Preview: Bills @ Bengals
Oh yes, I remember the Bills. I was in my backyard raking leaves last fall (due to the first of a line of blackouts now stretching as far as the eye can see) as I listened to a 35-point lead evaporate...
View ArticleUgly Win = Perfect
I like the ugly wins. They are exactly what I want for the Bengals right now. The Bills were just as bad as the Bengals last season. Yet they shocked everyone by engineering a pair of spectacular...
View ArticlePreview: Bengals @ Jaguars
The Bengals find themselves in a very similar position as the Bills were last week: coming off of an exciting, emotional, come-from-behind win at home against an opponent that they had not beaten in a...
View ArticleAt the Quarter Pole
After being universally declared as the worst team in football by every media outlet on Earth just a month ago, the most recent iterations of those same Power Rankings put the Bengals at either #21 or...
View ArticlePreview: Colts @ Bengals
After another gritty win, the frustration and apathy that has had a stranglehold on Bengals fans everywhere is giving way to hope. We will always have some of those beloved You-Just-Wait killjoys, but...
View ArticleBeing Wrong Feels Great. So Does Being Right.
I was completely wrong. And I love it. Before the season I picked the Bengals to finish 4-12 again this year. I wanted to pick higher, but my pessimism won out. But it only took Andy Dalton and the...
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Preview: Bengals @ Seahawks
I have had a difficult time deciding exactly how I feel about this week’s game with the Seahawks. Frankly, it’s because the Seahawks are completely inconsistent from week to week. Will they be the team...
View ArticlePreview: Bengals @ Titans
Take yourself back to August 21st. The Bengals had just been dropped to 0-2 in the preseason after taking a 27-7 beating by the Jets, which had been preceded 9 days earlier by a 34-3 beatdown at the...
View ArticleAre You Satisfied With The Running Game?
I’m not. I am not saying that the running game is bad, but it isn’t all that good either. It is mediocre and in need of an upgrade in the offseason. What would you do to bolster the ground assault?...
View ArticlePreview: Steelers @ Bengals
It’s Steeler week!! Let’s hear your best WHODEY, people!! Now the real test begins, as the Bengals play Pittsburgh and Baltimore 3 times in the next 4 games. Will they establish themselves as a...
View ArticlePreview: Bengals @ Ravens
When I think of Bengals v. Ravens, I think of hard-hitting, run-pounding, trash-talking, bone-jarring games that typify the AFC North. There is no love lost between these two teams, and that’s just the...
View ArticleOne Step Closer To Playoffs
Thank you, Tim Tebow. By beating the Jets on Thursday night, the Broncos opened the door for the AFC North to send three teams to the playoffs. That means the Bengals have the inside track for being...
View ArticleGrowing Pains
In the first two “measuring stick” games against division rivals, the Bengals have come up a TD short each time. And while the losses sting a little bit, we knew the growing pains had to come. That was...
View ArticleThe Closers
Remember the days when no lead for the Bengals felt safe? For years the Bengals were on the cutting edge of creating new ways to lose. I still wake up occasionally in a cold sweat, cursing Chuck...
View ArticlePreview: Bengals @ Steelers
Wow, it’s Steeler week again already?! You can make a solid case for either of two factors as the cause of the Bengals’ 7 point loss to the Steelers in round 1. On one hand, the defense gave up 132 yds...
View ArticleEntering The Home Stretch
After going 4-0 in the 2nd quarter of the season, posting wins over Jacksonville, Indianapolis, Seattle and Tennessee, the Bengals entered the toughest stretch of their schedule with four straight...
View ArticlePreview: Texans @ Bengals
To secure a playoff spot, the Bengals have to find a way to knock off at least one of the two 9-3 teams remaining on their schedule: the Texans or the Ravens. The Texans come to Paul Brown Stadium with...
View ArticlePreview: Bengals @ Rams
The Bengals embark on their final road game of the season to play the injury-ravaged Rams, who look like they may have to sit QB Sam Bradford this week. If you live around Cincinnati, make sure you are...
View ArticleWhere Are You With The 2011 Bengals?
This year’s Bengals have had us all over the map. They were predicted to be as bad as the Colts have turned out to be without Manning. By mid-season they controlled a playoff spot. Now they are on the...
View ArticlePreview: Cardinals @ Bengals
A month ago, playing the Cardinals on Christmas Eve looked like a mulligan for the Bengals. But a funny thing happened on the way to the postseason hunt: the Cardinals got kinda good. Not great, but...
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