perry takes the handoff off the left guard/tackle, picks up a yard.

Bengals are no good on third and one.

Palmer hands off to Perry, UP THE MIDDLE to those DT beasts. Ghiaciuc made the block. First down.

Second time Perry lost the damned football — but the Bengals recovered, picked up two yards.

Palmer drops back, throws over the middle and hits Reggie Kelly, running up about five yards then curling out. Picks up about four yards.

Palmer passes, tipped at the line of scrimmage, and Antonio Chatman was in the area and picked up the first down. Sweet.

Hand off to Watson, up the middle. Watson kind of lost his balance.. the blocks were there. The run blocks look GREAT today. Two yards.

After an offsides on the defense, draw to Watson up the middle. Great job by Chris Hope to sprint around the line to drag him backwards. No gain.

Another third and short, converted on earlier. Palmer in shotgun, throws incomplete. Attended for Johnson, but Chris Hope beat Johnson swatting the pass. The pass was well behind Johnson and Hope, could have picked it.

Collins hits Gage, running to the first down marker and sitting. Picked up 9.9 yards. No pressure.

Collins hands off to Johnson, double TE set. Johnson picks up the first down on a short gain.

Collins drops back and throws. Dhani Jones blitzes, but is picked up. Ndukwe dives and knocks down the pass — it would have been complete, with Collins hitting the receiver in stride. Good job.

Great job. Titans pitch to the right, and Geathers contains by pushing his blocker backwards forcing Johnson to cut up. Jones and Peko make the stop for no-gain.

and nobody got thru

Bengals blitz. They brought two, Jones and Hall (though it could have been White) with Geathers dropping back (WHY WHY). Collins over throws the receiver, who had the defense beat.

Play action, Palmer throws to Coats for a one-yard pick up. Titans called for off-sides and Bengals accept.

Perry takes the handoff to the let, GREAT line blocking on the D-line. Perry dove to the first down — though he didn’t need to.

Palmer is toying with the defensive line. That’s the third Titans offsides — twice by a Palmer cadence and another while the D-line sets up offsides.

Palmer lines up with no-TE, I formation, Perry takes the handoff over the middle… Whitworth apparently frustrating Haynesworth — who ripped off his own helmet? Didn’t see it though.

Perry makes a one-handed grab three yards behind the LOS in the flats, loses five yards.

Rudi JOhnson never woul dhave caught that – and would not have lost yards.

Palmer in shotgun, split back field, and the Bengals are called for a delay of game.

The more I watch Palmer play this year, the more he looks like Drew Bledsoe. That is NOT a good thing.

I’m hearing it, not seeing it. But apparently Haynesworth, on the past two plays, is really frustrated by Whitworth’s total awesomeness. Whitworth has lost his helmet twice, though I’m not sure if he’s just losing it, or if Haynesworth has something to do with it.

Palmer, in shotgun (imagine that!), hits Reggie Kelly, for eight yards. Bengals punt.

Hits the punt returner signaling a fair catch. That’s a 15 yard penalty.

Fair Catch Interference should NEVER happen.

The Bengals offense is NOT even trying to go deep. Though it could be coverage. Still, Palmer has completed 5 of 7 passes for 17 yards; three attempts to Kelly, one to Chatman (on a tipped pass at the LOS), and one to Perry five yards behind the LOS.

The Titans would have had the ball at the TEN 26… instead it’s at the 41.

Chris Johnson has three yards on four attempts.

My HD feed is not working. I hate Rupert Murdoch.

LenDale White gets the handoff, gets hit at the 40. Dhani Jones makes the stop, but Robert Geathers shed off his blocker, slid down the line of scrimmage and helped.

Quick hit to Gage on the right, picks up eight yards and the first.

Five Yards after Contact.

White gets the handoff up the middle. Peko driven back a bit, but made the stop around White’s ankles after the five yard gain.

Bengals blitz with two off the right (they picked it up, again). Collins hits Gage on a quick seem, but over threw the pass again.

