11 Reasons to Beat the Bengals

by medicineball on Dec 8, 2009 10:28 AM CST Comment 23 comments

Here are 11 reasons to get the win on Sunday afternoon.

Get the 11th win of the season.

Guarantee a better record than last year.

Clinch a playoff berth.

Move one step closer to winning the division and repeating as champions of the NFC North.

Move one step closer to gaining a bye in the first round of the playoffs.

Stay in the hunt for the #1 seed in the NFC.

Win in December.

Take revenge for the 37-8 loss to the Bengals in 2005.

Beat Madieu Williams's, Leslie Frazier's, and Eric Bieniemy's old team.

Take the opportunity to ruin the day for a Bengals team that is playing to clinch its division.

Beat a Bengals team with good players including Carson Palmer, Chad Ochocinco, Cedric Benson, Bernard Scott, Laveranues Coles, Andre Caldwell, Larry Johnson, Brian Leonard, Dhani Jones, Tank Johnson, Leon Hall, Johnathan Joseph, and Rey Maualuga.

Poll

What will the outcome be of the Bengals-Vikings game?

Vikings win big, by two touchdowns or more

29 votes

Vikings win, but it's close

47 votes

Bengals win big, by two touchdowns or more

2 votes

Bengals win, but it's close

7 votes

Tie

3 votes

88 votes | Poll has closed

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This article is pointless

There shouldn’t need to be a list of 11 reasons to beat the Bengals. It’s not like the players are sitting around going “Well, we could try hard and attempt to win this one, but I just don’t see enough reason for that. Lets mail it in until a better game comes along.”

by Jayrome007 on Dec 8, 2009 10:39 AM CST reply actions

personally

I like medicineball’s posts. It’s a fanpost, not the coach’s motivational speech, for crying out loud.

If you can't laugh at yourself... Who can you laugh at?
The Packers, that’s who.
-- The almighty Manimal

by TheViking83 on Dec 8, 2009 10:50 AM CST up reply actions

Same.

by Jepp The Viking on Dec 8, 2009 11:20 AM CST up reply actions

Meant more to

Pump US up than the Vikes…obviously.

by Jepp The Viking on Dec 8, 2009 11:20 AM CST up reply actions

Although this one

does look a lot like the one from last week especailly that win the 11th game help us seal the division… :p

by Grime on Dec 8, 2009 12:07 PM CST up reply actions

Oooof

Hadn’t noticed that…..

Over hangover I see….

Good for you….Here too….

Back to the same ’ole same ’ole….

Waiting for Sunday….

I would rather be IN the Arena than watching from the stands...That is my life!
* Read Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" if you need further explanation...

by vikingfanfrom afar on Dec 8, 2009 12:20 PM CST up reply actions

Barely.

I went back out last night.. Not getting smarter in my old age..

I will say this I’m a little disapointed in some of the fans here. I know it’s nice when your a winning juggernaut I mean hey it’s nice, but look we’re 10-2 that’s great beautiful awesome totally cool! Maybe they jumped on the band wagon when it was rolling down town who knows. All I know is maybe it’s not just the team that needs to practice.

For instance just yesterday there was a kid with downs syndrom walking his dog. I (being a good person and realizing I need to work on me being a better fan) jumped out my door and started yelling and cheering for him! Yeah he was excited! Then I realized Wow this isn’t even close to enough so I ran back in a got a glass of water. Running back out I threw it over his head in a much mocked down gatorade celebration! I then picked him up on my shoulders and carried him in circles for a while.

I will say this when I walked back inside I felt like I had excersized all of my fan muscles and it felt good! However, when the cops showed up and tazered me to the ground I realized there are maybe more acceptable ways of working out your fan muscles.

by Grime on Dec 9, 2009 10:43 AM CST up reply actions

Tazer will work those muscles

by iowaron on Dec 9, 2009 12:08 PM CST up reply actions

Agreed.

"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -Earl Weaver

by fischean on Dec 8, 2009 11:43 AM CST up reply actions

Hey it's all in fun.

Like we need a reason. Medicine Ball you could get a like more humor involved. Hey this site is here for us who have passion for our team. We pump each other up. We bitch & moan when things don’t go our way. We have some fun & we enjoy the comraderie. Of course the article is pointless. That’s the whole point. The 12th reason because purple & white is alot cooler than orange & black. Someone should tell those guys Halloween is over. P.S. on the More Stadium News Post. Support for Dick Day is needed. I’m going on record right now for support of big Titty Day also.

by iowaron on Dec 9, 2009 12:04 PM CST up reply actions

It's a theme

Like when I post a picture of scantily clad women every week. Sure it’s pointless, but it’s entertaining—just like the weekly posts from medicineball.

by Eric J. Thompson on Dec 8, 2009 2:06 PM CST up reply actions

NEVER SAY THAT'S POINTLESS!!!!

