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‘Band-aid Bengals’ strike again; they go from the outhouse to the, well, outhouse
STARTING LINEUP OF MISFITS
JUST CAN’T SHOOT STRAIGHT
‘THEY RUBBED IT
IN OUR FACE…’
Former Bengal-turned-broadcaster Dave Lapham called the Cincinnati Bengals a “Fife and Drum, Johnson & Johnson” unit held together by band-aids, athletic tape and gauze.
“The Band-Aid Bengals” have placed a club-record 20 players on season-ending Injured Reserve this year.
Dave Lapham
And those who remain on the active roster came unglued on a cold, rainy Sunday afternoon, Nov. 30 — torn to shreds by the Baltimore Ravens, whose 34-3 victory at Paul Brown Stadium was methodical, thorough and merciful because it could’ve been much worse.
Rookie quarterback Joe Flacco threw for 280 yards, two touchdowns and a gaudy 119.9 passer rating as the Ravens improved to 8-4 with their sixth victory in seven games.
The Bengals, meanwhile, lost for the 10th time in 12 games, and tied single-game club records for most punts (11) and fewest first downs (6).
They were out-gained in total yardage, 451-155, and converted only 2 of 15 third-down opportunities into first downs (13 percent).
Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick was 12 of 31 passing for 124 yards, fumbled twice, got sacked three times, had five passes swatted at the line of scrimmage and had two passes slip out of his hands.
“You’ve got to execute the game plan and we didn’t do that,” Bengals right guard Bobbie Williams said. “You saw what happened. They rubbed it in our face. Our defense played pretty good, but the offense … we couldn’t get nothing going, and that’s sad to say.”
STAR OF THE GAME
Ravens wide receiver Mark Clayton caught five passes for 164 yards, including a 70-yard TD at 5:53 of the third quarter.
Clayton also fired a 32-yard TD pass to Derrick Mason.
The last time the fourth-year veteran wideout threw a pass was in college at Oklahoma.
“My sophomore year against Nebraska. It was a bad pass,” Clayton said. “I was just like, ‘Lord, let this one go right.’ “
GOATS OF THE GAME
The Bengals players, coaches and management for the ugly, pathetic and embarrassing performance displayed in front of 63,871 spectators, who began flooding the exits in the third quarter.
One fan wore a paper bag over his head with the word “BUNGLEIZED” written in crayon across the front.
TURNING POINT
When the Ravens buses pulled into PBS …
With the Ravens ahead 13-3 in the third quarter, Clayton — flanked to the left — took a handoff from Flacco, rolled right and heaved a TD pass to Mason, who beat cornerback Leon Hall down the right sideline.
“We practiced it a couple times,” Clayton said. “I’m just thankful coach (John Harbaugh) trusted me with the ball to make a play like that.”
QUOTE MACHINE
“Terrible. I can’t think of any other word worse than that. It’s just terrible, really. We got a first down on the first play, and then after that, we just couldn’t move the ball.” — Wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh on the Bengals’ offensive performance.
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By jim m.
December 1, 2008 12:39 AM | Link to this
YAWNNNNNN Its a back to the 90’s again reunion~!!! I am so glad Mike Brown didn’t get me drinking his kool-aide to scam me out of my hard earned dollars!! No winning till the Brown family is gone.. heck pack them up and ship the whole team to Los Angeles. It did the Rams and Raiders justice didnt it?? worked for them huh? I dont get fans still paying big dollars for watching that crap.. heck watch the team go 1-14-1 and Mikey-Boy raise ticket prices and fire the special teams coach as his big change!! HAHA..Marvin will have 1 win and his job will be saved and the other 4-5 teams in the losing bracket above the Bengals, will fire their coaches!!! No winning till scrooge Mr. Brown is GONE!!By Ridnaway
December 1, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this
MikeyBoy’s ego is the wall standing between the Bengals and success. He isn’t his father and nver will be. But he can’t and won’t accept that. This team needs a GM who is a football man. With MikeyBoy in the draft room every year we’ll continue to get David Klinglers, Akili Smiths, Dan Wilkensons, Chris Henry’s and Kijana Carters.By larry
December 1, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this
all the football knowledge of paul brown ran down mrs brown’s leg when mike was concieved!By blindeye
December 1, 2008 9:18 PM | Link to this
You know what I’m thinking? I’m thinking that it’s probably likely that Paul Brown wasn’t the great football genius that everyone thinks and all of the stuff about Modell and most of the other stuff probably isn’t true either. Based on Mike Brown’s resume how could anyone think any different. He’s chip off the old block isn’t he? I’m thinking that all the Paul Brown stories was probably nothing more than Brown family hype to sell tickets.By psychostats
December 2, 2008 1:20 AM | Link to this
Paul Brown really was a phenomenal football coach, until the rest of the world caught up with him around 1960. By then, PB was convinced that every part of his “method” was sacrosanct, and he obstinately refused to change. (It’s all laid out nicely in the O’Toole book Chick recommended.) But it nets out to what you’re saying, blindeye. Mike Brown slavishly follows the obsolete methods, and the fans suffer because of it.