20 - Years since the Bengals have won a playoff game
0 - Total number of playoff wins in Mike Brown's tenure as owner
.359 - Bengals regular season winning percentage since Mike Brown took over as owner (115-206-1 in 20 seasons)
29-34-1 - Record since 2005 playoff game vs Steelers
6 - Seasons the Bengals have lost their first six games since 1991. No other team has more than two.
0 - Teams North of Cincinnati without an indoor practice facility
10 - Players arrested in a 14 month span from 2005-2006
32 - Mike Brown's ranking, out of 32, of the "Best Owners in the NFL" by Michael Silver of Sports Illustrated in 2007
458,000,000 - Amount, in dollars, that Hamilton County Taxpayers paid to build PBS
2032 - Year that Hamilton County will have finally paid off its debt on the stadium deal
3 - Total number of non-clerical employees employed in the Bengals scouting department, lowest in the league
747,000,000 - Amount, in dollars, paid in free agency by the Bengals from 1994 - 2005, second worst of all 28 teams in existence for the duration, behind only Arizona
118 – Ranking, out of 118 professional teams, of the “Worst Franchises” in professional sports, as ranked by ESPN the Magazine in 2003.
97 – Ranking, out of 98 general managers in all four major sports with three or more years of experience, of Mike Brown’s performance as a GM, as ranked by Forbes in 2007.
Damn, that man is a football genius.
Posted by: Rich | September 05, 2009 at 04:53 PM
cant believe fatty JJ made the roster and Pressley was cut, i hope he gets picked up by some other team, preferably one we play this year and he bull dozes through our defense, while fatty JJ and Andre eat the bengals out of "competing" this year.
Thanks GM for protecting carson with overweight fat asses.
Posted by: Gary | September 05, 2009 at 06:45 PM
I'm trying to see what becomes of everyone who got cut, but the Bengals' website hasn't been updated with who got into the Practice Squad and who got put on waivers. It would suck to see Corey Lynch go to someone else, he's a great young talent.
Great to see that they decided to go with versatility and take both Leonard and Dorsey; combined, they would be an unstoppable running threat if we had a halfway-decent OL. So hopefully something nice will come out of this.
Posted by: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1605413175 | September 05, 2009 at 08:01 PM
Agreed. They needed to keep both DeDe and Leonard. I was pulling for Pressley because he seemed like a good guy and a "lunchpale" Lo Neal type of guy. I hope he clears waivers and the PS him.
Posted by: TheCarlPickensClause | September 05, 2009 at 08:18 PM
Andy,
Everyone but LB Darryl Blackstock, LB Jim Maxwell, DT Langston Moore are on waivers. There is a waiver period where all teams have a chance to sign them based on last years performance (like draft order, Bengals are 6). if no one signs them then they have a shot at the practice squad if they want.
Posted by: me | September 05, 2009 at 09:45 PM
Keeping fatboy whiffer Jeremi Johnson over Pressley was a mistake and like someone said, watch him get picked up by someone we play and he knocks our players out! Why was injury prone Ndukwe kept over Lynch? Why place Chatman on injured reserve? Let that BUM go! Geeeeeessssssshhhhhhhh You are praising Mike Brown moves? That is like you are approving that he is a real smart GM. What is up?
Posted by: TigerJ@w | September 06, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in a while....but it's still just a rat with a furry tail.
Mike Brown is a rat.
Posted by: MikeBrownGivesFreeBlumpies | September 06, 2009 at 04:30 PM
Sad to see "OG Jason Shirley" on the cut list, plus somewhat puzzling that Simpson was kept over Marvin White - neither has been particularly impressive, and the added attitude/swagger that White was supposed to bring to the defense has likely been replaced by Rey Maualuga; however, the fact remains that White has a wealth of game experience, at least in relation to Jerome Simpson. Ah well, guess it's easier to admit you were wrong on a fourth-round pick than a second-round one.
Posted by: Wyatt | September 08, 2009 at 07:39 AM