Archive for January, 2009

31 Jan

Bengals Open Talks With Potential Free Agents Cedric Benson, Stacy Andrews

Props to Rotoworld for catching an update (or maybe it was there from the start and I just blew past it on first reading) to this piece on bengals.com. Writes Geoff “hey Rocky, watch me bury the lead!” Hobson:
Lewis said the Bengals could conceivably sign a player in free agency and then draft the same [...]

31 Jan

Musings on Chad’s Interview

I was on my way out for the evening when I saw the video of Chad on NFL Network and didn’t have time to do much more than scribble down a few outtakes. Now that I’ve had a chance to come back and digest it, here are some thoughts.
1. Chad seems to feel strongly that [...]

30 Jan

Chad: “I Missed Me This Year”

Good segment on NFL Network with Chad Johnson. It sounds as if Ocho Cinco may finally be getting it. Highlights:

“I’m going to be a Bengal for a while” based on conversations with people inside and outside the organization, and that he will “do what I can do” to get the Bengals to the postseason.
“We will [...]

30 Jan

Bengals Mock Draft Big Board 1/30

It’s offensive tackle all the way in the latest update of the Cincinnati Bengals Mock Draft Big Board. OTs Michael Oher, Eugene Monroe and Andre Smith hold the top three spots on the Board, with Baylor OT Jason Smith the runner-up at No. 4. Of the 91 mocks included this time around, 58 chose an [...]

30 Jan

2009 Franchise and Transition Tag Numbers

National Football Posts’s Andrew Brandt has the franchise and transition tag numbers for 2009.
The transition tag has been pretty much useless ever since the introduction of poison pill in 2005. If the Bengals use the franchise tag on WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh this year, it would cost $9.88 million.
A franchise designation for K Shayne Graham would, [...]

29 Jan

Zampese Loses to Jagodzinski in Tampa

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have tapped former Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinski for the offensive coordinator position.
Bengals QB coach Ken Zampese had interviewed for the job on Monday.

29 Jan

AHHH! I’m Blind! I’m Blind!

Checking out Sports Illustrated’s Super Bowl coverage over lunch today, I clicked on this link and was temporarily blinded by the supernova-bright glare of the obvious: “Study: NFL TV ads full of violence, sex, alcohol.”
Study? Someone had to do a study to figure this out? Then again, it probably means these guys got paid to [...]

29 Jan

Hue Jackson Still Available

Hue Jackson was looking like a shoe-in for the San Francisco 49ers’ offensive coordinator job Tuesday when he was called back for a second interview. Alas for the former Bengals WR coach, it was not to be as the 49ers hired former Jets RB coach Jimmy Raye. So if there was ever any truth to [...]

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