Archive for December, 2011

Every week, I’ll take a look behind enemy lines and try to understand the enemy team from their persepective. Here’s this week’s interview with Fansided’s Steelers’ Blogger Craig Gottschalk:

BENGALS WED THUR FRI STATUS LB Dontay Moch (non-injury related) DNP DNP DNP OUT DE Carlos Dunlap (hamstring) DNP DNP DNP Doubtful TE Donald Lee (foot) LP LP LP Questionable CB Nate Clements (hamstring) DNP LP DNP Questionable S Chris Crocker (bicep) DNP LP LP Questionable DT Pat Sims (ankle) LP LP DNP Questionable CB Brandon Ghee (groin) DNP LP FP Probable RB Cedric Benson (foot) DNP DNP FP Probable DT Domata Peko (foot) DNP DNP FP Probable WR Jerome Simpson (knee) DNP LP LP Probable Steelers WED THUR FRI STATUS WR Arnaz Battle (hamstring) LP DNP DNP OUT LB [...]

Today Cornerback Adam Jones received the ultimate ‘yea’ vote on the possibility of returning punts again from Bengals Special Teams Coach Darrin Simmons. Simmons said: “I don’t want to risk Adam pulling his hamstring right now with the position we are at at corner right now. Whenever he can prove that he’s healthy, then hell yeah we’ll put him back there.” Jones’ groin/hamstring aren’t 100% healthy (he hurt both muscles a few weeks ago), but he has played the past two games at cornerback, including starting last week against the Cleveland Browns. It’s not known when Pacman will be fully [...]

Clipped from: www.nfl.com (share this clip) Click the above image for a great 4-minute video of Bengals Head Coach Marvin Lewis, who was wired with a microphone during Sunday’s 23-20 win against the Cleveland Browns. Lewis’ defensive mind is clearly shown in the video, as he critiques and comments on the defense far more than he does on the offense. In the first half of the video, Lewis was clearly frustrated with his defense that allowed easy passing touchdowns and had trouble tackling the big Cleveland runningback Peyton Hillis. He also has a nice teaching moment with starting defensive end [...]