The combination of today’s clubbing by Baltimore and a rare Kansas City victory (over Oakland) has moved the Bengals into the No. 2 slot in next April’s draft. With a best (im)possible record of 5-10-1, the Cincinnati Bengals are guaranteed a top 12 selection.

Bengals Draft Pick Watch

Pick
Team
Record

1
Detroit Lions
0-12

2
Cincinnati Bengals
1-10-1

3
Kansas City Chiefs
2-10

4
St. Louis Rams
2-10

5
Seattle Seahawks
2-10

6
Oakland Raiders
3-9

7
San [...]

Technical difficulties have slowed stripehype to a crawl today, but regulars didn’t miss much. It was a laugher today in Cincinnati, where the Baltimore Ravens rolled over the Bengals 34-4. As has been the case in other games this season, the Bengals defense kept it close in the first half, allowing just 13 points, but [...]

Bengals offensive line/assistant head coach Paul Alexander is apparently in the mix for the head coaching job at Syracuse University. Alexander was watching from Syracuse athletic director Daryl Gross’ box as the University of Cincinnati Bearcats stuck a fork in the Greg Robinson era at ‘Cuse.
Alexander, a 15-year Bengals coaching veteran, was widely expected [...]

The Bengals added LG Andrew Whitworth and backup OL Scott Kooistra to the injured reserve list today. The Bengals have put 16 players on IR this season, seven of them starters.
Filling their spaces on the roster are CB Geoffrey Pope, who has been bouncing between the Bengals’ practice squad and the active roster all season, [...]

Philadelphia’s 48-20 drubbing of the Arizona Cardinals was the only Turkey Day bright spot for Bengals fans with an eye on next April’s draft. With the Eagles now at 6-5-1, the only way they select ahead of Cincinnati is if the Bengals run the table and Philly drops all its remaining games — two highly [...]

No, not Chad, but fullback Jeremi. Part of Marvin Lewis’ inaugural draft class in 2003, Johnson came into camp this year well over his weight limit, was placed on the PUP list, and eventually moved to IR after suffering a knee injury.
Johnson’s release reduces to two the number of 2003 draft picks remaining on the [...]

It’s official: The Cincinnati Bengals are the first AFC team to be mathematically eliminated from the playoffs.

With defensive ends Frostee Rucker and Robert Geathers going on season-ending injured reserve, and DEs Antwan Odom and Eric Henderson nursing injuries, it appears that DE/DT swingman Jonathan Fanene and DT John Thornton will be the starting ends against Baltimore this Sunday. They’ll get to go against a familiar face in Ravens right tackle Willie [...]

No! And it’s not over until Carson Palmer says it’s over! So December 7, 2008, Palmer will throw again to determine whether he needs surgery on his elbow.
If not, it is still unclear when (or if) he would return to the field. The Bengals play the Colts on the 7th, and the Redskins the following [...]

Yes, it’s that time of year again. As other teams jockey for playoff spots, the Bengals joust for the first overall pick. They aren’t there yet, but are hanging in there as the current holder of the third overall selection. With a best possible record of 6-9-1 (I know: ha ha ha) the Cincinnati Bengals [...]