This off season Chick reads like the anti-WDR. Everytime I check in he seems to have an optimistic piece up, including one where he predicted a 10-6 record and a playoff berth.
Chick's optimism comes with credibility since last year he came down hard on the Bengals before most people realized things were going to be ugly. However, a recent article by him strikes me as ridiculous (though I must admit I also am dangerously intrigued...douche bag alert...again).
Chick discusses the off season performance of Kyle Cook and how he has seized the role of man to beat for starting Center. My main concern about the Bengals, and Carson's future, lies with the offensive line. So I am looking for reasons to hope. But right at the beginning of the article a picture of Kyle comes with the caption: "Kyle Cook: the next Rich Braham?"
Kyle has zero starts and only 5 NFL appearances. Cool it with the Rich Braham talk. Good God.
What other NFL team protects a 130 million dollar quarterback with guys like this.
I guess when you take away last seasons starter and are competing against a rookie and some OTHER back ups it can be said that you "earned" the job.
I love the part where they extend Whit and pay him as a young promising left guard and then play him at tackle. He would have earned a million or so more as a left tackle. How long before he starts bitching?
Brilliant cheapskate move though.
Posted by: J M | July 01, 2009 at 02:18 PM
How many times have you heard a coach say that you can't tell anything until the pads come on at training camp? And yet, Cook has "earned" the starting role, not "inherited" it? I suppose Mikey "earned" the GM role as well, and his family has "earned" their positions in the front office.
Posted by: Leo deTrotskyo | July 01, 2009 at 02:54 PM
If he couldn't beat out Ghiaciuc last year...
Posted by: Sly Vramavomovich | July 01, 2009 at 03:12 PM
Perhaps the Bengals have decided to start supplementing their in-house propaganda with some external contracting. I wonder how many coupon books Ol' Mikey got Katie to fit into a suitcase to bribe Chick with...
I set the over under at 7, with 1 being a bunch Sunday paper ads stapled together...
Posted by: Danno | July 01, 2009 at 03:12 PM