NFL.com did yet another list, this time of the best OC's.

Hue was ranked 4th

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000498248/article/todd-haley-norv-turner-among-top-10-offensive-coordinators

Thought it was interesting, and I also pondered where Jay Gruden would be, if he were still the OC here.

I'm leaving for Vegas on Friday and, assuming I'm either up money or around even, I'm going to place some bets on the Bengals for next season.

I was checking out Vegas odds for the 2015 NFL season.

We're 33 to 1 to win the Super Bowl, which I believe we have our best shot to win if we lean on Hill and let him carry us to the Promised Land. Seahawks were one play from winning two in a row with Wilson as their QB, which Dalton is/can be that good, and our defense should be nasty, so it's worth the bet. I'll probably put a hundred on that.

We're 16 to 1 to win the AFC Championship game, which, depending if I'm up, I'll probably put 100 on that, too, because I like our chances to get there but the Seahawks would be able to shut-down Hill with their D in the Super Bowl.

We're 2.2 to 1 to win the AFCN, which I don't know if I like that bet because, while I think we'll win it, the return on the bet just isn't enough to risk the bet. I might parlay it because, if I bet us to win the AFCN, the Colts to win the AFCS, the Broncos to win the AFCW, the Seahawks to win the NFCW, and the Packers to win the NFCN, I can win $1,020 off a $100 bet, which the other four are heavily favored to win their divisions, and I love our chances.

I can't find lines on who will lead the league in rushing yards, but I'd love to bet big for Hill because he was 8th in the league last year and 13th in carries, so I'm liking his chances to win.

I don't know any other good bets to make, but please let me know if you have any sites that show good bets to make!

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2497811-power-ranking-every-nfl-quarterbacks-supporting-cast

... I really don't care what the article says, or that's is by the Bleacher Report, I just wanted my first thread to be inevitable chaos of idiotic proportions. Don't let me down usual suspects.

Full story with quotes here: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000498125/article/tj-houshmandzadeh-bengals-o-better-than-05-squad

SAFETY (PICK 3)


TOMMY CASANOVA

3 time Pro Bowl
17 INTs in 6 year Bengal Career

BOBBY KEMP

69 starts in 7 year Bengal Career
10 INTs as a Bengal

DAVID FULCHER

3 time Pro Bowl/ 1 Time All-Pro
31 INTs in 7 year Bengal Career

BARNEY BUSSEY

104 games played in 7 year Bengal Career
10 INTs, 11.5 sacks as a Bengal

DARRYL WILLIAMS

11 INTs in 6 year Bengal Career (2 stints)
528 tackles, 9.5 sacks in stripes

KEVIN KAESVIHARN

15 INTs in 5 year Bengal Career
363 tackles, 6 sacks

REGGIE NELSON

15 INTs in 5 year Bengal Career
384 tackles, 7 forced fumbles

Now I will preface this by saying I am normally one to let any offseason hype to pass me by. I realise it is in the interest of organisations to create storylines and a buzz heading into a new season. All that aside however, put me down as someone who is now very interested.

It's now been noted by numerous sources, that McCarron is having a very good camp so far:

Beat writer Jim Owczarski on these boards noted McCarron as a early camp highlight- http://bengalsboard.net/Thread-Ask-Jim-Owczarski

Breer for NFL.com- http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000497989/article/john-harbaughs-ravens-only-know-one-speed-nflwide-notes?campaign=twitter_writers_breer

Wallace Gillbery- http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000496024/article/wallace-gilberry-aj-mccarron-awesome-for-bengals

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/bengals-believe-mccarron-can-be-a-starting-qb-062015?adbsc=social_20150621_47907206&adbid=923499867688154&adbpl=fb&adbpr=749212008450275

It's exciting because I can't remember the last time this team has had a second QB who was more than just a career backup. Even before Dalton with Palmer, QBs were mainly veteran guys who weren't ever there to create a challenge. In McCarron we have someone who is young, has experienced a lot of college success from the top programme at the time and arguably was drafted too low.

I am not suggesting that we have ourselves a QB battle at this point. However, I do think Dalton's leash is shorter this year and if McCarron continues to progress it presents an interesting situation going into the next offseason.

I wonder if Pryor tried out at WR before he was cut here? I heard earlier today his agent says he is willing to play WR.

Or is he just so desperate to sign with an NFL team this year that he is finally willing to play the position that he should have the whole time he was in the NFL, which is WR.

Thoughts?

I remember watching TV the night of Round 1 of the 2010 NFL Draft. I looked at the board and still saw wide receiver Dez Bryant from Oklahoma State on the list I was thinking that the Bengals would draft the star receiver.

I thought wrong.
With the 21st pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Bengals selected Jermaine Gresham, a tight end out of Oklahoma.

I personally would've preferred to have seen them pick WR Dez Bryant. Does anyone else recall hoping/wishing for the same that night? Honestly, I'm still disappointed.

I don't know about any of the rest of you, but for me this has been the most boring pre-season (post-draft) ever.

I have mixed feelings about that. First, it's boring. I said that already. Second, I think it's boring for some very good reasons. Most importantly, I think we have a very solid roster. Sure there are question marks, but they're not huge ones. And so I think that causes very little drama. But we also, (knock on wood) have no players doing anything stupid to get themselves in trouble and jeopardize the stability of the roster. That leaves me to conclude that boring is good, but I can't wait for the real football to start.

Every year around this time of the season, fluff pieces begin to come out about various players on various teams.
So and So is faster, Player X gets it this year, Player Y (Clark) has bulked up this off season.

I'm used to this as we all are by this point.

BUT WHY do we discuss how Dalton can now:

"Get everyone lined up correctly.",
"Get our players in and out of the huddle.",
"Is taking more of a leadership role this season."

????

To me, this more than anything points to Dalton being a dud (And I am a huge Andy homer most of the time).

This is the equivalent of the teacher explaining on parent-teacher conference night that their child has improved this year.... by showing up to class with a pencil and putting his name on the top of the paper.

It's fricken year 5.
everyone better know where the hell to line up, and everyone better be getting in and out of the huddle like the seasoned vets they are.
Dalton better be a leader by now, and shouldn't have to help other vets figure out where to line up on a play.
We have a fricken playbook do we not?