Former Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco holds many of the franchise's all-time receiving records, eclipsing legends like Isaac Curtis, Eddie Brown, Cris Collinsworth or even Carl Pickens, who played during one of the more depressing Bengals eras in the history of planet Earth. During his final season with the Cincinnati Bengals, Chad generated 67 receptions for 831 yards receiving alongside Terrell Owens with Carson Palmer as the quarterback. One year later Palmer was traded for a first-round pick in 2012 and a second-round selection in 2013, Chad was shipped to New England for a fifth-round pick in 2012 and a sixth-round selection in 2013 and Owens signed with the Dallas Wranglers of the IFL. The Bengals improved by five wins, earning a berth into the 2011 NFL playoffs.

Continue reading this post »

Temperatures reportedly dropped to 37 degrees below zero in what was nicknamed the Freezer Bowl. Factoring in the wind chill, it's was the coldest known NFL game in the history of forever when the Cincinnati Bengals hosted the San Diego Chargers on January 10, 1982, during the 1981 AFC Championship Game. The Chargers comprised of a mighty offense, with future Hall of Famers such as quarterback Dan Fouts, tight end Kellen Winslow and former Bengals wide receiver Charlie Joiner. Though with only one future Hall of Famer on the roster, the Cincinnati Bengals starting lineup had a who's who in Bengals history.

Continue reading this post »

Former Bengals cornerback Morgan Trent can thank Bengals running back Cedric Benson.

After serving his one-game suspension, the Cincinnati Bengals reinstated Benson onto the 53-man roster but released Trent to make room -- who was virtually expendable once Adam Jones returned the week before.

Trent, whose 2010 season ended early after suffering a season-ending knee injury during practice, played the first six games this year, posting five tackles on defense and another on special teams.

Unless there's a spot opening up on the 53-man roster, Trent's unlikely to return to Cincinnati.

Continue reading this post »

According to his personal twitter account, former Bengals safety Chinedum Ndukwe finally found a home after spending the first month without a home in the NFL, announcing that he signed with the Oakland Raiders Monday night. Ndukwe was placed on Injured Reserve after suffering a major knee injury against the Pittsburgh Steelers on December 12 last year (what's with the Steelers and knee injuries for Pete's sake?).

Ndukwe, a seventh round pick in the 2007 NFL draft that started 31 games in four seasons with the Bengals, wasn't offered a contract to return. Often described as a hard-hitter with strong run support, but average in coverage, Ndukwe generally performed as a backup safety that contributed significantly on special teams, but easily shifted into a starters role when injury hit the secondary (most notably, Roy Williams). He was also often on the field during nickel situations that required Chris Crocker to cover a receiver. Ndukwe, also known as The Duke, posted six interceptions, seven quarterback sacks during his Bengals career and recorded more than 60 tackles in each of his final three seasons.

Meet Saul Shuller:

The way Saul Shuller lived his longer-than-most-people's life was really something. He swore by Vitamin E, never showed a bad attitude and believed crossword puzzles kept his mind fresh. He was in his 80s when he taught himself to use a computer, which he then used to teach himself to play bridge. He loaded classical music onto his iPad. He complained almost never - except about traffic on Interstate 75.

Shuller died on Sunday at the age of 95. His obituary described him as a fun man:

Continue reading this post »

Forrest Gregg has the distinction of being the first Bengals head coach to lead his team to the Super Bowl, going 12-4 in 1981 and the AFC representative at Super Bowl XVI. It's hard to believe that was 30 years ago. Gregg holds the franchise's top winning percentage as a head coach (.557) with Bill Johnson (.545) representing the only other head coach with a winning record; though he only coached 33 games.

And Mike Ditka doesn't like him. During ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning, Ditka doesn't much care nor have any respect for Gregg after one of his players body slammed quarterback Jim McMahon into the ground. From Brad Biggs of the National Football Post and Chicago Tribune:

Continue reading this post »

Down by 15 points in the Cincy Jungle fantasy football league, the Kirkendollyrama had one player remaining to secure a victory from the jaws of defeat. It was like the final plea from Luke Skywalker for his father's help before the Emperor's final death stroke. One player. My Anakin was named Tom Brady. Obviously by now you've heard; so if you were annoyed by the giddy squeaks you heard coming north of Cincinnati, then my bad. Throughout the course of ESPN's first of two Monday Night Football games, Tom Brady completed 32 of 48 passes for 517 yards and four touchdowns in an epic display of aerial awesome. If you're a fan of football, especially Madden video games, this was a fun game to watch; an NFL record 933 yards passing combined between Brady and Miami Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne (416 yards).

Former Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco, fluttering towards the heavens so excited to be on a team like the Patriots after the Bengals traded him, made his debut in a Patriots uniform after posting three receptions during the preseason. According to several published reports, Chad is taking longer than expected to adjust to New England's playbook. Of Brady's 32 completions, Chad Ochocinco caught one for 14 yards receiving. Of Brady's 48 pass attempts, Ochocinco was targeted three times. In truth the first time we noticed Chad was when he was flagged for an illegal formation in the first quarter that negated a 41-yard Tom Brady pass to tight end Rob Gronkowski.

Continue reading this post »

Since the Bengals released backup (and third-string) quarterback Jordan Palmer, the quarterback found a home with the United Football League's Sacramento Mountain Lions. Palmer was to become a backup with McLeod Bethel-Thompson behind starting quarterback Ryan Colburn. However on the same day that the Mountain Lions released their roster that included Palmer, a separate press release was issued in which Palmer was removed from the active roster.

About a month ago, WCPO's Dennis Janson (who has become the conduit for news regarding Carson Palmer via anonymous sources), tweeted that Carson believed that the Bengals were "toying with brother Jordan" and that he'd be cut too late to sign elsewhere.

The fact is if Jordan Palmer was a good NFL quarterback, he'd make a UFL roster no matter how late the Bengals cut him. But it was highly unlikely that Jordan would ever make another NFL roster; he would have been out of the league earlier, however most of us believed he was signed by the Bengals as a favor to Carson.

Note: Before giving us crap about talking about Jordan Palmer, just know that we try to update as many former Bengals players as we can.