Palmer, 5/7 17 yards
Perry: 7 rushes, 27 yards

Reggie Kelly (team’s leading receiver): 3 receptions, 14 yards

Collins: 2/6 18 yards
White: 2 carries, 7 yards
Chris Johnson: 4 carries, 3 yards

Gage: 2 receptions, 18 yards.

Total offense

Bengals: 47 yards
Titans: 27 yards

Collins in shotgun, hits the WR going to the first down marker, then out. Picks up the first down.

Titans offensive line pushed back our DTs, allowing White to pick up three yards up the middle.

why does the defense ALWAYS let them get the first down?

Power went out for 10 minutes, thank goodness for the radio :P

Collins drops back, hits Brandon Jones who was wide open — JJ complaining of PI. 19 yard pick up. Jones DID push off JJ.

After a false start, Collins hands off to the FB (only RB in the set), fighting up the middle for a six yard gain.

Collins hits Gage, running ten yards up and then hooks. Picks up the first down at the Cincinnati five yard line.

Mike Zimmer is an IDIOT.

Isn’t doing anything complex. They are calling plain passing routes, and Collins is hitting them at the break.

Handoff to White, up the middle. He lowers his shoulder at the LOS and picks up about two yards after the collision with Rivers — Rivers didn’t give a whole lot of ground.

Collins, play action, throws to the endzone, incomplete. SHIT. Defense is called for 12 men on the field. WTF!

White, takes the handoff, leaps over everyone and gets the touchdown.

7-0 Titans

Went 11 plays, 61yards in 5:37

Should I even ask?

What happened to an “aggressive Zimmer defense?” That was a bend, bend, bend, bend, screw up, and eventually break defensive series. You have a back-up QB who is known for throwing picks – force him to beat you! That “ten yard cushion” BS is as bad as Bratkowski’s play calling last weekend.

Holt returned the ball from three yards deep in the endzone, and returned it to the 20.

Another Chris Perry debacle up the middle.

After another carry by Perry for no gain, Palmer sets up in shotgun.

On the play, Palmer throws DEEP to Chatman. Palmer just overthrew the pass — probably helped by the wind. Chatman had a step on the defender though…

Handoff to Chris Johnson. Peko and Rucker make the hit at the LOS for a small (if any) gain. The Bengals defensive line is breaking off their blocks on rushing play.s

JJ, good job. He recognized the WR screen and distracted the WR.

JJ played tough man coverage there instead of playing 10 yards off the WR.

Collins in shotgun. CBs are five yards off the WR.

ODOM ODOM ODOM. He sped rush around the line, swats the BALL!!!!! FUmble!!!!

Titans recover.

Hebert got his hand on the punt.

Punt Block. Something they should have done last week.

Defensively, we’re frustrating the Titans offense — except for the passing on that TD drive.

All of his punts have been off the side of his foot, just crappy punting. Maybe the wind is barely pushing the ball when he drops it for the punt. But he’s an NFL kicker. If that’s the case, he should be accounting for it.

Has one big-time pressure that forced an incomplete on third down. And records a sack and forced fumble.

Another incomplete. Trying to hit Coats. Bad pass.

That better be a first down.

Palmer drops to throw over the middle of the field to Chad Johnson. He runs up about 8-9 yards, turns and catches the pass. He spun and picks up the first down.

Titans called for another off-sides. Declined.

Palmer hands off to Chris Perry. He runs off the left side and cuts back behind Chris Ghiaciuc — GREAT blocking. Andrews cut the end, making a huge hole for nine yards.

After a four-yard dive by Watson, Palmer hits Chad on a five-yard up and out route. Palmer hit Chad on the break picking up five yards.

Even though the Ravens were playing well off teh WRs

Perry lost a yard. LB blitzed up the LOS and was unblocked for a one-yard loss. Good defensive play.

Palmer, in shotgun, hits Chad Johnson. Chad ran to the first down marker, turned and caught the pass for the first down.

Perry takes the handoff, hurdles a man at the LOS and picks up four yards.

Perry takes the handoff, runs to the left, forced to cut back right. Perry was forced to cut back after Eric Ghiaciuc was forced backwards into the backfield. Perry found a hole in the cutback and picks up about 5.9 yards.

Just get the damn first down!

Anthony Collins checks in on the third down, lines up on the left as a TE. They are going super-big.

Handoff to Perry, doesn’t make it.

Bengals go for it.

Palmer hands off to PERRY. TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!!!

Reminscent of Rudi’s TD against the Chiefs a few years back. Got past the D line and was gone.

Just murdered that side of the defense. They pushed the line down, Coats makes the block that frees Perry, while Perry broke out of a LB tackle.

15 rushes, 54 yards, TD.

With 3:16 left in the sixth quarter.

11 plays, 63 yards, 4:39

Collins hits Crumpler, about five yards up and hook. Picks up seven yards.

Hand off to White, for about two yards. GREAT stop by Rucker, to come down the LOS and hit White at the line.

Get that ball back.

Though the Bengals defense could change those plans.

No, the Bengals defense WILL change those plans.

I think they got a bad rap last week. Today, the Titans have run 12 times, for 25 yards. And remember, they are a running team.

Handoff to the FB, GOT STUFFED at the LOS, but didn’t go down. Second effort gets him the first down.

Chris Johnson gets the hand off. Geathers breaks off the blocker, twists inside and wraps on Johnson for a short three yard gain.

Bengals call a TO.

Titans called for false start.

Handoff to Johnson. Jives around Ndukwe, and sprints down the sidelines for 51 yards.

Bengals D has no mental toughness at all. The Duke looked awful there.

Handoff to Johnson, this time Ndukwe makes the stop after an eight yard gain.

14-7 Titans

WHO IN THE HELL WAS THAT?

DAVID JONES SHOULD BE CUT IMMEDIATELY.

David Jones (?)… I thought he was out. Collins hits Gage going out around the goal line. Jones was about five yards into the endzone at completion. The TD was too easy.

To allow a team that was trying to run out the clock to score before the half. Letting teams score in the last two minutes of a half KILLED the Bengals last year. Good Job not fixing that at all Zimmer.

If they had jut wrapped up on that 3rd and short play, this would all be moot.

Pathetic.

Palmer in shotgun, with :38 left. Hits DeDe Dorsey on a screen, picks up about 11-12 yards. Palmer is hurt.

Palmer, hits Dorsey on another screen, to the left and ALMOST SCORES!!!

He refused to run to space. Instead, he slows down and cuts BACK INTO THE TITANS DEFENSE. Memo to DeDe – run AWAY from tacklers – you aren’t that big!

Idiot.

Palmer: 10/14, 95 yards
Perry: 15 rushes, 54 yards, TD

Chad: 3 receptions, 29 yards.
Dorsey (suddenly the team’s leading receiver): 2 receptions, 49 yards.

Collins: 7/12, 72 yards, TD
Chris Johnson: 8 rushes, 67 yards (51 on one play)
White: six rushes, 15 yards, TD

Gage: 4 receptions, 40 yards, TD

Wind is beating up the transmissions, and beating on power.

Haynesworth hit Palmer behind his knees.

White hits bodies about two yards beyond the LOS. Picks up two yards.

MAKE A PLAY D!!!

Collins hits WR, running over the middle. Marvin White tried to take his legs out, but WR just spun out of it. Blackstock brings down WR with four yards to go for third down.

Collins HIT as soon as threw — John Thornton hit Collins — the ball was floated incomplete. If DBs turn around, could have been picked.

Hentrich got nailed.

The wind just took the snap, pushed it high and to the punter’s right. He couldn’t catch it.

We have to score with short field.

Palmer throws down the middle of the field. Holt dove for the pass, but the ball just went DOWN! and skipped to Holt.

Run a play action off tackle in that situation.

Hand off to Perry, wrapped up at the LOS and picks up nothing. Perry lost a shoe for the second time in the game.

