****ACCOMPLISHED****AJ McCarron - First Alabama Quarterback to win an NFL Game since 1987.

****ACCOMPLISHED**** Franchise Best 5 Playoff Seasons in a Row. (Dalton snubed from probowl)

Dalton Hurt........ ********* On Hold

1,102 More Passing Yards Needed by Dalton to Break his own Club Record of 4,293 Currently @ 3,191 Needs 275.5 per game

8 Passing TDs Needed by Dalton to Break his own Club Record of 33 Currently @ 25

On Watch.... Single Season All time Passer Rating held by Carson 101.1 Dalton currently 107.4 with 4 games to go.

5 Number of TDs 12 Eifert needs to Tie Carl Pickens Bengals Single Season TD Record of 17 (chads best was 10 AJs Best is 11) Second best all time was 12 by TJ and Pickens.... Eifert currently @ 12 *Hurt Again*

3 TD PAsses Dalton needs to TIE MAtt Ryan (if first 5 years) 127 TDS Dalton @ 124 (week 13 = 2 )

4 - TD passes Dalton needs to give him the third most TD passes of any QB in his first five seasons in the NFL, a list topped by Marino (168) and Peyton Manning (138), according to Elias. (week 12 = 3 )
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234 Yards Green Needs to Become #1 overall Single Season Receiving Yards Current Record 1,440 By chad Johnson Needs 117 per game

2 - Games needed by left tackle Andrew Whitworth for 152 in his career, most by a Bengals offensive player who has played all his games in the 21st century, one ahead of wide receiver Chad Johnson.

2 - Games needed by defensive tackle Domata Peko for 155 in his career, the most by a Bengal who has played all of his games in the 21st century.

2 2 Wins out of the next 2 games to have the best record in club history. (best ever is 12-4)

1 - Victories Lewis needs to tie John Madden’s total in Oakland and Mike Ditka’s total in Chicago (112).

547 - Yards Hill needs to pass Corey Dillon in first two NFL seasons (2,259). (16 yards week 14) *Not gonna accomplish

**PLAYOFF WIN**   Its been a long time... This has got to happen... but we must wait until January

10 - Catches Green needs to pass Curtis (416) into fifth place on Bengals all-time list. *week 15
11 - Catches Green needs to pass Cris Collinsworth (417) into fourth on Bengals all-time list *week 15


********************* Record Breakers/Makers Below******************************************************
***ACCOMPLISHED*** 41Points kicker Mike Nugent needs to pass Horst Muhlmann (549) into fourth place on the Bengals all-time scoring list. 92 points thru week 13

****Accomplished**** Interceptions cornerback Leon Hall needs to pass Lemar Parrish (25) into fourth on the Bengals’ all-time list behind the Who Dey trinity of Ken Riley (65), Louis Breeden (33) and David Fulcher (31).

****Accomplished**** Victories Dalton needs to pass Tom Brady and Dan Marino on the list of most wins by a NFL QB in his first five seasons as compiled by Elias. Brady and Marino are tied in fourth place with 48.

****Accomplished**** Snaps Andrew Whitworth needs to have the best ever streak of snaps to no sack given up according to pff (since 2007) the current record is 899 And whitworth has 819 ***Need to update***

****Accomplished**** TD passes Dalton needs to pass Johnny Unitas and Matthew Stafford into fifth place on the list of NFL QBs who have thrown the most TD passes in their first five seasons, as compiled by Elias.

****Accomplished**** Sack(s) needed by Geno Atkins to pass another 1988 folk hero, Tim Krumrie, for most sacks by a Bengals defensive lineman. Krumrie’s 34.5 from 1983-94 in 188 games are fifth on the club’s all-time list. (0 Week 3)

****Accomplished**** Passing yards Dalton needs to pass Blake (15,134) and move into fourth on the Bengals all-time list behind Anderson, Esiason, and Palmer.

****Accomplished****  Won a game in Oakland.

****Accomplished**** TD catches Green needs to pass Coach T.J. Houshmandzadeh (37) into fifth on the Bengals all-time list

****Accomplished****  Put the 3 in the first ever 0-3 Start by the ravens (also took 2 home openers from the ravens in a row and supplied both of flaccos losses at home in september)

****Accomplished**** 16 - Consecutive starts needed by Dalton, now with 64, to reach 80 straight, extending his club record for quarterbacks once held by Esiason with 61 straight starts from 1985-89. Third on the list is Blake with 52 (1994-97) and then Palmer with 51 (2005-2008).

****Accomplished****(was 5) Victories Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis needs to pass Marty Schottenheimer’s total in Kansas City and Tom Coughlin’s in New York (104).

**** ACCOMPLISHED *****More Win by the Bengals to have their Best Ever Start @ 7-0 (Tied with previous 6-0) *** This has to be achieved before the 1st loss of the season

**** ACCOMPLISHED ***** TD passes Dalton needs to pass Jeff Garcia (113) 4th With 114 , Dalton also has Matt Ryan (127)3rd in his sights.