TAKE IT BACK NOW!!!!

by Grime on Dec 9, 2009 10:44 AM CST up reply actions

I am shocked....

Personally I think your shots are relevant….

Pointless? Is the main reason for pulling up the post!!!!!

Kidding….this is another pointless post LOL!

Cheers!

errrrrrrr…

SKOL!

Is it Sunday yet?

I would rather be IN the Arena than watching from the stands...That is my life!
* Read Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" if you need further explanation...

by vikingfanfrom afar on Dec 9, 2009 7:45 PM CST up reply actions

It’s not like the players are sitting around going "Well, we could try hard and attempt to win this one, but I just don’t see enough reason for that. Lets mail it in until a better game comes along."

Did you watch the game Sunday night? It looked to me like they could’ve used a list!

by JasonAve6413 on Dec 8, 2009 2:56 PM CST up reply actions

I like these posts weekly....

Yes more for us…

If there EVER was a week for a post like this….

This is one…..

Vikes by 2 TDs….

Go to 11-2

Forget last week…

Won’t see that again….

I would rather be IN the Arena than watching from the stands...That is my life!
* Read Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" if you need further explanation...

by vikingfanfrom afar on Dec 8, 2009 11:59 AM CST reply actions

Thanks, gentlemen

by medicineball on Dec 8, 2009 12:03 PM CST up reply actions

Add some scantily clad women!!

I BELIEVE...

by ArizonaVikingsFan on Dec 8, 2009 2:40 PM CST up reply actions

+1

Picks of women should be required fro all fanposts.

by Drullin'OverDaCards on Dec 8, 2009 3:31 PM CST up reply actions

the bengals are a tough team

and theve beaten everyone else in our divison
lets see what happens
also the vikes should wear their retros this week
they are 3-1 in those

by Vikant on Dec 8, 2009 5:22 PM CST reply actions

Hell they should just show up

I mean crap they are 10-2 when they do that!

by Grime on Dec 9, 2009 10:45 AM CST up reply actions

I would prefer to see some good football (meaning we kick butt)...

Boom Boom Boom…

These are the drums….two sets out there…

One has the beat of doomsayer….

The other of conquest….

Which beat will we follow on Sunday?

Boom Boom Boom…

I would rather be IN the Arena than watching from the stands...That is my life!
* Read Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" if you need further explanation...

by vikingfanfrom afar on Dec 9, 2009 7:41 PM CST up reply actions

A few more notes on this game

Naufahu Tahi was with the Bengals at one time. He was in the Bengals training camp in 2006. The Bengals cut him. The Vikings signed him in November 2006. Then, after the 2008 season, the Bengals made an offer to Tahi, but the Vikings matched it. His cousin is a fullback with the Bengals.

http://blog.vikings.com/2009/12/10/vikings-fb-familiar-with-bengals/

Several months ago there was a great story by Sean Jensen in the Pioneer Press about Jasper Brinkley. From the article:

“He was scrambling, and I had secondary contain,” Brinkley said. “In my head I was thinking, ‘Come on. Come on.’ Once he crossed the line, I knew there was no turning back. And I brought the pain.”

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9534680/Vikings-rookie-linebacker-Jasper-Brinkley-likes-to-deliver-some-hurt-with-his-hits-

Finally, when Chester Taylor was a Raven, he played the Bengals several times, though rarely as the featured running back. I added up his career stats against the Bengals.

Rushing: 52 attempts, 245 yards, 4.7 ypc, 2 TD

Receiving: 10 receptions, 60 yards

by medicineball on Dec 10, 2009 1:05 PM CST reply actions

Mission accomplished

Vikings win, 30-10.

The return of Antoine Winfield and Anthony Herrera, and a re-commitment to the rushing attack with Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor resulted in victory. Meanwhile, surprisingly good showings were made by defensive backups forced into starter roles: Jasper Brinkley and Jamarca Sanford.

Greg Lewis also played well filling in for Percy Harvin at the slot. Reynaud had a nice day handling the returns. Erin Henderson made a key fumble recovery and two special teams tackles. The list would go on for a long time. Suffice to say, it was a great team win.

by medicineball on Dec 14, 2009 1:11 PM CST reply actions