somebody's got a case of the mondays......

by gatornevabeenaboutdat on Aug 22, 2011 12:11 PM EDT

So yeah......well actually, yeah......, matterfact, yeah......

1st half highlights:

Holding on the opening kick off return.

Dalton's 1st throw, continues the overthrow experience.

Leon Hall misses the pick that we all have come to depend on him for.

Aj Green, lazy tip pick...(see last post about how lazy aj green is now)

Touchdown Jets, Manny Lawson running around confused again. (see last post about manny lawson running around confused)

Fumble Cedric Benson...awesome.

Kevin Huber 77 yard punt. (one of marvin's own scouting projects....funny how he's a local kid)

Reggie Nelson is legit (see last post about reggie nelson/madden)

2nd false start on offense.

Dalton's 2nd throw is way behind the TE (Boling picked up a nice blitz on this play)

Dalton's 3rd throw, way behind Shipley.

Dalton's 4th throw, way overthrow's Caldwell, interception....awesome!

2nd pick by Dalton in 5 min.

Milli Vanilli had a hit song in 89 called "blame it on the rain", perhaps this was Dalton's warm up music.

Welcome back Domata Peko, we've missed you fam.

Thank god Sanchez is terrible, he makes our D look good.

When our D-Line smells blood in the water, we attack more. This makes me salivate.

This is why zimmer should run for president in 2012.

Really not impressed with Gruden and his play calling. i know it's preseason and yhadda yadda yadda, but this cat's Cedric Benson sweeps and out routs are getting VERY OLD VERY QUICK.

This begs the point (possibly separate post) ARE YOU A FAN OF THE WEST COAST OFFENSE?? (will revisit later)

3rd down ball sails again on Dalton, decent catch by Simpson, but he didn't drag his feet cause the ball sailed, no catch, punt.....

False start on the punt.....this is a PUNT mind you.

4:21 (and holding...) LEON HALL, welcome back brotha....WE MISSED YOU. Sticks santonio holmes.

Rey MOTHAFUKKKKKKKKKIN Maualuga, 3rd down BEAST. Jets punt, i am finally happy....for the moment...well, second.

Jets punt.

Total of 14 plays for 21 yards.....SEE NOT IMPRESSED WITH GRUDEN above.

Great throw and catch to to Bo Scaife, 1st 1st down!!!

Brian Leonard aka WHITE LIGHTNING, beats mode as usual..

Good patience Dalton, again raise the question of west coast offense. aka, let the athletes make plays instead of old school drop back qb.

Bad ball to Aj Green, second misconnect.

If we run one more short crossing rout tree i'm gonna compare Gruden to Brat.... again, raise questions of west coast offense.

Announcer comments on poor play calling/west coast offense "well, you see it gives everyone a chance to get the ball, but it gives the QB confidence..." lmao

Borderline good pass to Shipley, he makes a great catch. Announcer calls it a "strike", not very accurate for a short pass.

Leonard is a bowling pin, love it.

Touchdown bengals....after 6 quarters of football. good talk mARVIN

Leon Hall < Plaxico Burress (note, Leon Hall vs tall recievers part 2.,,,,,,yeah)

Morgan Trent < santonio holmes 4th down conversion jets. (see previous post about washing machines working hard/morgan trent...good talk russ)

We do have some nasty hyenas on defense, when zimmer lets em go...HOLY SMOKES.

West Coast Offense:

I'm not sure if i'm a fan or not. I know i'm a fan of the REAL west coast offense, because it puts the ball in athletes hands and lets them make the plays instead of waiting on the o-line to block for 7 seconds while a stiff qb throws a 50 yard bomb.

The idea is well thought out, high percentage passes to mismatched defensive personnel. good plan. (see the patriots offense) however, we here at the bengals organization seem to have found brat's playbook and scratched the word "west coast offense" on it.....good talk mikey.

-fear and loathing in los angeles

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Cincy Jungle's writers or editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of Cincy Jungle's writers or editors.