***ACCOMPLISHED*** Bengals website has him with 8.5/7.5 needed) - Sacks needed by defensive end Carlos Dunlap to pass Justin Smith into fourth place on the Bengals all-time sack list with 44. Eddie Edwards, who played 170 games from 1977-88, is the leader with 83.5.

****ACCOMPLISHED**** - Victories Dalton needs to pass Palmer (46) on the Bengals’ all-time quarterback wins list behind Anderson (91) and Boomer Esiason (62). Dalton is now 3rd ALL time in bengals wins QB

*****Accomplished***** More Wins To beat the Longest win Streak in Franchise history of 8 games (tied previous of 7)** Counter will reset if they lose before accomplishing.

***ACCOMPLISHED*** Tight End Tyler Eifert now leads the league with 9 TDs and Ties an All time TD record for Bengals Tight ends with 9 in a season (with 8 games to go)

***ACCOMPLISHED*** (need 41 points)Points kicker Mike Nugent needs to pass Horst Muhlmann (549) into fourth place on the Bengals all-time scoring list.

**ACCOMPLISHED*** First Ever AFCN Team to go 8-0

**ACCOMPLISHED***TD catches Green needs to pass Eddie Brown (41) into fourth place on the Bengals all-time list. *2 in week 12

**ACCOMPLISHED*** Road wins Dalton needs this season to get the most victories by a visiting away QB in his first five seasons in the NFL since the 1970 merger, according to Elias. Dan Marino, Ben Roethlisberger, and Matt Ryan are all tied with 23.

**ACCOMPLISHED***Dalton become only one of two players in league history to reach at least 3,000 passing yards in his first five seasons. the other Peyton Manning
**ACCOMPLISHED***Green joins Moss as only players to have 1,000 receiving yards in each of first five seasons.

**ACCOMPLISHED***Peko has achieved his highest Sack total of his career in a season with 4

**ACCOMPLISHED*** 1 Half sack dunlap needs to break 10 finally

**ACCOMPLISHED*** Nelson’s career-best seven picks in his ninth season put him one away from David Fulcher’s Bengals safety record. *8*

http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Numbers-game-marks-the-spot/aba8bba1-3425-4b40-8656-ebfaf10d806f

...and they're all sort of related!

1. Rumor has it...Jeff Triplette IS bad.
Truck started a thread about "Jegg," but here are some interesting notes about this ref:

• He officiated the 2013 Bengals-Chargers wildcard game. Why is that interesting? Because it surprised many that Triplette was awarded a playoff game. Three weeks earlier, his crew lost track of downs in the Giants-Redskins game!
  

• Triplette has exceeded the league's average penalties per game 12 of his 16 seasons.
  

• Rumor holds that a replay assistant saved Triplette's butt Week One when he blew a fair catch signal in OT of the Rams-Seahawks game. (Unsolicited help by a replay official is a violation of rules, btw.)
  

Team Defense :

Bengals - 6

Ravens - 11

Steelers - 26

The Steelers have been known for defense since.....well....couple days before dirt. Yes they're going to score points. But can that offense keep masking a poor defense all season ?

The Ravens - also known for defense are even worse than the Steelers really. The Raiders hung 37 points on them, the RAIDERS ! Suggs is out for long time and they've lost several key players. They might be in for a long season despite the pre-season predictions.

Are the Bengals with Geno's recovery from injury, MJ's return, and everything else poised to take the reins as defensive leader ? Adam Jones is balling, Gillberry good reps, Dennard, Dawson, Carter improving. And we may well get Burfict back before it's over.

Are we for real the best in the division and among the top in the NFL ? (At seasons end)

Ya I know the Browns, but they're still the Browns, and the train wreck will continue for them as a team despite how good their D may be.

So this was a great game to watch and aside from the horrid officiating (I think due to my gaffe with spelling his name in the other thread, I'll call him Jegg from now on lol), can arguably be considered the most exciting game of the year, thus far (though that probably goes to NE/Buffalo yesterday). We had great offense, great defense and saw a T rumble for 31 yards and a LB playing CF where it actually worked. Grades are as follows!

Top 5 on O:

1. Bodine with a +4.8. I remarked to my dad and girlfriend yesterday in the third quarter, that Bodine was rock solid up until that point and boy was he; perfect game and we had 12 carries for 83 yards up the middle yesterday. Has the GOOD Bodine come and is he here to stay? Or will we have the usual crappiness for the rest of the year? Stay tuned.

2. 'dre with a +4.6. Funny that the bottom two guys last week are the top two guys this week. 'dre had a superb, bounceback game, shutting down the pass rush (highest graded on the team at +1.9) with a perfect game and had some great blocks for Gio-van and Hill.

3. Boling with a +4.4. Continued the awesome play from his superb first game, Boling was dominant at pulling yet again; just always gets the job done. Oh, and he too pitched a perfect game.

4. Whitworth with a +3.6. Another day at the office for Whitworth, another perfect game. 5 carries for 32 yards to his side is also not "blue chip," but that's still a fantastic 5+ YPC. And his shifting to the RT spot was successful as well. Still the best LT in the game!

5. Zeitler with a +3.4. And rounding out the top 5 is our 5th olineman, also with a perfect game and also with a nice bounceback. Add in a healthy 38 yards on 7 carries and we have our stud RG playing like a boss.

Eifert and Gio-van were 6th and 7th, with a +2.6 and a +1.1, respectively. 

Top 3 on Superchargers:

1. Woodhead (duh) +2.6
2. King Dunlap +2.1
3. Ladarius Green +1.9

Bottom 5 on O:

Kroft -0.4 (actually graded well for his play {+0.7 for his run blocking[/b]} but that stupid penalty lowers his total)

Peko -0.4 (ah, big deal)

Burkhead -0.6 ( :snark: um why?)

Hill -0.7 (not worried at all as his knee was CLEARLY down AND his forward progress was topped for at least a second or two before the ball came out. Bullshit)

Hewitt -1.6 (awful game, I too took notice of his whiffed blocks and that Liuget TFL was completely because he wasn't engaged by Hewitt correctly)

Top 5 on D:

1. Geno (double duh) with a +5.1. I counted at least 4 times where he was in the backfield within 1 second the snap, he was disrupting and killing all day; if he continues the sacks and run play, we're in superb shape for the rest of the year.

2. Dingleberry with a +2.8. Being in a rotation and moving to DT on some downs has rejuvenated him; the super sub is back!

3. Dunlap with a +1.2. 1.5 sacks! If he averages this for the rest of the year, he'll get the sack record no problem! Great job yesterday on the pass rush and had 2 TFL, though he wasn't too consistent in the run game as a whole. Hopefully he eats Wagner for lunch next week!

4. Carter with a +0.7. Only 7 snaps but was able to muster a hurry and the FR, though he was caught out on the Chargers' scoring drive where they went no huddle and couldn't substitute; he's not an every down player (which we all know, for the most part).

5. Adam Jones with a +0.6. Has a CB ever led the team in tackles 2 straight weeks? Another great game, displaying solid fundamentals.

Top 3 for Superchargers:

1. Jimmy Wilson +1.6
2. Patrick Robinson +1.0
3. Adrian Phillips +0.6

Bottom 5 on D:

Dre -1.4 (eh, I don't think its warranted... And that penalty was bullshit)

Lamur with a -1.7 (he still looks rough out there at times)

MJ -2.0 (the pass rush still isn't there, but the run game is solid)

Rey -2.3 (that offside was BS and if not for that, he wouldn't have been bottom 5. He also didn't look as bad as they made it out to be)

Nelson -2.7 (we were puffing him up and he disappointed, not to mention he didn't provide help to Dre on the TD)

On teams, Nuge' was in the red (-1.8) while Huber was super green (+3.0). Other notables (positive) were Lamur and Derron Smith, while Dawson and Shaw were negative.

Great game to watch, let's hope they can continue the momentum into Bmore!

As Bengals fan we are use to the media ignoring us and overlooking our accomplishments. It use to make me furious that ESPN, NFL Net., ect. spends 2 hours discussing Tony Romo's clavicle or Chip Kelly's inept offense and not say 1 word about how the Bengals are 2-0 and look damn good. Give Dalton some props...he's looking good. Our D is playing great as well. Anyway, after 2 hours of literally nothing but Cowboys, Eagles, Brady, Rex Ryan talk this morning and not a peep about the Bengals even during the whole NFL recaps on all the media outlets.....I now kinda like it that way. This team will quietly play its way into the playoffs. Shhhhhhhh.

Haven't seen a replay on the Rivers to Floyd TD..was that blown coverage or did Dre just get beat or was the safety supposed to be over the top?

Not trying to stir the pot, just didn't know what happened?

20-14  Bengals.

Loved this play, getting Jake Fisher the ball. Dude has some hands and pace on him!

http://www.nfl.com/videos/cincinnati-bengals/0ap3000000534360/Can-t-Miss-Play-Bengals-offensive-lineman-Jake-Fisher-with-a-31-yard-catch

Anyone else find themselves thinking like this at times?

I love that the RatTURDS lost (and that they are now 0-2) but me thinks that we have a less chance of winning as a direct result of these two things. Lol.

I admit the logic has little sense but I've been doing it for years.  Specifically, not necessarily wanting our rivals to lose in games played right before us. Lol

If the RatTURDS would have won, yes, I'd feel better about this upcoming game. I cannot lie. Lol.

Haha.

Last week, we wiped the floor with the Raiders. Some people said it didn't matter how good we looked because the Raiders just suck.

Well, one week later, we beat the Chargers, considered a much better team AND the Ravens were upset by the Raiders.

Now, do we have anyone saying it's just the Raiders?

I think the Bengals are just this good. They started fast last year before falling back to earth, but if Dalton can keep up this turnover free play style and the defense keeps making life hell for the opposing QB, we're going to win an awful lot of games and make a lot of teams look like "Just the Raiders."

Who Dey!