Batman, Robin and Alfred Have a Bad Day

The moral of the story is that Palmer played terrible, again. He threw it to the wrong team several times, again. We won the game and that is great and I am excited to be 2 and 1 especially considering our schedule to this point but the fact is that Palmer is holding this team back. Ive made excuses for Palmer for 3 years but now Im done. If he doesnt get it together this year then it is time to draft a QB in the first couple of rounds.

If you just want to rant, then rant away. But a major part of the problem is that Palmer is never going to complete many long passes to Chad and Terrell with the kind of field conditions he faced today. You did notice it had been raining and that the field was mushy? Right? That factor alone is going to neutralize a lot of the timing patterns that Chad and Terrell typically run. Their ability to make sharp cuts in those kind of patterns is just going to be too unpredictable. Same with the long outside passes that cover a lot of ground.

On the other hand, the thing that will hold up fairly well are the quick slants, screen passes, and short passes where the receivor sits down in a cleared out area. In other words, the kind of passes that Shipley and Gresham mostly get.

Palmer continues to have too many mental mistakes: the wrong throw into the given coverage and audibles without knowing the play clock (why does this happen every week???). He also still throws high when he feels pressure around him.

I think this team will do well down the stretch because of its defense, the depth and overall talent level, but I think we’ll need Palmer to find his groove if we want to have any chance of post-season success.

Chad and TO mostly run deep routes, while Gresham, Shipley, Leonard, and Benson run short routes— take a look at Gresham’s catches today- almost all of them came on short screens. That is why Palmer’s completion percentages are better to Gresham, Shipley, etc., then Chad and TO. Carson can’t throw the deep and intermediate routes with any sort of accuracy anymore. The problem isn’t Chad and TO, its Carson

Leon hit the QB just after he released the ball and the tackle was all body (no blow to the head). Trent’s hit was a little late but he was going full-speed to a guy who should have caught the ball. They called a blow to the head, but replays don’t show any contact. Sketchy calls IMO.

Chad quit on a few routes and again made a couple of rookie mistakes. TO seemed at times to be taking palys off. Benson, Leonard, Scott, Gresham and Shipley played very well IMO. The big problem seems only to exist between Carson and TO and Chad. The TD pass to Caldwell would most likely have been a completion if not for the PI call.

There is np doubt that Carson needs to get on the same page with Chad and TO. The Oline needs to improve – thay played better last year with the same people. Cook is getting pushed back. All of this is true.

But the biggest concern for me is the overall lack of polish in both the Offense and Special teams groups. There are some D problems too, but since they are overall doing well I can let them slide. Cosby seems to be less effective ans punt and KO coverage is also a bit sloppy. I think it is coaching.

But, hey, we played badly and still won. If Carson, Chad and TO can just get it somewhat together we can still be very good. Cleveland gave Baltimore all they wanted in Baltimore. If we play next week like we did today it is very possible we will lose and in case nobody has noticed Pittsburg is 3-0 without Ben.

BRATSUCKSKI makes Palmer look bad & Palmer makes BRATSUCKSKI look bad. Fact is in the gay ass Batman & Robin shit is that the Bat Mobile had it’s tires slashed in the parking lot by Bratsuckski & Palmer. The only crimes right now are 1) BRatsuckski has a job & 2) the money Palmer is stealing from the Bengals every Monday when he picks up his paycheck. Where is the leadership on this team? The Batman & Robin thing is as tired as the offensive play calling!