And there it goes.

This place.

Hey all.  I graduated from HS in 1989 as an under-sized LB.  Played 2 years of semi-pro ball as corner and safety (once in 1993 as a spritely youth and in 2002 as "the old dude at 33".  Just curious who else?

Questions:
1.  Who else played advanced ball?
2.  What position did you play?
3.  Given your experience how does that factor into your view of Bengals?

1.  Yes, semi-pro (They did not pay me)
2.  Defensive back
3.  I don't get the hype about the QB being the being face for Bengals.  Or for Dalton being at fault for the overall team.  In my semi-pro teams QB was just a member of team.  Did not view him as overall fault or credit.  We were ranked #2 at one point nationally in my Dayton Steelers semipro team in 1993 (hated the team name :)

Others?

All-Time RB (pick 1)


PAUL ROBINSON

1 time AFL All-Star
1 time AFL Rushing Leader
Rookie of the Year
Finished 2nd in MVP voting (1968)
The 2nd RB in Professional football to rush for over 1,000 yards as a rookie.
Only RB in Professional Football to rush for over 1,000 for an expansion team.

JAMES BROOKS

Franchise Record Games played (RB)
Career Franchise Record yards per attempt (min 400 attempts)
Franchise Record Total Yards (season)
4 time Pro Bowl
6,447 yards (rushing) 3,012 yards (receiving) 408 yards (returns)

COREY DILLON

Most Franchise Rushing Yards (Career)
3 time Pro Bowl
Former NFL record rushing yards (game)
Former NFL record Rookie rushing yards (game)
Most Franchise Rushing TDs (Career)

RUDI JOHNSON

1 time Pro Bowl
Most Franchise Rushing Yards (Season)
#2 Franchise Rushing TDs (Career)
#2 Franchise Rushing TDs (Season)

My list:

LBs

Lamur
Maualuga
AJ Hawk
Flowers
Vinnie Rey
Sean Porter
Paul Dawson


(Burfict starts as the IR that can rejoin team after week 10)

DL

Dunlap
Johnson
Gilberry
Clarke
Atkins
Peko
Sims
Thompson
Hardison

I could see going with Dimanche over Porter at LB. Maybe they'll only keep 15 total, not 16. What do you guys think?

The more I think about the organization shutting the message boards down, the more it pisses me off. Because of this, I will be boycotting going to any games this year, buying any food or beers at the stadium, or funding Mike Brown's pathetic excuse of an organization in any way, shape, or form.

My dad has season tickets and I usually attend around 5 games with him. This year, I will not be attending any.

Im not only doing it for myself, but for you guys. We were all parts of such a great community over there and it pisses me off that Mike ripped that away from us. The one good thing about that organization he takes from us because he is too damn cheap.

It may be a small gesture, but I urge you guys to follow. Don't take it.

Some people saw the pick of Kroft in the 3rd as a reach, given that most experts and other teams had him ranked as an late fourth-early fourth round pick, but CincyJungle explains how Marvin had him as the top ranked TE, and how that probably was correct since Rutgers threw the ball a lot less than they did in 2013 and gave Kroft less opportunities:

Quote:You also have to understand Kroft's situation to see why a team like the Bengals thought he was worthy of a top-85 pick when most had him ranked far outside that range. He was expected to be a bigger prospect heading into the 2014 season after leading his team in receiving yards (573) and receptions (43) to go with four scores in 2013.

However, Kroft was part of an offense that finished 99th in total passing attempts last year (357) and respectively, he was asked to be more of a blocker and less of a receiving threat. If you compare his sophomore numbers to that of Maxx Williams' in 2015, the first tight end taken in this year's draft, there isn't much of a difference.

Williams led Minnesota in receptions (36), yards (569) and receiving touchdowns (eight) this past season. Kroft had seven more catches for four more yards and four fewer scores.

about the Mothership closing down...you shouldn't be.

There's no such thing as the Bo Jackson curse. The reason the Bengals haven't won a playoff game in a quarter century is due to the BBC. No, not the British Broadcasting Corporation. I'm talking about the Boards.Benglals.Com curse.

Think about it. Boards start up the season the Bengals finally make the playoffs after a 15 year hiatus. Boards have been around since then, and in that time, still no playoff victories.

My solid, scientifically-sound conclusion?

With the BBC going bye bye...the bengals should have nothing to stop them from winning in the playoffs this year.

Party on Garth

Seems like I'm late to the party here and everyone had a seamless transition here from the old boards! I know alot of people are upset about the old boards closing but change isn't such a bad thing. The way I look at it is we will get to have more heated debates pro vs con on our favorite Bengal topics and new ones as they come up.

Now on to the most important question of the day. How many Dalton threads have I missed?

Always see people complaining about injuries or calling out the medical staff so thought Id post this interesting little graph covering the last 2 years.

Just remember it could always be worse and by worse I mean the Giants.