Who Dey

How many people here remember saying how much they did NOT want LJ when Cinci signed him? Is all that talk gone?

I think we did a heck of a job on their best player. His only real highlite was the gimick pass to Quin.

but concerned with the playcalling at times; Brat continues with the run,run,pass formula and teams have the tip off on this,we have seen Palmer getting hit more times in the last two games than we have the whole season. Hey its a win so cant criticise to much but mixing it up a little will keep defenses of track.

And Mike Carey sucks.

I know we ran for 200 yards that past two weeks, but it seemed like when we needed to complete passes Palmer either threw a poor ball or didn’t have time to find anyone, similiar to last week in Oakland.

I feel one of the announcers said it best when he said they run the ball so much Palmer never gets a chance to establish a rythym. Even when ee had time to throw Palmer couldn’t find open receivers on numerous occasions. What happened to us using hard play action more to set up the pass? I think we called one play action pass today.

It would be nice to see us get this ironed out next week against the Lions before we hit the tough schedule we have coming up.

Maybe due to the fact,we arent going to full anyone trying these plays on 3rd and 6 or more. We only seem to pass on obvious passing downs,the Defense knows whats coming..

WHO DEY?

That is an incredible accomplishment.

On the other hand Caldwell made a couple of clutch catches on third down

Despite our top back being out.Im also starting to think B Scott is our new James Brooks.

That, as someone mentioned, it really screws the rhythm of the passing game and when it’s crunch time, in the red zone for example where runs generally net you less per carry, you’re out of sync and have to settle for field goals. That’s what happened today, from my point of view in the stands. On the few passing plays we ran, Carson seemed to be flushed a lot (4 rushes), hurried, or hit several times.

The rushing game is working against teams that are really bad against the run, and it didn’t really work against Oakland outside of one big 60+ yard run from Scott. Teams win when they have balance on offense. Right now, our passing game forces us to be one-dimensional.

By the way, if the season ended this instant the Bengals would have a bye and the #2 seed. The first round would be Denver at San Diego, Jacksonville at New England. That means they’d most likely have the Patriots coming into PBS. Interesting matchup.

I liked the move and predicted LJ would do well in Cinci. So far, I was right. I missed the entire first quarter though thanks to me sleeping in 30 minutes. How did Andre Smith looked? I saw him in for a snap in the 2nd quarter…

GO RATBIRDS TONIGHT!!!

The Bengals became the 12th team since 1998 to sweep their division. Seven of those teams — including five of the last six — have reached the Super Bowl. … Cincinnati held its seventh straight opponent to fewer than 100 rushing yards.

only 31.8% of his carries today went for less than 3 yards. By comparison, 46.1% of Benson’s carries this year have gone for less than 3. LJ today had 4 or more yards on 58.3% of his carries, compared to Benson’s season mark of 41.7%.

It’s just one game, but there’s no doubt in my mind that LJ is tremendously better than Cedric.

our defense should have had a bunch more sacks and a million more picks, but oh well… andre got some reps, larry showed some promise, nard-dog pimps it again, foschi gave me some fantasy points, we completed the sweep, and crocker remains my favorite player.

i’m dreading the continuation of the bratkowski hate-speak though.

for those of you complaining about the passing game, please consider the following:

A) it is absolutely demoralizing to give up over 100 yards rushing to an opposing RB. Well, the bengals were damn close to having TWO RB’s accomplish that feat with LJ and BScott teaming up for 194 of the 207 team rushing yards.

B) “If it ain’t broke, why fix it?” Do you see any reason to put the ball in the air when you have a smashmouth ground game?

C) For years and years we’ve wanted a winning team. It’s no coincidence that our #2 rush defense and #8 rush offense has helped achieve a division sweep.

Feel free to rebut, call the game boring, whatever you please – it’s your opinion. It seems your begging for a formula that achieved us nothing in the past.

We need to be able to grind out games in the cold weather of December and January to reach our ultimate destination. I hope i’m not alone in my dreams of a tenacious defense teamed up with a “punch-you-in-the-mouth, bloody-nose, trench-warfare, punishing ground game” that kills the clock and dares opposing defenses to stop them.

The only stat that matters…….W

Playing the Vikes and the chargers,we will need to mix it up a little more. There Defenses are far superior than Clevelands or Oaklands,and more importantly,thier offences are much better also,I think its tough to imagine our Defense dominating these teams if we dont manage to convert on 3rd down and start making these drives go for TDS rather than FGs as has been happening over the last few games

I must say like any other Bengals fan , who cannot be happy with sweeping the whole AFC North Conf. It does seem though that we have let up a little on the passing game and the O-line did not protect Palmer when there was a pass play called as well as they did in the first part of the year . I know we have some weaker contenders coming up but the Raiders were suppose to be a weak opponent . I love the running game and think LJ did great today and we all know what Benson can do but I think you need to mix it up and open the field up more then I have seen these pass 2 games or we could face some disappointing loses . Then again what do I know I never played in the NFL .. It is just my opinion.

Keep the WHO DEY strong people !

but they still won by 2 scores. Bengals should beat Detroit next week or the world ends I think. Might play well against Minnesota, since we’ve done so well against that division under Lewis.

Last 3 games on the season seem like trouble though. San Diego is playing as well as anyone in the league. Jets are not light weights either. Plus cincinnati is 0-3 so far against the AFC (outside of the North).

mike carey and his crew did their damnedest to hand the game to the browns today; fortunately for us, the browns aren’t good enough to take advantage. and if joe thomas weren’t a holding machine today, michael johnson would’ve had at least two sacks.

also, laveranues coles needs to catch a damn ball, and it was nice to see shayne graham actually earn his check this week.