Tuesday morning links and notes -- Craig signs with Panthers

by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 2, 2008 11:11 AM EDT

Angelo Craig was signed with the Panthers' practice squad (h/t: Prag and kirby28).

Bengals Nation Daily sees a 20-3 win over the Baltimore Ravens Sunday.

The newest Bengals lineman, Frank Davis, takes over Willie Anderson's locker; whether or not he'll fill the 19-EEE shoes is another question; guard/tackle position not withstanding.

Speaking of which, it doesn't appear that Willie Anderson will play for Chicago.

Chad will fuss and complain if the Bengals lose. I just hope that if he does, he doesn't play himself larger than the team and takes responsibilities if he misses that third-down reception.

Chick Ludwig and Chad Johnson are calling the release of Willie Anderson, a mistake. Says Chad, "Usually, you’re able to give a reason why it (getting cut) happens to certain people But I don’t have a reason why you let Willie Anderson go.”

AROUND THE LOCAL COLLEGE SCENE

While there's no time-table for Beanie Well's return, the Heisman candidate sat out Monday's practice still wearing his protective boot on his right foot.

The Sooners are impressed with the University of Cincinnati, even if they're three touchdown favorites.

My first metal album was Metallica's Master of Puppets; have been a ridiculous fan ever since. Anyway, in a few weeks, Metallica is releasing their ninth studio album called Death Magnetic. Here's the first song called The Day That Never Comes. It's eight minutes, and listen to the whole thing. It gets crazy good halfway through.

This is another, called My Apocalypse. Reminds you of Whiplash, somewhat.

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Bengals Nation Daily's Pick!?

Gee, I don’t think so! I know you guys had an active off season but I didn’t hear where you went out and got a shut down defense after sucking even more than we did last year. However, don’t expect to waltz into Baltimore and basically keep us off the scoreboard as piss poor as our offense has been. We’re still competitive at home, you guys still suck on the road and we may have gotten better through a better coach and o-coordinator and the rookie Flacco will be the real deal one day. At the same time, we still have Ray-Ray and gang and I’ll take an aging Ray Lewis over anything in your tiger stripes! Not only will you not shut us down, the Bengals may be one of the few teams in the league that my Ravens can and should beat. Don’t be shocked if you guys limp out of Baltimore Sunday evening bruised and battered, thanks to your porous offensive line and soft defense. Feel free to return the favor over at Baltimore Beatdown!

Rexx

by Rexx on Sep 2, 2008 11:58 AM EDT reply actions

The boys at Baltimore Beatdown are talking rough!

My minions, readers and compatriots… my people. ATTACK!!!!!!!!! :)

Iggy is already writing up a seven-page response in Word, right now. I just know it!

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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 2, 2008 12:54 PM EDT reply actions

Oh, and you're more than welcome to use the following

The Bengals have won three straight against Baltimore and have won six of the past seven games against the Ravens.

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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 2, 2008 12:57 PM EDT reply actions

Game 1

Rexx, you have a rookie quarterback starting behind a TERRIBLE O-line with no healthy backups. Not to mention we OWN the ravens. The winged rats are going down in week one.

by CincyMike56 on Sep 2, 2008 5:53 PM EDT reply actions

The Ravens? Are you fucking kidding me? You could play Flacco, Smith, and Harrington at the same time and our defensive substitutes could keep them on their side of midfield. You’ve got an offensive line full of matadors- OLE!, making McGahee and whoever is taking the snaps endangered species’, you’ve got no downfield threats and only an average tight end. Ray Lewis, great as he was, is older than me, and your overall D has, well, sucked since Adalus Thomas headed up the road to Boston. Let’s see; Ed Reed may be done as a Raven, McAllister has a bad knee, something’s wrong with Samari Rolle(I mean, something beyond being a Raven), Fabian Washington is nursing a hamstring and, with Derrick Martin, suspended anyway, Ray Lewis has an undisclosed injury, Kelly Gregg is gimping back from surgery. It’s like a fucking M*A*S*H unit and you weren’t exactly setting the world on fire healthy. So, who’s gonna cover our pro-bowl wideouts, Frank Walker and Corey Ivey? Anwar Phillips? How ’bout our new tight end? The crippled Lewis or the concussed Tavares Gooden? John Greisen? Fat chance. How ’bout Zbikowski- oh, wait, he was too slow at Notre Dame.

End result? Our still rounding into form offense gets healthy and efficient versus a decimated Ravens defensive squad, while our D reminds Cam Cameron that no matter how good an offense you scheme, it takes players to execute it. You don’t have any.

Bengals 34 Ravens 6

by IgnatiusJReilly on Sep 2, 2008 6:29 PM EDT reply actions

Almost forgot

Metallica fan since “Kill ’Em All” but they’ve sucked- hard- since “Justice”, since James decided he could sing, since Lars revealed himself to be a greedy fuck over Napster, since they started wearing make-up. Or, just since Cliff Burton died.

by IgnatiusJReilly on Sep 2, 2008 6:32 PM EDT reply actions