A Whole Lotta Beef

Multiple news agencies (including our friends at profootballtalk.com) have reported that Alabama OT Andre Smith was in town for a visit yesterday with Bengals brass.  The Frisch's in Bellevue was briefly sold out of all Big Boy Platters, but order was restored once Smith boarded the plane back to Alabama.  After watching how this kid prepared for the two biggest job interviews of his life, let's just say I hope this is a smokescreen.  Or someone above the Bengals is stupid enough to take him.  But, with little comments like this from Baghdad Hob, you never know:

Baltimore general manager Ozzie Newsome's hearty endorsement is part of Smith's climb back into the top 10 after a series postseason decisions dropped his stock briefly.

Briefly?  His stock dropped faster than Enron in 2001.  Seriously, don't insult our intelligence.

In addition, the Dallas Morning News is reporting that free agent DT Tank Johnson visited the Bengals.  Baghdad Hob says that Johnson is intrigued by the situation in Cincinnati.  I have to say I'd also like to see what a rotation of Pat Sims and Tank Johnson would look like, but I'd also like to see what some half decent pass rushers would look like as well.  As far as a redeemer angle, this would be right up Mike Brown's alley. 

Comments

[ItmightbeJB]

So Tank Johnson is intrigued by the Bungholes? Sh*t dude get in line with the rest of us! GeoffyBoy must have fallen off Mikey's lap when Tank dropped that one. Every notice how often guys like Geoffy and Mikey and Marvey like to quote other exec's in the AFC North, like they've accepted the fact that the Bungs are their little benatchez? Oh and, can anyone point to a single instance where one of those exec's have ever quoted MikeyBoy in return?...... I mean except when he asks "Are those free?" at the Kroger sample tables?

[ItmightbeJB]

BTW... any word yet on the when the fry cooks at Frisch's will be medically cleared to return to work? I hear Andre the Hut donated all his cole slaws to Children's hospital at least...

[Danimal]

Don't be surprised if Pacman shows up for an interview as well.

[Ejm1]

Have we signed Donte Stallworth yet?

[Brian]

i think vick and burress are going to be enjoying a couple cheese coneys compliments of mike brown sometime very soon.

and since the giants are now in the market, can we ship them chad for a couple picks. i mean, we already have 27 picks in this draft. why not fill out the practice squad with rookies?

[themask]

The one thing this post made me realize (well, remember) is that Frisch's is awesome. Actually, there is another thing--I don't think the #6 is going to help us in the way we need it. I don't think that either Jason Smith or Monroe will be there, Oher doesn't really help with the run, and Andre Smith doesn't seem to have his head on straight.

I think that if neither of the first two guys I listed are there they might have to go with Oher, because if they don't it'll be someone like Beanie Wells (who I like but we'd ruin him behind our crappy line) or Crabtree (who I could almost live with if they get rid of Chad, but not really).

[Chris]

"but order was restored once Smith boarded the plane back to Alabama".

I think it's much more likely that Mike Brown was at the Greyhound station waving goodbye to his future tackle than CVG. I can see Andre Smith accepting a collect call from the Bengals war room in a few weeks.

[Mockenrue]

I think Hob is one of the biggest journalistic hacks I've ever seen in a steady job, but he's not too off the mark here in insinuating that Andre Smith's stock began to rise again. It's not as high as it once was, but after his meltdown teams went and looked at tape. And the tape showed a very dominant tackle, which teams have been finding difficult to ignore. Smith has question marks, but at #6 (if we believe that the top two OTs are gone), now that Tank Johnson eliminates the B.J. Raji probability, Smith might be the safest/smartest pick on the board.

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