Which Bengals Would Start for the Giants?

Today's complete disaster of a game shouldn't have surprised anyone.  The game followed the standard 2008 Bengals formula:

1. Complete lack of protection on pass plays
2. Absent pass rush
3. Lots of mistakes, or as Marvin would say, "We made too many mistakes."
4. Uninspired play-calling

Luckily, the bar where I watched the game also had on the Giants-Redskins game so I could watch competitive football.  And as I was watching the Giants dismantle the Redskins, I thought to myself, "Which Bengals would start for the Giants?" 

Ignoring injuries and considering the optimal Bengals starters, the only Bengals who would have a chance at starting would be Carson and TJ, and the Giants seem to be doing fine with Eli and without Plaxico.  Every single player on the Giants defense is better than every player on the Bengals.  Ditto with the Giants entire offensive line, running backs, fullbacks and tight ends. 

This is the sad fact of how far the Bengals are from winning a Super Bowl.  The Bengals need to improve at almost every single position.  There are rational arguments for signing TJ to a long term deal, franchising him or letting him go, but just remember this: the Bengals need to improve EVERYWHERE.  And locking up that kind of long term money in a 32-year old WR when the team needs an entire new offensive line and an entire new defensive line might not be the best use of the salary cap.

The even more sad fact is that the Bengals front office won't do anything about it. Don't expect the Bengals to do anything drastic.  They will "build through the draft" but not hire enough scouts.  Marvin will keep his job, Mikey will continue to be the decider on (not) signing free agents and the cycle will continue. 

But hey, as the biggest idiot Bengals fans will surely tell you at work on Monday, "At least we're not as bad as Detroit!"

Comments

[Ky_Bengal]

"At least we're not as bad as Detroit!"

THIS year. What happens when Detroit eventually improves? I was listening to post game coverage on WLW leaving Cincy this afternoon. There is frustration here that Mike Brown just doesn't get. With the wealth redistribution scheme the NFL has in place (that he voted against) there is no motovation for him to improve the team. However the fans have a voice, that's at the box office. Until the fans get serious about boycotting a managment style that has distroyed this team, nothing will change.

[Rich]

Man, that game was the most difficult to watch in a season of difficult games. I don't know where to begin. I'll say this, though - from my couch the amount of boos and the empty seats said something about the state of Bengals fans.

[wiseking]

Everyone gets a salary at the end of the day. Show me one person within the organisation that wants to win a ring? The franchise has sustained itself on a level below mediocrity over the past 20 years, and why expect it to change? Franchise TJ and get a leader on the OL and DL that you can build a franchise around.

[Tremain Crack]

If there is a God in heaven, He should allow Paul Brown to visit his fucking retarded, humpty dumpty looking, clueless, jackass of a son and personally kick him in the nuts and publicly dis-own him. Mike Brown is the sweat that collects on my nuts as I burn down there on 90 degree Sept Sundays and the sweat in my ass-crack that puddles in my long underwear during the cold, and long December pointless games. The same cold games that haven't meant anything in recent and not so recent memory. I hope he gets hit by a car, dies a slow painful death, and gets sodomized 18 times daily by a large cocked midget devil, who Satan has assigned for just that task.

[Ben Shooner Sec. 226]

It should be noted that the drinking fountains in the north endzone were turned off today. I suppose MBB wanted to squeeze the few of us who showed up today and refused to buy beer. Why give them free water?! Make them pay for their water if they won't buy a $7 beer!!

[Pal]

A class action lawsuit should be brought against Mikey Brown,Bob Bedinghaus, and the NFL for this extortion.

[Freepster]

"the Giants seem to be doing fine with Eli"

So they wouldn't even start Carson. TJ, sure, but Carson, no. Not even with a healthy elbow. This is indeed the worse year I've experienced as a Bengals fan.

Sorry they turned off the water fountains at PBS.

Fuck Mike Brown!

[Ben]

Meanwhile the Browns (4 times as many wins as Mike Brown's Bengals) have gone on the record as saying that Romeo Crennel is on the hot seat and if his team doesn't improve he will be cleaning out his office at the end of the season. We are 1-10-1 and not a singe voice from within the organization has stopped to give Marvin a friendly reminder that he was put here to win games and won't be invited back if he doesn't. Seriously, does Marvin possess nude photos of Katie Blackburn or something (hold on a sec, pausing to throw up)??? Oh and on a related note yesterday I'm pretty sure I saw the short bus that Bob Bratkowski rode in on parked outside the stadium.

[WC]

OK, here goes... Ben? Do you understand that Marvin doesn't have control of this team because Mikey Boy Brown is setting the tone? When he did have at least some measure of control, the Bengals won. Don't knock Marvin... it isn't his fault. Use your head a bit before you write?

Pal... what grounds do you have for a 'class-action suit?'

Ben Shooner... you allege that they (Mikey Boy Brown) turned off the water fountains in the north endzone... Got any proof that (as you are insinuating) Mikey Boy Brown had them turned off and that it was to service the cause of forcing people to pay for bottled water as an alternative? Didn't think so. Did you ever think to see if there was a pipe problem or other infrastructure problem that saw them be turned off?

Tremain Crack... That was a classic burn-down! Keep 'em coming! Here's a hint though, less 'ass-crack' stuff and more 'smegma breath!'

Remember folks, we had the opportunity to send MBB packin' a few years back but we thought with our desires instead of with our heads. I will always say... better NO football than MBB football!

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