The Sack Leader for 2015 is......

Who do you think the leader will be in sacks this year for the Bengals, how many and why?

My money is on Carlos Dunlap with 13 on the season....year in and year out he's proven to be the leading edge rusher and I expect no different this year.

These are pretty funny.  Dalton is the very first one, and probably the best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB4R7twWMjs

Here, I'll provide a few examples to get the ball rolling:

http://506sports.com/

Week #2 NFL TV Maps are now up.

Jones said Wednesday that he has been fined $35,000 as a result of the incident with Cooper. Jones added that he plans to appeal the penalty, although it is considerably less than the $91,000-plus he would have lost if the league decided to suspend him. They passed on that option, perhaps because they weren’t in the mood to risk losing another appeal, but Jones still feels like he was penalized too much.

“It’s magnified because it’s me,” Jones said, via Geoff Hobson of the team’s website.

Past history has often played a role in discipline handed down by the league, but some acts are going to draw heavy fines regardless of what happened in the past. This feels like one of those cases and it’s hard to believe that there are too many players that would have avoided a stiff penalty for doing what Jones did to Cooper on Sunday.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/09/16/adam-jones-fined-35000-plans-to-appeal/

Anyone else think the Bengals could go Wire to Wire atop the AFCN?

There were quite a few differences of opinion on the Raider game plan.  I think I pretty much nailed it with the "pass first to open up the run" and a lot of multiple receiver options with quick short completions. 

I think the Bengals could have hung a 50-burger on the Raiders if they so desired.

So, what will be the plan this week?  Will we see a repeat of the "Tyler Eifert Show"?  I don't know.  I think Hue would like them to think that will be the plan again, but I could see a lot more of the running game this week.  They grumbled in the post game press conferences about "leaving a lot of yards on the field" in terms of rushing yards.  I don't really know enough about San Diego's rush defense, but it appears (only by the box score) that the Lions were having decent success with the run, but chose to throw the ball a great deal more.

Personally, I would like to see the Bengals come out pounding San Diego with Hill and Gio with the occasional downfield pass to Marvin or AJ.  Keep the defense fresh.  Own possession.  Wear them down.

Defensively, I think that without Antonio Gates, Keenan Allen is their main weapon.  He had 15 (gulp!) receptions last week against Detroit.  I think our front four will supply Rivers with lots of pressure to prevent any downfield connections.

If the Bengals should be up by two scores in the second half, I wouldn't mind seeing a Mo Sanu pass (not to Dalton) in an effort to bury them.  That would give the Ratbirds just one more thing to think about it week 3. 

What say you?

Full game highlight....Enjoy!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzJVHhfl-o4

In my opinion this was a well thought out piece written by Lance McAlister of 700 wlw about the Cincinnati Bengals  fan base. What was interesting to me is the different markets he has been in and covered, yet he claims this one is a bit different.

I guess the question is why? Why exactly do you (or I) react the way we do? Why can't we just enjoy what we have and save the "anger and venom" for if and when we are bounced from super bowl contention?

Just so everyone knows, I am not personally pointing my finger at you or anyone else. I just thought I would share what I thought was an interesting take on our fanbase.  


http://www.700wlw.com/onair/lance-mcalister-7818/question-of-the-day-whats-up-13945683/

Anyone have stats on how may snaps each individual played Sunday?

The Gamebook on Bengals.com usually has the percentage of snaps played, but that info is not up yet.

I am specifically interested in the D-line rotation and the D backs.