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.
I'm surprised you didn't comment on the penalties. Jesus, the penalties! I'm glad to see the team picked right up where they left off in 2009. BTW, I totally agree about the QB situation.
Posted by: Bengal Fan Down South | August 09, 2010 at 01:37 PM
Or keep some other guys and maybe cut one or two of the WRs.
The biggest flaw with this plan? Brat.
Posted by: Sleeping With Bieniemy | August 09, 2010 at 01:37 PM
Completely agree, SWB. I've been saying the same thing with Matt Jones since the drafting of Shipley and Briscoe. Keep 7 WRs (including Cosby) and use Jones as a WR and emergency #2 or #3 QB. Either way, they need to get O-Linemen and a backup QB after other teams make cuts. The offense was BRUTAL to watch last night...
On another note, Michael Johnson is a beast.
Posted by: TheCarlPickensClause | August 09, 2010 at 01:40 PM
Dump the backups (as stated) and go looking up Kurt Warner. It's a good chance that he would be willing to back up -- it's another contract coming his way -- provided that Carson doesn't go down, he makes easy money.
Posted by: wch | August 10, 2010 at 03:10 AM
lol wow WCH that is a good solution let's give $10 million plus to Kurt Warner to be our backup??? Seriously?? Let me guess Kurt Warner would come here for 1-2 million for the chance to get to the superbowl.....because he couldn't reached one in Arizona.
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Posted by: Sly Vramavomovich | August 10, 2010 at 04:15 PM
Damn you guys are funny.
Sunday night was very frustrating to watch, but before the game I was going to post on the site that people should not expect too much from the team. It was bad, but not as bad as it looked. Keep in mind the Cowboys had two weeks of camp in their belt; we had one. Also Marvin never plans for opposing teams schemes so the OL always looks bad, and Zimmer only blitzed once or twice with the first team on the field so they were easily picked apart.
Couple of things I liked:
1. M. Johnson - we have talked about his move to SLB all off-season. Zimmer might have hit a home run with this guy. Blitzing him to match him up to a RB may be a QB's worse nightmare. If they can get him to cover, he could be a force. It appeared that he did well against the run.
2. Palmer - yes this sounds out of place. He actually looked good in the pocket and when there was pressure. Last year he would throw floaters off his back foot. In the game, he was looking downfield and was stepping into his throws even with people in front of him. His accuracy was off, but I think he will improve once he gets the rust off and if he can get some time in the pocket.
3. Secondary depth - the upgrades looked good, and they played well throughout the game.
Couple of things I didn't like:
1. The OL looked like like hell. This is part not much practice time, part not preparing for Dallas's schemes & stunts, and part not upgrading the LG spot and having a fat RT that breaks his foot if he puts too much pressure on it.
2. The DL looked like hell. They were consistently blown off the ball. I have faith in Zimmer to correct this asap. No pass rush with the starting four- again Zimmer did not blitz, unless you accept the one time Jones unsuccessfully rushed the passer as a blitz.
3. OL Depth- we are thin. They need to use a lot of draft picks on the OL next year.
Observations:
1. If M. Johnson can step up his game, Rey has to replace Dhani. Enough of this brains crap. Jones is just not a threat to other teams. He can't blitz, he can't cover, and he can't shed blockers.
2. I want to see what Simpson can do with Carson as QB. He was consistently beating the coverage, but no one could get the ball to him.
3. TO & Shipley were good pickups.
Posted by: blesterov | August 10, 2010 at 09:56 PM