CincyJungle Presents: Ask a Bengals Fan!

Coles seems to be showing his age, Henry was the only (other) deep threat, and I question Chad’s ability to stretch the field anymore. Caldwell has been off and on, but he’s been great down the stretch, especially in the red zone. He’s been absent in the past few games, so maybe defenses are starting to figure him out.

Carson has been off, from my observation, in the past couple of games as well.

Yeah, I’m in love with our defense. They have had it easy lately, and I will be curious to see how they do at slowing down AP without our top defender against the run, Domata Peko, out with injury. The good news is Keith Rivers will be back at LB.

It is one of the best run blocking lines in the league, but can leave something to be desired every now and then in pass protection.

That being said, the tempo of the game will probably dictate the Bengals’ gameplan. If we don’t have to play catch up and we can establish the run, I don’t expect to see Carson throw more than 25 passes.

That’s really all we, as fans, can hope for. An entertaining game with that tells us something about our teams and is a potential win. One of the great NFL games this season could be played in MN this weekend. Hopefully Favre’s arm isn’t falling apart.

Unless LJ turns into a QB, I think you are asking of the wrong guy. Maybe kevin or pat will squish him for you.

Mike Zimmer is one of the best D coordinators in the NFL. He took a bunch of guys that no one else wanted (Chris Crocker, Dhani Jones to name a few) and middle-to-late-round draft picks and made a top defense out of them. His schemes are excellent, as are the talents of Domata Peko, Leon Hall, Michael Johnson, Keith Rivers and Rey Maualuga.

The offensive line got bigger, smarter, and learned how to run block. Carson’s back, so defenses can’t just stack the box. We’ve seen improvements in every phase of the game. Hard to pinpoint it.

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Crow must be your favorite food.

For some reason it has excelled against teams like Baltimore but disappeared in Oakland. Not sure why. But the D-Line, especially with Zimmer’s rotations with getting 4 defensive ends in there at the same time on passing 3rd downs, usually finds a way to get pressure. Blitzes are pretty common in obvious passing situations, too.

I’d be more worried about stopping the run without Domata Peko. Pat Sims is good, Tank Johnson is a pass-rushing DT, and we have no other dominant run force on the D-Line.

I dunno why. But it’s annoying as hell.

Both of our corners can be shut down, but Leon Hall is simply amazing. One of the best in the league this year, I think he’s given up something like 7 or 8 catches in single coverage all year. You’ll probably see 7 in the box, we had no problems with Ray Rice or Rashard Mendenhall, and Zimmer, I have faith anyway, will have a good gameplan.

See Anthony21 post on this site ref this…..

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He’s just loves attention. So maybe that’s something….

He is an incredibly hard worker and his teammates, for the most part, love the guy. He’s our best offensive deep threat, our most explosive player, and a hell of a lot of fun to watch. Marvin Lewis continuously says that the guy works harder than anyone on the team, and this year he’s in phenomenal shape. No more going to the locker room early to get an IV bullshit.

Domata Peko is a 3rd-year stud at DT. Leon Hall and Johnathan Joseph are among the league’s best and are 3rd and 4th year players. Michael Johnson was a 2nd day pick this year, and has flashed immense talent. As he learns the game, I have no doubt that he can become dominant at the end position. 2nd year LB Keith Rivers has been extremely solid at SOLB for us, and Rey Maualuga has been a thumper at WOLB.

On the offensive side of the ball, nearly our entire offensive line is pretty young. Andre Smith has been good in the run-blocking game the past couple of weeks; Kyle Cook has been excellent in his first year at center for us. Bernard Scott is already a 100-yard rusher in his rookie season. Andre Caldwell has flashed Houshmandzadeh-esque clutch skills.

So there’s a bunch of names!

Broke his foot three days after signing, and has only been active for the last two or three weeks. Right now, we’re easing him in to the RT position, I haven’t heard his name called in conjunction with a sack allowed or a yellow flag yet, and while he hasn’t been overly spectacular, he’s been solid and will make a serious push to start in 2010.