Cincinnati Bengals (1-1) Links and Notes: Monday 9/21

by jsl413 on Sep 21, 2009 7:00 AM EDT in Notes

The Bengals won! That means we're 1-1, almost 2-0 (can I say that since we won?) and looking much improved in most areas of the game going into a big week 3 divisional contest at home against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The offense was improved, putting 31 points up (thanks in part to the man in the photo to the right), although Carson Palmer made two terrible, awful, inexcusable decisions/throws to Charles Woodson.

The defense played another great game, and 14 of the points Green Bay scored were results of Carson's interceptions. Many of the yards the D gave up (around 100) were in garbage time. Antwan Odom earned last year's salary, registering his 3rd through 7th sacks of the 2009 campaign, and probably the defensive player of the week award.

Enough of me, let's see what the real journalists are saying about the game around the internets.

As always, here are post-game quotes from the Bengals victory over the Packers on Sunday. Pretty brief this week, but everyone seems pretty happy. Marvin complained about poor play in the "sudden change" department. I think Cosby's punt returns were pretty good, but I guess Carson's picks were pretty atrocious. Aaron Rogers also thinks Leon Hall (plus safety help) were excellent in shutting down Jennings. Packers defensive players gave some props to the Bengals offensive line too.
Here's Hobson's recap of the pass rush, focusing on Odom's excellence. Don't forget, though, that Rey Rey had a sack and 2 forced fumbles today, too.
ESPN's Countdown Daily loved the Bengals today. Noted physicality, pressure, and offensive balance! Ced drew comparisons to Rudi and Corey in their primes. The play action is brutal. Chris Carter gave the game ball to Cedric Benson... guess he didn't see Antwan Odom.
James Walker says the Bengals took a giant 'leap' forward. Clever play on words, James. Worth a read though, he got some quotes that others missed. I think the national media is really on the Bengals bandwagon. Winning in Lambeau, and recovering from the BS and PBS all in one week is impressive to the talking heads.
SI.com has a story on Chad's Lambeau Leap, with a YouTube video embedded.
Green Bay's 3-4 was pretty ineffective. The Green Bay Press-Gazette tells you why.
Warren Sapp, former almost-Bengal, apparently called out Carson Palmer, and wasn't around to eat his crow later. Nice find from LA Times blogger Diane Pucin.
Here's Paul Daugherty's recap. "Deja-Who-Dey didn’t show its ugly mug, thanks to a lot of players," wrote Doc, a fitting recapitulating sentence to a game that saw a lot of Bengals contribute. It was a real team effort, and I don't think the media can really talk down about the team spirit of this club. No more "talent" without "team." I'm cautiously excited. Joe Reedy also recapped the game for the Enquirer.

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checked chads twitter today

and he’s offering to invite obama to the bears game for one of his upcoming td stunts.

by palewook on Sep 21, 2009 10:09 AM EDT reply actions

nice use of the word “recapitulating.” at first i thought it didn’t mean what you thought it meant, but i was wrong (in hindsight, i guess it is impossible to re-surrender).

yesterday brought a lot of optimism. if we can string two together, there’s no reason the optimism won’t be brimming.

you're all posers. i hated bratkowski before it was cool.

by Raging Clue on Sep 21, 2009 10:27 AM EDT reply actions

I think

Anyone who complained about the Odom signing should apologize now, more for your own saftey, because Odom may just crush you on his way to the quarterback.

by jim0ijk on Sep 21, 2009 10:27 AM EDT reply actions

im sorry

"Ghiaciuc's play was a distraction"

by Joe Goodberry on Sep 21, 2009 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions

I don't know if I would go that far

People definitely had their reasons at the time last year. If Ghiachac had somehow become a solid starter at KC (which I know, never even came close to happening), would we have had to apologize for complaining about his play here?

Its great how every photo of Chad’s leap had to be photoshopped because one of the Green Bay fans was flipping the bird.

It's still a good season if we go 2-14 and beat the Steelers twice.

by Bengals FTW on Sep 21, 2009 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions

AHHH....victory

Isn’t life so much better following a win?

We need that pass-rush effort to keep up. 4.5 sacks for game ain’t too shabby.

With a PIT team that uses more 5-wide-sets than i-formations, Odom and Geathers better be eatin their Wheaties for the next 7 days.

3 yards and a pile of dust

by Hudepohl Dey on Sep 21, 2009 12:43 PM EDT reply actions

4.5 sacks per game, sorry

3 yards and a pile of dust

by Hudepohl Dey on Sep 21, 2009 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions

I liked it

Lot’s of great efforts. Odom, Rey, Cedric, Leon Hall, Palmer for 3/4 of the game, the WR corp in general, Quan and Co on special teams, and the 3rd down offense. Lots of contributors, making it fun to watch.

That being said, it will be tough to beat a team used to winning like the Steelers if Cincy commits 100 yards in penalties and gives up 14 points of turnovers. Still it was great seeing the defense frustrate a high powered offense and the offense back to business.

Looking forward to this week, the Bengal defensive front should create havoc in the pocket, which will unfortunately allow Big Ben to do what he does best (on the football field). I’m worried about the coverage skills of the safeties when the pocket breaks down and Big Ben does his thing to keep plays alive. On offense, not seeing Troy P. will be nice as the Bengal wide outs match up favorably with the Pitt defensive backfield. If the OL can keep the pressure of Palmer, and open up enough holes to keep the run game active, it should be a very exciting game for us Bengal fans.

by Cedric Benson Boat Party on Sep 21, 2009 12:45 PM EDT reply actions