Archive for May, 2009

30 May

Saturday Morning Ocho

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco still isn’t talking to the media (a smart decision, in my view), but Coach C gives an update to the team’s official site. The Ocho is “in his best shape since 2005,” reports Charles Collins, and looks to continue working out in California for the next two weeks, before [...]

27 May

No News is Good News

All is quiet on the Cincinnati Bengals front these days. Players are diligently going about their business in OTAs. Aside from a toe ding to starting TE Reggie Kelly, voluntaries have (so far) been injury-free (knock on wood). QB Carson Palmer continues to field questions about his elbow and absent wideout Chad Ochocinco and continues [...]

23 May

Can the Bengals Best the Steelers or Ravens?

Over at ESPN, James Walker buys into the emerging conventional wisdom about the 2009 Cincinnati Bengals. He believes they’ve improved — but questions whether they can overcome division rivals Pittsburgh and Baltimore.
It is well-documented that Cincinnati added a lot of talented players via the draft and free agency. But I still question if this team [...]

22 May

Friday Night Flicks: Bang! Gets HBO

Hard Knocks, Al Davis in diapers and Brett Favre on the can.
As usual, I love me some John Tayman!
Have a happy — and safe — holiday weekend, everyone!

21 May

Palmer: “I Really Don’t Know” About Chad

Cincinnati Bengals QB Carson Palmer’s comments about Chad Ochocinco have generated understandable buzz around Bengaldom. Via The Enquirer’s Joe Reedy, here’s what Carson had to say.
“It’s definitely a new look for the Bengals receiver corps but I couldn’t be happier with the guys we’ve got,” Palmer said. “T.J.’s (Houshmandzadeh) gone and Chad’s pretty much gone, he [...]

21 May

Kirk Barton Hates Cincinnati’s Food

Remember Kirk Barton? Well, no, of course not. But Barton remembers you, Cincinnati. (h/t mikebrownsucks.com)
Barton is in the midst of a 56-night hotel stay in Detroit for offseason workouts. Good thing the Lions are picking up the tab. You may think of Detroit as an organization that cuts corners because of the team’s lack of [...]

21 May

Tackling Right Tackle

Fans of the Cincinnati Bengals might have been expected to kvetch about the news that top pick Andre Smith is being installed at right tackle in spring camps. But generally speaking, they haven’t. If anything, more eyebrows have been raised by the decision to move LG Andrew Whitworth to LT and not leave Anthony Collins [...]

19 May

Andre Smith Fires Agent Again

Alvin Keels, the agent widely blamed for not having Cincinnati Bengals first round draft pick Andre Smith properly prepared for the combine, and the NFL’s pre-draft dog-and-pony show in general, is reportedly once again Smith’s agent.
The word going around the league Tuesday is that Bengals rookie right tackle Andre Smith has gone back to the [...]

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