Perhaps the most telling corn pulled from the turd the Bengals just dropped at home to Cleveland was during the failed 2 point conversation attempt early in the 4th quarter. Fitzpatrick had just connected with Chad Johnson for his first TD of the year. Mercifully, Chad did nothing stupid afterward.
The Bengals, now down 17-12 decide to go for 2. No surprise there. Fitzpatrick lines up under center, Ghiaciuc snaps the ball and is quickly PANCAKED by Shaun Rogers as Fitzpatrick tosses an incomplete pass. Seriously, for those of you who have it taped, go back and watch a professional offensive lineman get pancaked in about 2 seconds by a professional defensive lineman.
A starting professional offensive lineman should not get knocked on his ass. Maybe if his QB gets picked off and he is blind sided on a block trying to make a tackle. But not when you are trying to pass block the guy RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. The Bengals were on the 2. Ghiaciuc is expected to hold his block for maybe 3 seconds. Instead he gets knocked on his ass in under 2.
On that pancake two pinter, I'm pretty sure I saw #89, Jerome Simpson, lined up wide left. Why not loft one up for those hops and giant hands rather than throwing a grounder up the middle? Both take about the same amount of time.
Posted by: IgnatiusJReilly | September 30, 2008 at 09:19 AM
Those pancakes look delicious.
Posted by: Leeroy Jenkins | September 30, 2008 at 03:10 PM