Question Of The Day: Is It Time For The Bengals And Chad Ochocinco To Move On?

 Everyone played with heart last night and I am proud of that. Everyone except Mad Chad. If he had his head out his ass we might have won this one. I think he was mad that T.O. got to do a TD dance and he didnt get his “opportunity”. He was a disgrace out there, first time EVER I do not want Chad on the team.

I’m more of a Chad defender than a Palmer guy but last night Chad was terrible. While I do think he and the Bengals need to part ways, I don’t think people should turn a blind eye to Palmer. His play was borderline mediocre. His ability to convert a third down is abysmal. Jaws and Gruden were taking shots at him the whole night. His interception into double (I think it was triple coverage) was absolutely awful. To me that was worse than Chad’s play last night.

I’m not excusing Chad, but I think a lot of people are still giving Palmer a pass (including the editors the of Cincyjungle).

Yes the pick was bad and I agree carson has to get better but at least he showed up in the mid 3rd and 4th. Chad was a non factor all game and was selfish when he did get a look at the ball.

was hold the ball too long on a few plays. Yea the interception was bad too but he had pressure in his face all game… actually all season

I have been hanging tough in the Las Vegas Hilton SuperContest: 23-16-1 overall and a respectable six games behind the leaders. The key to my season? The Bengals. I’m 4-0 picking against them because, apparently, I’m the only person outside of Cincinnati who realizes that Carson Palmer hasn’t been good in four years. My favorite thing about Palmer: His conventional statistics keep throwing everyone off his rancid scent — 1,855 yards (seventh overall), 12 TDs, seven picks, 83 QB rating. Not terrible, right?

So you have to dig a little … and that’s when you find out that he’s last in third-down passing (49 percent completion rate, 431 yards, 62 rating), or that defenders have dropped 215 possible Palmer interceptions (approximate), or that his receivers unofficially lead the league in walking off the field shaking their heads at one another (which, by the way, really should be a stat). If the Bengals were smart, they’d start pounding the ball with Cedric Benson and reducing Palmer’s effect on the game, but they aren’t, and that’s why I will keep picking against them. Just know this could be leading to one of the strangest football moments ever: fans chanting “WE WANT PALMER!” (for his brother) with Palmer in the game. That reminds me …

For those of you who watched the game, and felt Palmer did a good job. Shame on you, I really don’t want to be a Palmer basher, but his play on the field tells a different story. I am very disappointed this about this year. And I’m totally willing to give Palmer another chance, but at this point, we can’t just sit here and blame the coaches all the time. It comes down to the players.

On the last drive of the game, 3rd and 5, I understand taking a shot with TO. But you have two timeouts and the priority was to get the first down. Even if you pick up at least 2 yards, for 4th and 3, you’re closer to the getting the first down which would allow yourself for for another shot at the end zone. If Palmer can’t understand that, then I don’t know how people are going to sit there and talk about how Chad didn’t show up. When Palmer can’t understand the importance of picking up first downs in critical situations.

I think a number of current Bengals will be gone after this season.
I believe Marvin Lewis will definitely be gone,
I think there will also be a new Offensive Coordinator finally
T.O. will be gone,
Ocho; gone.
Jerome Simpson – was he ever really here?
and I really think that Carson Palmer will be gone too.

I think there will be a bit of cost savings in these decisions, but also a want to move the team in a new direction. I really do see a whole-sale cleansing of this team. One of the reasons I think this will happen is I believe Katie Blackburn will be taking more of these decisions on. Part of me believes this off-season will tell us a lot about how much Katie is taking over the reigns from her father. If there are a lot of changes she has more control, if things stay the same it is because Mike has not released his death grip on the franchise.

Chad absolutely has no heart anymore. He doesn’t care about football, helping his team win, or just being a decent human being on the field. He was crying like a little baby out there because he can’t get open. Palmer doesn’t even look his way anymore, and I can’t say that I blame him, if you know the guy is basically a decoy for TO then what’s the use? There have already been a few good points made about beating double teams, you just have to do it and Chad can’t. You can’t tell me that every team we’ve played so far has such a good secondary that this guy can’t get open an average of 5 to 8 times a game and at least produce game in and game out? TO is beating the same double coverage that Chad can’t and TO is drawing the other teams #1 guy now more than Chad. The fact is he isn’t the same player from even two years ago, but everyone is still holding onto some hope that he returns to old form. The Chargers had to finally face reality with LT and release him because he’s not the same player. It’s time the Bengals did the same with Chad.

He doesn’t need to be kept just to draw double teams either. I best most people (myself included) couldn’t name the #2 of the Patriots the last 3 to 4 years (and it’s not Welker lining up on the outside opposite Moss). The Bengals could run the same deal, one deep threat with Shipley and Gresham underneath, The only way for this team to get better is to realize they are in transition and move on by ridding the team of the old guard such as Chad and Marvin.