Monday, October 16, 2006
Bengals wilt again...
In the NFL, most teams are pretty close talent-wise, despite whatever their record might be. As a result, even the winless teams will eventually win a game, and no one wants to play a team that was in the playoffs the previous year but opened 0-4 this season.
Sure, the Bengals got robbed on the "pulling the passer's hair" penalty; they should have gotten a turnover and locked the game up. But they got the penalty, and failed to stop Tampa Bay at any point further along in the drive.
Most of Cincinnati's deficiencies from last year have reared their ugly heads in the two losses. They have trouble running the ball, and can't stop the run. Really, the bottom line with this team is they have a bunch of good players but no one that is particularly great. No one that is a future HOF'er. If John Elway could have walked onto the Bengals sideline for the final 35 second drive with three timeouts, he might have engineered something. Carson Palmer? Key sack. 62-yard field goal missed. Game over.
Sure, the Bengals got robbed on the "pulling the passer's hair" penalty; they should have gotten a turnover and locked the game up. But they got the penalty, and failed to stop Tampa Bay at any point further along in the drive.
Most of Cincinnati's deficiencies from last year have reared their ugly heads in the two losses. They have trouble running the ball, and can't stop the run. Really, the bottom line with this team is they have a bunch of good players but no one that is particularly great. No one that is a future HOF'er. If John Elway could have walked onto the Bengals sideline for the final 35 second drive with three timeouts, he might have engineered something. Carson Palmer? Key sack. 62-yard field goal missed. Game over.
# posted by Mike @ 10/16/2006 
