Post Game Open Thread: Cincinnati Bengals 20 (2-1) at Carolina Panthers 7 (0-3)

The Clowns kept it close in Baltimore today; offense needs to show up next week.

Nice to see Ced giving out about the identity of the offense and he gets his first EVER NFL receiving TD.

That win exorcises Oakland last season. Gotta build from here…

…ask the Skins – 14-0 down to a rookie

Colts had a bunch of close losses. They still pulled out wins. It’s going to be close, it’s not going to a blowout, especially with this offense, but we’re not a pretty team. We don’t go out and try to look good, that’s fluff, the excess, things that the finesse teams go for. We’re not a finesse team, we’re smashmouth, rough, and dirty. If you have problems with that, I got one thing to say:

I don’t understand how shitty the offense is! I’m happy they won but next time we play a team that can actually score it’s gonna be a long day.

http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Defense-carries-the-day/60201c99-fff7-41e0-aef5-b7f5d1f04708

…looks like he’s writing for a fan website!

just not sure why he hasn’t been sharp at all.

When was the last time he threw 3 TD’s a game?

who has complained about Carson should be saying I told you so, but let’s take a look at what the real problem is.
 Carson, who has had in the first few years of his career a great Oline, now doesn’t have one. Carson just doesn’t trust them at all, along with the horrible play calling of Bratworst. Bratworst i think, doesn’t trust them himself.
This is getting a little ridiculous that they are sitting a first round draft pick for undisclosed reasons. Well, we all can assume why, can’t we? Dennis the Rollover Roland sucks! (enough said about him) Kyle Cook can be a good center but with all of the other bad plays from the other lineman, he has to pick up the slack and we know a player should only do his job and not someone else’s job. That there is one of the problems with the Oline. I watched today, Carson way too skittish in the pocket again. He rushes his throws even when he has time. I call this being GUN SHY. David Klingler anybody? This Oline is too inconsistent and has Carson too afraid of getting hit and hurt. They have to fix this problem fast or we will be on the outside looking in, again.
Maybe it’s time for Marvin to make someone accountable for the inconsistent play of the Oline. Benching manboobs is not going to light a fire under the rest of the line.

Yeah, Carson sure did have a good number of terrible throws, but the dropped passes really hurt today.

I said it before, when we have a lot of penalties we win. We may win ugly but we win. We have had one clean game this year and we lost.
As far as the QB issue no one can know for sure how good/bad Palmer is until we get someone that can call the plays . Lord knows that our O-coordinator cannot do it.

Defense played ok;Carolina were poor.
Gresham needs to become even more of a fixture in the coming weeks,if he does then Chad and TO will benefit,we seem to force plays to them.
Shipley,like gresham needs to figure more.
For the Love of God,surely Smith is better than Roland. Its time to find out what Hippopottasmith has because he cant be much worse than the walking Penalty.
Palmer was awfull today,some of the passes,late and high over the middle were not passes that a vet QB should be making. He seems to be pressing to Chad/TO
The pass protection wasnt great but wasnt horrible,run blocking was very inconsistent,Benson got better as the game went on.

this offense cannot get in any semblance of rythm with Brat scheme’s and then seem to spend the whole game pressing,lets start no huddle and hopefully spark some rythm early.

The main problem I have with Carson Palmer is that he telegraph’s his throws. From what I saw, he didn’t take his eyes off the receiver he was targeting. I was always taught this was a huge no-no. It makes me worried because it’s a lot easier for CBs/Safteties to pick the ball or cause an incompletion. All Carson has to do is look away for a brief second and then go back to his preferred receiver. I know he’s nervous, doesn’t want to get hit, or whatever. But, he can’t be soo obvious with where he’s throwing the ball.

for standing up two weeks ago and taking responsibility for his units poor play. Where are you Brat? The offense has been pathetic and we hear nothing from you. No explanations, no ownership, no appologies, no promises,…. Not even excuses. You sir ARE the problem.

It starts at the top and the Brat I believe is this offenses main issue. It’s actually unreal he’s been here since 2001?? He’s gotta go asap and Zampease should fill his vacancy for the remainder of the season….this offense needs a fresh start.