Open Thread: Time For Some Playoff Magic
by Anthony Cosenza on Jan 6, 2012 9:00 PM EST
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It's time for an Open Thread to take all of you loyal readers into tomorrow afternoon's Wild Card matchup against the Houston Texans.
What will you be looking for in Saturday's matchup? Do you have a prediction? Sound off on this thread so that you can beat your chest over the next few days screaming "I called it!" from the virtual rooftops.
What will you be doing to honor this momentous Bengals occasion? Where will you be watching it? With who? Got a "good luck" jersey that you'll be wearing?
Talk about it!
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Dear Bengals defense,
please tackle the RB and cover the f@#$% TE…that is all.
oh yeah, PS…pressuring the Yates so he cant hit AJohnson would be great as well…
thank you and Whodey
by 75North on Jan 6, 2012 9:17 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Just got into a huge fight with my GF and her coworkers
Long and short of it. My Gf works for a french company located in NYC, one guy (french) studied at UC and criticized me for being a bengals fan. I got on my high horse and shit all over everyone including my girlfriend. Absolutely need a Bengals win tomorrow.
by JerseyBengal on Jan 6, 2012 9:23 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
RE:
Your GF should know better than to side with a Frenchman.
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by Anthony Cosenza on Jan 6, 2012 9:35 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Rec!
What would the French know about football anyway. Even though your sleeping on the couch tonight we’re all proud of you. WHO DEY!
by Bigcatdaddy on Jan 6, 2012 9:47 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
I can't wait!
I’m hitting the road extra early in the morning to get some good tailgating in before the game. I’m going to find a big crowd of Texans and tell’em to put down the Lonestar and Shiner and have a big fat can of Whodey. ;-) My buddy is friends with B. Scott and I’m hoping to get to meet him before the game. Tomorrow is going to be awesome!
by Bigcatdaddy on Jan 6, 2012 9:58 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
I know I won't be able to sleep tonight
I’ll sit up and drink beers with you on you on your couch and make fun of frogs. Er,,, sorry french people. And anyone who doesn’t understand the character it takes to be a loyal Bengals fan.
After the Win
Break up with her and go find a Bengals fan to date.
Follow me on Twitter @BonnieBengal
Last playoff win after 1990 season
so yeah it is time for a win… pleaseee! Can’t think of any non expansion team that has waited any longer.
Watching Stanford Jennings kick return in the Super Bowl was the out of body experience of my sports life.
Time to get the monkey off our back.........
huge win tomorrow!
"The next person you see that throws something, point em out! You don’t live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati!"
- Sam Wyche
by The Van Buren Boys on Jan 6, 2012 9:32 PM EST reply actions
Today...
has felt very long. The excitement is reaching a huge level that I haven’t felt since…2005? The night before the Jets Playoff game didn’t feel this intense, I’m not sure why. Tomorrow will be quite a day.
I have high hopes for this game
2011 Year of the Red Rifle
Carson Palmer 2011 Comeback Player of the Year
Well Clemson has announced
that he will make himself available for the draft, so he’s essentially declared.
@CFTalk
CollegeFootballTalk
Clemson announces TE Dwayne Allen will make himself available for the NFL draft.
6 minutes ago via TweetDeck
Favorite Retweet Reply
by Oregonbengalsfan on Jan 6, 2012 10:11 PM EST up reply actions
He probably wouldn't declare if he weren't going in the first two rounds
That makes it doubtful he will fall to us,
I wasn't meaning for us
We have Gresham
by Oregonbengalsfan on Jan 6, 2012 10:23 PM EST up reply actions
Seems to be he's learning it
and hopefully it continues, but I know what you mean.
by Oregonbengalsfan on Jan 6, 2012 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
That was amazing.
That was a great poem. I wish I had that creativity.
by Masonr on Jan 6, 2012 11:32 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
A few things
1. The Bengals have never won a road playoff game. That is simply bizarre. It sure would be nice to get one.
2. I am concerned that the Bengals approach to this game will be wrong. Marvin-ball is conservative ball. I expect them to try to run Benson even though he’s been Mr 3.9 yards and a cloud of grass, and Mr Can’t Make a 1st down on 3rd and 1. I think they should approach this game as “have fun, no pressure, we’re not expected to win this”… meaning it’s okay to gamble rather than “stick with what brought us here”. I’d rather see them try a few razzle dazzle moves: a flea flicker, a reverse on a kickoff return, a surprising fake field goal. “What brought us here” lost every single time it faced a playoff team. I’d rather they unleash Andy Dalton and do a few things they didn’t do this season. But I just don’t think Marvin Lewis has that in him.
by occams_tiger_teeth on Jan 7, 2012 12:18 AM EST reply actions
That's what makes me sad too.
If there’s a time to blow out your playbook, it’s now. If you care about this team, your job, and going farther in the playoffs, blow out the playbook and showcase every trick play, every beautiful idea, all this fancy stuff.
Dalton’s going to need to play the game of his life tomorrow. He needs to become the anti-Flacco.
"It’s time people started realizing just how good a player Carlos Dunlap already is, and that starts with the Bengals. They gave him a season-high 58 snaps and what was the result? Carnage on the right side of the Seattle line." -Pro Football Focus
Just wanted to get on here
and shoot a who dey to you all. Can’t wait for tomorrow.
by whodeycommish14 on Jan 7, 2012 12:19 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Let's talk about Flukes..
We all, generally, like to believe the Bengals lost on a fluke last second drive. But what else was fluke? Was the ridiculous errant Yates pass that led to a Nelson INT a fluke? Was a Maualuga forced fumble and recovery on the goal line a fluke? Was yet another Rey forced fumble a fluke?
