Saturday morning links and notes -- Blackburn speaks about Henry signing

by Kirkendall on Sep 6, 2008 12:02 PM EDT in Analysis Comment 4 comments

Antwan Odom is back, and ready. "I'm 100 percent now. It feels good. I'll definitely be ready. It's a good matchup (with Gaither). He's big and athletic and has some good hands. He's wide and broad. I've just got to get around him."

It's Ochocinco, not Ocho Cinco, or Ocho-Cinco, writes the PFT boys, via a Smoking Gun post that got their hands on the legal document regarding Chad's name change. Florio also writes that it's setting a bad precedence when a player changes his name.

Offensively, the Bengals aren't worried with Willie Anderson on the Ravens active roster, or tight end Nate Lawrie with the team's practice squad. "We already had to revise everything anyway, things we did offensively," (head coach Marvin) Lewis said. "We started the game plan on Monday, so basically that's not a big worry. There are things we did revise and change and knew we had to do. Our offensive players have made the adjustment. We talked with (quarterback) Carson (Palmer) Sunday night, and he started to make the revisions Sunday night with the offensive coaches."

Is the Bengals front office "out of touch"?

James Walker is in the minority when predicting this weekend's game between the Bengals and Ravens. He predicts that the Ravens will beat the Bengals 16-14. Somehow, I'm not surprised.

It's now or never for head coach Marvin Lewis.

Katie Blackburn speaks about signing Chris Henry.

CBS is suing the NFL Players Association, after the NFLPA threatened to sue CBS for... wait for it, STATS.

AROUND THE LOCAL COLLEGE SCENE

Why is it so god damn hard for people to spell Cincinnati? Apparently the geniuses of a freaking college can't even do it.

Ohio University players say it's a "dream come true" to play in Columbus.

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Odom / Jeanty

How much can we really expect from them? Odom hasn’t played a snap and Jeanty is starting to feel like the Chris Perry of the D – ton’s of promise but always injured

by swebbIL on Sep 6, 2008 1:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jeanty

had an injury-riddled ‘07 but, before that, was always out there. He’ll be fine and so will Odom. It’s nice that we start out against an anemic offense- even with an experienced QB under center. McGahee is banged up and we may see more Ray Rhodes than him, which isn’t too much of a step down ability-wise but is in terms of protection packages, blitz pickups and whatnot.

James Walker really isn’t deserving of being linked to here. We already know what he’s going to say- and how wrong it will be- before he ever opens his mouth.

I just hope that Nueve has time to get the ball to Ochos Cinco, Quatro, Uno, and Nueve, plus the occasional dumpoff to Dos Tres. Meanwhile, it would be nice to see big plays from Cinco Cinco, Cinco Siete, Cinco Nueve, Cinco Seis, Nueve Ocho, Nueve Quatro, Nueve Nueve, Nueve Uno, Quatro Siete, Dos Nueve, Dos Dos, et al.

Is the Bengals front office “out of touch”?

That’s got to be a rhetorical question, right? Just down the page, Katie proves that the apple not only doesn’t fall far from the tree but that it stays right where it was sprouted.

I think it’s more now or never for the Bengals’ ties to Marvin. If this season is anywhere from mediocre to epic FAIL, Marvin will walk before Mike even decides on what new head ball coach he can deball next.

by IgnatiusJReilly on Sep 6, 2008 7:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Great post. Seriously lol'ed. :)

On a related topic, I’m wearing my brand new Ocho Uno jersey right now to break it in for gameday tomorrow. w00t!!1 Got it from jungleperson over at cincybengals.com…it’s gorgeous!

by A Pragmatic Bengals Fan on Sep 6, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs