The Daily Banter: Anyone Catch Ochocinco's "The Ultimate Catch"?

by Josh Kirkendall on Jul 12, 2010 9:42 AM EDT in Analysis

Interesting point: If Peyton Manning were to enter free agency as an unrestricted free agent, the amount of attention that LeBron James received would pale in comparison.

+ Geoff Hobson summarizes Chad's premiere of "The Ultimate Catch" which debuted on Sunday night. I did anything but watch it. Anyone else?

Chad Ochocinco during the Ultimate Catch: “Man, I haven’t seen this many girls on a football field since the last time we played the Steelers.” [ESPN AFC North Blog]

+ Andrew Whitworth talks about making the playoffs last year, the season that was and expectations for 2010.

+ ESPN's John Clayton believes that the landscape of backup quarterbacks in the league "has reached an abysmal level."

Thanks to the development of young quarterback studs such as Flacco, Matt Ryan, Ben Roethlisberger, Eli Manning, Philip Rivers and others, the starting quarterback position is as deep for quality as it's ever been in the NFL.

On the flipside, the backup landscape is a desert. More good teams have unknown, unproven quarterbacks behind the starter than ever before. An injury to a starting quarterback could take a 13-win team to six or seven wins in an instant.

+ Speaking of Hobson, he takes a look back at the ten years in Paul Brown stadium. Some of those moments include the Bengals unlikely win over the 9-0 Kansas City Chiefs in 2003, Corey Dillon's 278 yards rushing against the Denver Broncos, the 51-48 win over the Cleveland Browns among others. What's your favorite PBS moment in the past ten years?

+ The Cincinnati Enquirer's John Kiesewetter even set up a live blogging session for Chad's new show. Josh Katzowitz has a quick run down.

+ Raiders' wide receiver Louis Murphy thinks that Oakland will make the playoffs this year. Alex Marvez agrees, saying that "an NFL-record streak of seven consecutive seasons with 11-plus losses should end" with acquisitions (via trade, free agency and the draft) of guys like quarterback Jason Campbell, linebackers Rolando McClain, Kamerion Wimbley, Quentin Groves and defensive tackles LaMarr Houston and John Henderson.

+ NFL.com's Gil Brandt lists the top senior defensive lineman that will be next year's crop of rookies in the NFL.

+ The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wonders if head coach Mike Tomlin has credibility issues with Steelers fans.

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Now where have I head this before?

Oh yeah, that’s right. About a thousand times at Cincy Jungle in 2010.

More good teams have unknown, unproven quarterbacks behind the starter than ever before. An injury to a starting quarterback could take a 13-win team to six or seven wins in an instant.

2010 - The Year of the Tiger.

by UpStateMike on Jul 12, 2010 9:52 AM EDT reply actions

The biggest threat to any team that is any good

is the loss of the their starting quarterback, for us that would be pretty much fatal, I can’t see JT or Jordan leading us down the field at any critical moment in the near future, except for the Eagles who have Vick on the sidelines, the nfl is full of teams with a star quarterback and another team’s reject for a backup

by whodeydoc on Jul 12, 2010 10:01 AM EDT reply actions

ochos show..

Could have used a better scouting dept. There were some beauties but way more were BUSTED. Steelers line was classic. Overall, my eyes and ears are still burning from watching that junk. Hard knocks reruns is where its at. For what its worth did anyone else think DD Dorsey did a good job last preseason… Let’s get him out of CFL in case….

by quickslant on Jul 12, 2010 10:41 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Hard Knocks definitely overruled Ultimate Catch

NFL Network was playing Hard Knocks marathon style, so I got a good dose of Koolaid last night. I did flip over to VH1 and checked Ocho’s string of chicks out. It’s nice he had his buddy TO there to help out. Gave the guy a paycheck at least.

I think Chad had fun and added to his larger enterainment level, so no harm. Plus some eye candy didn’t hurt matters.

Oh, and after watching Dee Dee, he could be someone to grab if we needed him (ie Benson gets suspended for more than a game or two), but I don’t care for his attitude the more I watch him.

2010 - The Year of the Tiger.

by UpStateMike on Jul 12, 2010 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions

+1

Didn’t watch Ocho’s show (or any reality shows. Not my thing. Especially when dating is involved) but Hard Knocks reruns was a nice look back.

And my fav PBS moment was definitely the 58-48 victory over the Browns. I was in the corner of the end zone that Deltha O’Neal took back that game-ending pick six. Great moment, very entertaining game (if not depressing for our defense).

by nashville_chris on Jul 12, 2010 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions

RE: DeDe

He’s signed with the Detroit Lions.

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by Josh Kirkendall on Jul 12, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions

he just put up his new fan page on facebook..

check it out!

by 80%OFTHETIMEIMRIGHTEVERYTIME on Jul 13, 2010 1:51 AM EDT up reply actions

I liked it..

but it was still pretty crappy. I like the bracket style. THAT’s funny.

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by Ian_InsideTheShoe on Jul 12, 2010 12:36 PM EDT reply actions

What's your favorite PBS moment in the past ten years?

Mine would have to be the Monday night game against the Broncos. Ocho owned Champ Bailey all night long.

by JoseOle on Jul 12, 2010 12:42 PM EDT reply actions

That was awesome.

Mine is still the win over KC in 2003.

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by Josh Kirkendall on Jul 12, 2010 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Question about the Daily Banters

Do you guys like them? Do you have any suggestions? Would you like more NFL related material? More Cincinnati-based material? I’m finding as much Bengals related material as I can, but wanted to see what you guys thought.

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by Josh Kirkendall on Jul 12, 2010 2:01 PM EDT reply actions

I like how you add in the nfl related material and not just stuff about the Bengals, its about the only thing you can do until training camp rolls around, its just a slow time of year but it’ll heat up real soon, Reds stuff here and there is always good, if they do well we need to give them their props even though they have their own site

by whodeydoc on Jul 12, 2010 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Just waiting for July 29th

NFL-related material is great. The article about unproven quarterbacks was interesting. I wonder where J.T. rates among the 32 backup quarterbacks in the league? He gets bad-mouthed here a lot. Anyone want to rate them?

by bigoldguy on Jul 12, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m not as down on the guy as most people around here are. I’ll say this: I’d take him over Ryan Fitzpatrick any day of the week. That said, if Carson goes down, for more than 4 games, we can probably kiss our season goodbye.
That’s why it’s Carson-or-bust.

This is our year!

by Paul Cannon on Jul 12, 2010 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions