New to this board,former member of jungle noise..bengalbalzac,bengalbalzac420 ,mugwa,seadragon .were some of my aliases.too many dumbass moderators on the old board,anyways bengals look great all around cant wait for vontaze to be back,sorry in advance of grammar,spelling mistakes im trying to work and manage my bengals fever

What his overall disposition is? Everyone loves to win BUT certain personalities need to be part of it or they get pissy.

He HAS TO have accepted by now he lost his starting and full time role; where he was penciled in to be the polar opposite with promising prognostications from all the pundits.

That's a bitter pill to swallow for some.

It will be interesting to see how he handles his new vastly inferior role.

FWIW: GIO handled the demotion last year with grade A CLASS!

On the awesome Eifert catch, at the end of regulation, I swear it looks like he is looking at Thomas (29) and gives a quick wave. Am I seeing things? Anyone else see this?

Great read on football innovation in the Queen City with video....


http://www.nfl.com/ohioriveroffense


"I think Sam Wyche is very undervalued or underappreciated for what he lent to the game," Brandt says. "He was kind of like a mad scientist."

I will start off saying that this new message board is the absolute best and it does feel like more a community here much more then the place where we all came from. I felt that the previous place moderator would intentionally rub people the wrong way every chance if they weren't kool aidohlics 24/7 no matter the circumstance. Here, even though there are still plenty of disagreements over things it feels great because this is truly a Bengals Fan board.

But there is one thing we can all agree on even though we're only 5 games into the season, this has been one hell of alot of fun so far for us to enjoy! Can I get a big Who-Dey and hope this train doesn't stop!!!

Who-Dey

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/10/12/nfl-morning-after-andy-dalton-mvp-candidate/

There are some great lines in this article, but my favorite is " If you think he’s not one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, you haven’t been paying attention".

Seemingly, there are lots of people STILL not paying attention.  And that is just fine.  I absolutely love this team.  And they don't need recognition to keep winning. 

As thrilling and amazing the comeback was yesterday, I'd much prefer to keep the lead with a dominant running game. I know the seahawks have a great defense, and they were stacking the box a lot, but that's no excuse. If we want to be the best team in the NFL we need to be able to punch the other teams in the mouth and run it even when they are doing everything they can to stop us from running.

Through five games (not including tonight's game between Pittsburgh and San Diego):

Andy Dalton:
#1 in the NFL in passing yards
#1 in yards per attempt (min. 100 attempts)
#3 in TD passes
#3 in QB rating
#2 in Total QBR (pointless awful stat, but there it is if you care)

Giovani Bernard:
#6 in rushing yards
#4 in yards per attempt

Jeremy Hill:
#2 in rushing TDs

A.J. Green:
#3 in receiving yards
#8 in yards after catch

Tyler Eifert:
#2 in receiving TDs (overall)
#4 in receiving yards (among TEs)

Kevin Huber:
#4 in net punting average
#6 in punts inside the 20

Carlos Dunlap:
#1 in sacks

Geno Atkins:
#2 in sacks (among DTs)

Vincent Rey:
#3 in combined tackles (as counted by ESPN)

I'm sure there are a bunch of others, but these are just what I saw at a glance. A few of them surprised me. Dalton might rank higher in total TDs if his rushing TDs are accounted for, I'm not sure. I know that none of these numbers really means much of anything, but whatever it's just eye candy.

Note: Phillip Rivers is close enough to Dalton in TD passes and passing yards that he could eclipse him in both tonight.

So, this is where all you miscreants from the old Bengals boards are hanging out....

Good to see lots of familiar names here.

Pretty darned good Bengals team.

Across the league, the refs are now becoming hinderances to getting fair and equal play on both sides. THey've always been inconsistent. But now, it seems like they want to hear their own voices and see their own faces on the Jumbotrons. In short, they are affecting the outcomes of the games, when they are supposed to just make sure fair play is enforced.

They don't seem to know how to call "a catch", or a "fair catch", or are too busy calling marginal penalties while missing egregious ones.

NFL...Don't wait until the end of the season to take action. Get control of these guys NOW! Penalties are way up. Part of these penalties are supposed to protect players. It seems there are more injuries this season than what I've seen in any season since I became a fan of the NFL.

The refs need to be better trained and held more accountable when they make stupid mistakes.

Though I was very pleased with what I saw out of Brandon Thompson yesterday, I was very surprised to see Atkins on the sideline for so many series.  I am a big fan of the rotation, as I feel it will keep all players better protected from the rigors of a 16 game schedule, but could he have been injured earlier in the game?  He played most of the critical OT snaps, but I think he was honestly not playing for more than half the snaps the rest of the game. 

I guess we will hear when the press conference runs at 3pm, but did anyone else notice this?