Cincinnati Bengals, Media darlings
Monday, August 24, 2009
Something special must be going on for the Cincinnati Bengals. All of the sudden the Bengals are becoming media darlings once again. Sure, every season some sports writer (Pete Prisco) sings the praises of the Bengals. How intense they are in the preseason, how one acquisition is going to make the difference this season, how the Bengals are prime for a playoff run, etc...
However, there has always been one constant. Peter King a former beat writer in Cincinnati and Ohio University Alumni, a guy who loves his coffee almost as much as he loves Brett Favre, loves to kick the Bengals every opportunity he gets. Please don't get me wrong, much of the wrath is deserved obviously, but King rarely shows the Bengals praise.
Today, to my surprise the Bengals received 4 mentions in Kings "Monday Morning Quarterback" article. Of the four, zero were negative. King praised the Bengals for the pressure the defense got on Brady, he praises Chad for his strong kicking game and he praises the corners for their physical play. His 4th comment was on the non capped year and how not even Mike Brown would take this opportunity to lower the pay scale under the league salary floor that is currently in place. To this last one I would not be too sure about that. I would not put it past the Bengals organization to celebrate the opportunity to save money.
"Tom Brady got hit too much, and he got hit too much by the Bengals."
"I am still shaking my head at the Chad Ochocinco display Thursday night. OK, lots of NFL players can walk off the street and kick an extra point. Big deal. But Ocho's kickoff to start the second half? Pretty impressive."
"I like those Bengal corners too. Physical guys, especially Johnathan Joseph."
"it'd surprise me if even the hard-bitten owners like Mike Brown would slash payroll by 35 or 40 percent."
In other news it looks like Palmer's ankle is not healing. Knowing the Bengals crack training staff this injury could either be a high ankle sprain like their guess or it could be a tear to the right biceps. It shows again how little confidence I have in the Bengals training staff. These are the kind of injuries that go day to day and turn into 4 games missed for a broken leg. We have seen it happen too many times.
However, there has always been one constant. Peter King a former beat writer in Cincinnati and Ohio University Alumni, a guy who loves his coffee almost as much as he loves Brett Favre, loves to kick the Bengals every opportunity he gets. Please don't get me wrong, much of the wrath is deserved obviously, but King rarely shows the Bengals praise.
Today, to my surprise the Bengals received 4 mentions in Kings "Monday Morning Quarterback" article. Of the four, zero were negative. King praised the Bengals for the pressure the defense got on Brady, he praises Chad for his strong kicking game and he praises the corners for their physical play. His 4th comment was on the non capped year and how not even Mike Brown would take this opportunity to lower the pay scale under the league salary floor that is currently in place. To this last one I would not be too sure about that. I would not put it past the Bengals organization to celebrate the opportunity to save money.
"Tom Brady got hit too much, and he got hit too much by the Bengals."
"I am still shaking my head at the Chad Ochocinco display Thursday night. OK, lots of NFL players can walk off the street and kick an extra point. Big deal. But Ocho's kickoff to start the second half? Pretty impressive."
"I like those Bengal corners too. Physical guys, especially Johnathan Joseph."
"it'd surprise me if even the hard-bitten owners like Mike Brown would slash payroll by 35 or 40 percent."
In other news it looks like Palmer's ankle is not healing. Knowing the Bengals crack training staff this injury could either be a high ankle sprain like their guess or it could be a tear to the right biceps. It shows again how little confidence I have in the Bengals training staff. These are the kind of injuries that go day to day and turn into 4 games missed for a broken leg. We have seen it happen too many times.
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