The Bengals made a lot of pure plays. Plays they don’t normally make, in the last Houston matchup. They went into that game thinking the season depended upon it, and this game is a playoff game. So perhaps they will play with the same intensity. But that’s a lot to rely upon.
What wasn’t a fluke was how the run game was totally shut down. If they can do that again and make a couple plays this game can be won. But it’s the “make a couple plays” part that worries me. This is more of a fundamental defense than a play making defense.
I've been thinking about that
In most of our wins we had at least one or two crazy plays. You could call them flukes or whatever and it started to worry me that maybe without those plays we aren’t half as good, but in reality it’s just football. Theirs hardly any game that doesn’t have that one crazy turning point play it’s just who is going to have it fall in their laps. If you replay every game there never going to go down the same as the first. I guess I’m just saying it’s apart of the game and it doesn’t worry me one bit cause we have just as good ofa chance as the other team. This year feels like a whole new Bengals franchise and I’m damn proud to be on board.
by Bigcatdaddy on Jan 7, 2012 12:52 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
YEA!!!!!!!!!!!
I coach 5-6 grade basketball and I had our game moved from 4 to noon…Yes I am selfish
AJ Green = Optimus Prime
I know it's cliche, but....
You gotta do what you gotta do.
by whodeycommish14 on Jan 7, 2012 1:03 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Exactly They asked why
and I told them I had prior engagements as I was wearing my Bengals hoodie on my way home from PBS last Sunday. lol
AJ Green = Optimus Prime
Hahahaha
Perfect time to do it too. You killed two birds with one stone hahaha.
by whodeycommish14 on Jan 7, 2012 1:26 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Same. I may not sleep until the game is over.
Win or lose this game has all of my attention for tomorrow. I don’t know what else to focus on.
by Cry on Jan 7, 2012 1:26 AM EST up reply actions
Should I
do what I normally do for away games or switch it up?
by whodeycommish14 on Jan 7, 2012 1:30 AM EST via mobile reply actions
just did a little snooping
and i wound up on your website… that is some amazing stuff!!! with some amazing photos!! Glad to see we have such a well versed bengals fan on our boards!
Just posted more about this on the overrated Benson article
but I think if not Richardson (who I really, really want to see in stripes) then David Wilson. Just watch the highlight video
by Oregonbengalsfan on Jan 7, 2012 2:30 AM EST reply actions
Try not to watch highlights...
instead, head over to DraftBreakdown.com – click videos – and enjoy.
Watch a snap by snap analysis. That way you can see the good & bad of each player. Helps tremendously when comparing players of the same position.
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by Joe Goodberry on Jan 7, 2012 6:49 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
I'll do that
Have you watched anything on Wilson there? What are your thoughts?
by Oregonbengalsfan on Jan 7, 2012 11:43 PM EST up reply actions
Game Day
Who Dey
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by Joe Goodberry on Jan 7, 2012 6:50 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Just give me a win...
And ill drink a lot beers for ya, and be the happiest little bengals fan ever!
Who Dey aint tryin to see central bookins!
by NCWhoDey1987 on Jan 7, 2012 2:54 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions
who dey from london, england, britain, the uk
haven’t posted all season but sure as hell been reading cj all season. Today is the day we get over Palmer’s #kneegate once and for all.
Thanks to everyone who runs this blog and keeps me sane at work.
Supporting terrible teams since I can remember
by Hawkins the Hammer on Jan 7, 2012 5:38 AM EST reply actions
was just in London
Had the hardest time finding a bar that was playing Am. Football. Thankfully I had NFL Gamepass and my laptop!
Go London and go Cincinnati!
Adam Jones is a #1 corner, far superior to a nickelback. The problem with the Bengals secondary is Crocker and the play of their linebackers. Under Marvin, the linebackers have historically had a whale of a time covering eligible receivers, whether tight ends, running backs or wideouts. That’s why Houston has won their last three vs. Cincinnati and why the Jets were able to do the exact same things to the Bengals in Week 17 of the 2009 season, Wild Card Weekend, and Thanksgiving 2010. That’s why the Patriots are a rough matchup for the Bengals. They won’t be able to cover Gronkowski or Woodhead.
I’ve been clamoring for Crocker to go since late 2009. He should not have been back last season. Sometimes this organization gets “Dhani Syndrome”, where they find a true pro who can follow directions but physically can’t get the job done consistently enough to justify that much playing time. He was another guy I wanted gone by late 2009. He was a major goat vs. the Jets in that Wild Card game, him and Carson’s 146 yards passing. You can see Crocker look at the sideline when he does make a play, as if to say, “see, I can still play!”. It’s pathetic. Everyone makes mistakes, but he makes the whole secondary bad. A player given that much responsibility out there can crush you if he isn’t doing his job.
Carson Palmer.
Where is everybody???
I just started pregaming!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so ive got three surgeries today...
A skunk, screech owl and coyote (which ill have to catch before the procedure). Needless to say I should be focused for the saftey of myself and the animals, but I’m wired and I’ve already told coworkers that I’m leaving the dog on the table at 4pm haha.
Some things are just important.
by TheVilified on Jan 7, 2012 6:51 AM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
someone
knows their priorities!!!!!!!! WHO DEY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Haven't read through all of the posts yet
and if someone mentioned it, forgive me, but i REALLY hope to see pacman returning punts tomorrow
I heard the wild card games this year will be shown online (as in good quality)
has anyone heard this rumor and if so, do you know the link? Thanks much. Oh and…
WHO DEY!!!!
Moisture is the essense of wetness, and wetness is the essense of beauty.
haven't heard that but
I wouldn’t be surprised at all. I think the NFL did it last year.
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by Joe Goodberry on Jan 7, 2012 9:20 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Let's get some!
I want to see Yates in the dirt all day long. And Baby Hawk taking an end-around to the house. Go get ’em guys!
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