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Monday, December 01, 2008
CINCINNATI — 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.
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).
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 hand.
"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.
Goat(s) 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.
