Q & A With CincyJungle

It’s designed to be more run-first, however it hasn’t materialized that way just yet — at least not consistently. When the team passes, it’s a quick passing game that gives Andy Dalton a few reads before finalizing into a decision. Most of the passes are short, especially to our receivers in Simpson and Green in open space, using their talents to break a play open.

If the run game works, then the Bengals will prefer to pound it out.

we should be a run oriented offense that stays with a 30+ rush attempts per game. last week, we got a little behind, coaches pulled the plug on running and went pass heavy.

we’re still learning what to expect from gruden, would appear he’s willing to be fluid and adjust to the situation. with a rookie qb, a rookie g, and some starters in a new offensive system, if gruden decides to start pushing for 30+ passes a game, some team will make cincy pay with turnovers.

Gruden is not Bratkowski. Ergo, intelligent gameplans will actually be made.

Though he had a good week one, left guard Nate Livings allowed three quarterback pressures against the Broncos and as Adam points out, Boling has had his rookie struggles; though Boling’s problems have been against rush blocks.

Our tackles are by far our strongest part of the group and Andre Smith (right tackle) had arguably his best game as a pro last week.

bobbie williams is our best G and he’s suspended (which most of us feel was a garbage suspension. williams is too much a class act to do performance enhancers).

livings, last year, fans disliked him. this year we’re slowly coming around to him, still seems iffy at times.

boling, a rookie, shows promise, but can be schooled by a vet.

Clements had a terrible game against the Broncos. Of eight passes that were targeted against guys he covered (mostly Eric Decker), six were completed for 122 yards and two touchdowns.

He’s defended 18 passes this year, 11 have been completed and the opposing quarterback rating against guys he’s covering is 142.1.

he’s no jo-jo. some cincys fans have been trying to drink the kool-aid on nate, saying he’ll at least play in more games than jo-jo did in a season. after the denver game, the cold reality of quantity over quality hit some of those fans.

i’ve become a closet fan of the texans this season with the jo-jo signing. so’ i’m really biased when it comes to nate.

hoping nate looks more like he did in week 1 (soso) than nate did in week 2 (not worthy of being our #2 if nate continues to play that way once adam jones heals up)

Still mad Brown let Joseph walk, even if he was overpaying a bit.

Secondary has some strong players in Crocker, Nelson, and Hall. The latter two are the stars of our secondary and both are playing well. Clements is serviceable but, again, he’s not Joseph.

I wish I had an answer.

According to Michael Silver.

However, he will play this Sunday as he appealed the suspension, which will be heard next Tuesday.

It’s spread out. As a core group, Bengals fans just aren’t expecting much this year because so much has changed. Our offense is completely changed, new set of receivers, new QB and a new offensive coordinator. Our defense, while our strongest aspect, isn’t playing as well as we thought it would (but what NFL fan isn’t experiencing that most of the time?).

So there’s still a general attitude of where this team is at right now; not so much a weekly thing, just a season-long calculation of what we see and where we’re heading.

And really, unless your Ravens or Steelers fans suffering an embarrassing loss (just because it’s awesome), there’s no room for us to mock others.

we just played in a town (denver) we have’t won in since gerald ford was president. the sf game in cincy seems a little more winnable to us. if cincy were playing in sf, we’d be a lot more concerned (cincy is bad on the west coast).

tough contest? sure, these are 2 teams trying to find their ways in young season. any team could win a couple and get hot. hope powers all players this early in the season. anyone just collecting a paycheck this early needs to be released. so we’re expecting a nice struggle on sunday.

expecting frank gore to have his best game this season on sunday and maualuga to apologize on twitter next monday. for over/under pursuing yet again.

We generally get fired up when people try to kick us while we’re down though. Some of us have witnessed a little of the smack talk Niners fans have been saying and are actually getting fired up for this game through it. I’ll say it here for the people who have partook in this: we are not going to be easy. If you win, it will be close, and you have no reason to expect a blow-out or to ink in a victory.

None of us are expecting victory either (well, wait, some are but a majority are not), but do not, for a second, think we will be an easy win. I’d wager as much to say we probably have more talent than you—it’s just young/inexperienced or injured.

doubt the bengals will be in their game faces on sunday. stupid jerome simpson.

if it shows up, the pass rush is 6-7 deep with youth and speed from the bench. some of the guys that aren’t starters (like sims) are loved by cincy fans. cincy’s fischer-price line is the best d-line mike brown has assembled in his 20 yrs (mis)leading the bengals. the d-line is reminiscent of something paul brown would and did put together often on the field.

its an aggressive talented d-line, with the ability to kick a db on a streaking blitz from time to time. probably the most under-rated d-line in national media. if this d-line played in pittsburgh, you would see weekly national highlights and isolation cameras showing matchups during games.

Lewis – He’ll finish out his two years. Based on this season though, it wouldn’t be surprising if he gets extended, provided he wants to return. Especially if rumors are true that he did receive additional authority with this deal.

Palmer – It makes me more angry than someone kicking puppies. Palmer needs to be traded, it benefits no one and we’re losing out on his value that we could get decent draft pick(s) for.

Not a great record by NFL standards, but he has been coaching under mike brown, so he gets his own curve. It seems like he’s earned more personell say over the years, so he has had a big part in the last few solid drafts.

some of us hope lewis outlasts brown. its pretty much up to lewis at this point when he goes.

as for the palmer thing, its a dead horse in cincy. we’re bored with palmer. he’s viewed as a quitter, a poor leader, and the team is better off without him. brown’s pride reaches moronic levels and often forces him to make bad decisions. the palmer thing won’t be flushed out of cincy for a year or two, when the bengals get far less in return than the cards gave up for kolb (2nd rounder + pro-bowl cb). the national media makes the palmer situation a story. in cincy, its old news.

Considering he didn’t get ran out of town this last season, I wouldn’t be surprised if he becomes something of Cincinnati’s Belichick, and if he could win with the power he’s been given, I don’t think any of us will complain.

tendencies are 4-3 man to man or zone. we’ll run more nickel packages when adam jones/mays are healthy. expect a few safety blitzes if you see nickel. tossing crocker at the qb is not unheard of in cincy.

the lb core is the d’s biggest liability in pass coverage. lawson and maualuga in pass coverage are iffy. howard has been interesting in pass coverage. the bengals might try to work howard into passing downs when rivers comes back. howard could split time with lawson later in the season. hitting TEs for 5-15 against cincy’s d is the way to go.

Though I question whether it’s significant. The thing that makes it equal is that most of it is completely raw, so it’s still struggling and making mistakes. A year or two down the road, and I think this question will be easy enough to answer.

anderson was in top for most qb stats at time of retirement, still in top 10 for some qb stats, and has never gotten close to enough votes to be enshrined.

much like ken reily, a cb for the bengals his whole career, retired among the all time int leaders in nfl history. still sits at #5 25 years after he retired, still not in the hof. reily remains the only top retired int leader not in the hof. much like anderson’s snub.

It’s quite literally that simple. No SB wins, played for a small market team, had some consistency issues in his career. I still argue that he should be included if Namath was, but for a Bengal to make it in, they quite literally have to be the best at their position to do it.

collins was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

simpson should be cut regardless of arrest or not, his house, he should have known better. risk a mufti-million dollar nfl career for pocket change? he’s a moron and needs to be gone from cincy. of course mike brown would resign simpson for a cheaper contract next season regardless of what the fans or coaches want. a deal is a deal after all. ::rolleyes::

Simpson probably won’t take long to have the book thrown at him. Even if he somehow comes out of this without jail time, Goodell’s not gonna be too happy with him. There’s no way he’s coming out of this unscathed.