Bratkowski, once again, proves he is an idiot.

Palmer, in shotgun, hands off to Watson for the draw, picks up about eight yards. Got to go for it because of the wind.

One short pattern, one middle pattern.

It works in Madden all the time.

Excellent.

Utecht left the stadium to supposedly go to the Stadium.

I’m not sure what’s been going on. But Third and Nine. Palmer drops back, throws an incomplete. He intended it for Watson, but there’s no way it would have been a first down.

Hits the right up-right, JESUS. Did you see it?

The ball kind of knuckled to the right. He aimed for left up-right, then almost immediately, the kick took a 90-degree shift and hit the other upright.

Ever since the Bengals got robbed against the Titans a few years ago when Dillon scored a TD but the refs said he did not get into the end zone.

At least he cut his mullet.

Almost like it split in half. Several big branches are across the back yard.

Hand off to White, Peko driven back about 2 yards, comes around and makes the stop. Two yard pick up.

Collins, under pressure, scrambles to the left, and then hits Gage — barely open — for a first down.

The BEngals D makes Kerry Collins look like Mike Vick. (sans the dogfighting).

Collins hits Jones — running up and then hooking out — for an eight yard gain. Hall about five yards off.

Collins hits WR on a quick hit to the left, picks up a first down on a short 3-4 yard gain.

The Defense is flat. No pressure on Collins.

Collins drops back, with no pressure, hits Chris Johnson over the middle — doing the standard RB hook 2-3 yards beyond the LOS. Picks up seven.

Nine yard gain by Chris Johnson. Seems like our defense is over-pursuing.

On first and ten, Rivers, runs down the line, finds a hole at the POA, and drops Johnson for a one-yard loss.

Collins hits Crumpler, on a quick five yard hook route, for about nine yards.

The tackling is embarrassing.

Hand off to White. Dhani Jones, Antwan Odom stuff the line of scrimmage around the point of attack preventing White from getting ANYTHING. Odom, GREAT!

Good. Bobbled snap. Made.

The uprights are swaying back and forth.

If Bironas can do it, Graham should be able to do it.

And we have MIke Zimmer letting the crappy Titans lead us by 10. Why do we let good coaches go?

Everytime he gets tackled, I expect a fumble, however.

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Third and Two, CIN49.

Palmer, in I-formation, hands off to Perry up the middle gaining NOTHING. Ghiaciuc’s guy made the first hit to stop Perry.

This sucks. Offense is the problem with this team, not defense.

C’mon defense, prove me right!

Big hole on the left side. Blackstock came in to fill the hole, but the FB takes him.

Collins throw a pass, underneath, incomplete. Pass was knocked down.

Hand off to Johnson, cuts back to the right after the left side was stuff. Geathers broke off his blocker, missed the tackle, but left with a two yard gain after Rivers makes the stop.

That could have been a huge gain off the cutback.

Hand off. Odom makes the hit on the RB at the LOS. Weird call. Titans punt.

They think they have it won.

This proves that if there is a God, he HATES the Cincinnati Bengals.

Hands off to Perry, good five yard gain up the middle.

Giving up that huge play at the end of the half when facing a vanilla offensive look was not worthy of a professional football team. That is why they will lose a ton of games this season.

Palmer hits Chad on a quick hook route for about four yards. Called for PI, Chad.

Palmer nearly collides with Perry. Palmer drops deep into the endzone, and hits Perry who BARELY gets out of the endzone.

LOST POWER AGAIN

Third and 11, Palmer in shotgun, runs and throws incomplete. Bengals punt.

This is the worst team I have ever seen play football. What the hell do they do all week?

They’re worse than the coaching staff.

Why arne’t they booing there? Has everyone left?

Incomplete to T.J. Good hit by Nick Harper to disrupt the pass.

Completed eight yard pass to Chad, running a hook route.

Ball slapped at the LOS. Fourth down. Bengals punt again. Crowd is BOOing loudly.

Titans: 235
Bengals “potent offense”: 196