The holidays are a tough time for a lot of people, and this year it is especially tough for Bengals fans as this week it finally hit us that the Bengals are going to do nothing in the 2007 season. For a quick recap of last week's Cardinals game, we predicted that the difference between the Cards and Bengals offenses is that one team has consistently strong QB play. Little did we know that Kurt Warner would be throwing the ball behind his back left handed to receivers while Carson Palmer would have one of his worst games as a pro. In Palmer's defense, the running game and line play was atrocious, and there were dropped passes and turnovers that changed the outlook of the game. But INTs are INTs, and those turnovers are what put the game in the Cards' teeth. The Cardinals used a defensive strategy that the Bengals had not seen this season. The Cards had a 5 DB bubble and kept running coverage games letting LBs and the extra DB run free in coverage which confused Palmer and the Bengals. With so many people dropping away from the line playing coverage games, the Bengals should have had a field day running the ball. Instead, the Cardinals were able to get a strong pass rush and stop the run using only their defensive line. Worst of all, Eric Ghiacuic was dominated all day and spent most of the day getting physically thrown into the ball carrier or Palmer's face. Everyone is entitled to a bad game here or there, but it does not look good for the Bengals the way the Ghiacuic and the line were dominated on Sunday. Mental mistakes can be corrected, physical limitations cannot. The Bengals may have one of the biggest lines in the NFL, but they have been pushed around by opposing defenses the past few weeks. Whatever happened to their big boy pads?