Tweet Comment 12 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

lets give it all a chance

Daltons a rookie, you hear when someone plays bad they say “he’s playing like a rookie”, that’s where it comes from. Give it time to gel before throwing it all away. I’m sure in peseason game 2 they won’t be digging deep into the playbook. For sure considering not much time to learn it anyways. Hopefully come week 4 or 5 we get a real sense of how the offense and dalton will be.

by JCompton41 on Aug 22, 2011 12:26 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

i agree….however, matt stafford, peyton manning, ben x-berger, matt ryan all had their struggles, yet were hardly referred to as “playing like a rookie” when they first came into the league.

i believe that Dalton has a pretty decent arm and the ability to run a decent offense (was impressed with him calling a timeout instead of letting the play-clock expire as mARVIN or cARSON would have done), but i’m gonna call it like i see it (with my glasses on). save the sugarcoating for the 2012 draft preview.

By week 4 or 5 hommie, we’re gonna be looking for an injury replacement for Andy, Bruce, and Jordan Palmer…

by gatornevabeenaboutdat on Aug 22, 2011 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions

hopefully not

I just don’t see why people are getting so worked up over 2 preseason games. New offense, new qb, new recievers, its going to take time.

by JCompton41 on Aug 22, 2011 1:13 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Context

The perpetual rebuilding is irritating. It happened all through the 90’s and it looks like more of the same.

by fletchersmith on Aug 23, 2011 4:13 AM EDT up reply actions

Did Dalton even get sacked last nigt??

I thought the pass protection was great last night and if they can keep that up there’s no reason to beleive he’ll get hurt and won’t have a respectable year.

by biggie22 on Aug 22, 2011 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Pass protection as alot better

As well as our pass rush, our run defense, our secondary coverage. After the first couple of drives Dalton settled down and started making throws on target. Receivers were dropping them. While part of that can be blamed on conditions, they need to catch those balls rains, sleet or snow.

All these people talking about how bad the game was, either didn’t watch last week or just don’t want to see the improvements that were clearly there. No the game wasn’t great, but it was great to see the improvements on the field.

by Oregonbengalsfan on Aug 22, 2011 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Its called timing

They have to build some chemistry. They young. So the short passing game gives them that timing and chemistry. Its going slow but atleast it was better then last week. Let them get game time play under their belts. I believe when they get a few games in they will be ok. Just think the 1st team offenes has only played 1 complete game together (1st and 2nd quarters of each game). If they look better every game then they will put wins together. So just give it time. Remember preseason is to workout the kinks.

by i am will on Aug 22, 2011 2:29 PM EDT reply actions

You can't criticize offensive playcalling in the preseason

Period.

Andy Dalton: An American Hero

by Pardon_My_French on Aug 22, 2011 4:35 PM EDT reply actions

It’s pretty safe to say that as bengals fans we can and most certainly WILL criticize EVERYTHING.

by gatornevabeenaboutdat on Aug 22, 2011 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions

And you aren't taking from it what you should

They are obviously starting simple on both offense and defense adding a little more as they go along. To criticize the play calling on either side of the ball during preseason, of a raw, young group like this, is a useless activity.

by Oregonbengalsfan on Aug 22, 2011 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions

blogging is a useless activity, matterafact, the internet is a useless activity as well, doesn’t stop us from doing it…so good talk.

preseason is a time for coaches to put together schemes that will help us during the year. If you look at successful teams, they are putting key players in KEY situations to see how they respond. for example, Billacheck pulled brady on 2nd and 8, then and threw in Brian Hoyer just to see how he would respond in the situation, then pulled Hoyer the next play.

We did look pretty good on d (if you read the post, sanchez helped) and yes our O is garbage. Yes, it’s early, and YES our offense is still garbage. young, inexperienced, etc. etc. etc., but as an unbiased and completely objective opinion, i really appreciate your haste in communicating that people “aren’t watching the game” and what i am and am not taking away from the game. you must work for fox television broadcasting company…i’m sorry man. Gore…..no wait…..bush. good talk.

by gatornevabeenaboutdat on Aug 22, 2011 5:27 PM EDT reply actions