(11-12-2021, 04:31 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Mike: Hey moderator guy, how's that internet doo-hickey talking board thing going?



DennyG2: They say mean things about you, boss!



Mike: ......



DennyG2: Don't worry, boss! I shoot down all negativity and spread propaganderrrrr I mean positivity on there every day! I ban all dissenters and shame those with negative opinions!



Mike:

(11-12-2021, 02:35 PM)jason Wrote: Fun fact... We beat Dallas that year on an 8-0 run to end the season if not for a bullshit unnecessary roughness call against Reggie Nelson who blasted Dez Bryant in his chest dislodging the ball on 3rd down.

(11-12-2021, 12:23 AM)fredtoast Wrote: So who was a member here in 2012?

After shocking the world by making the playoffs in 2011 we were rewarded with opening the season on Monday night football AT HOME.  Unfortunately we got curb stomped by the Ravens 44-13 and there was lots of talk of "overrated" and "fluke".  Reminders that the 2011 team had finished 9-8 and our only win against a winning team was the very average 9-7 Titans.

We won our next three games, but none of those opponents had won more than 5 games in 2011.  We were all very proud of 3-1, but a lot of people still had a lot of doubts.

We then lost 3 straight to the 1-3 Dolphins, the 0-5 Browns, and the 2-3 Steelers.

We were really struggling at 3-4 but at least we had a bye week to get everything straightened out.  

After the bye we lost our third straight HOME game to drop to 3-5.  We had also won only 16 of our last 42 games. Only 3 AFC teams had fewer wins than us, and 4 of our remaining opponents were at .500 or better including the 6-2 Ravens, the 6-3 Giants, a road game against the 5-3 Steelers, and a 2000 mile road trip to the 4-4 Chargers.. Pretty much everyone was throwing in the towel.

But there was one guy who predicted we would make the playoffs.  For the life of me I can not remember who it was, but you can imagined how he was abused for saying that.

Not only do we win all of those games against teams that were .500 or better, but we went 7-1 and make the playoffs.  Our defense which had been 25th  in scoring and 21st in yards over the first half of the season allowed the second fewest points and 3rd fewest yards over the last 8 weeks of the season.  Our offense also improved from 15th in scoring to 9th.

Anyone remember who that was who said we would make the playoffs when we were 3-5?

(11-12-2021, 04:22 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Bell has been pretty good at laying down hits but yeah, Nelson could absolutely destroy a guy and also seemed to know where the ball would be going. He also probably hit a guy arguably the hardest clean hit I have ever seen in an NFL game when he destroyed Owen Daniels trying to go across the middle.





Laying out those type of hits AND getting 8 INT all in the same season.

(11-12-2021, 05:31 PM)J24 Wrote: It's funny that DennyG is 100% positive on the Bengals but he's such an ass when it comes to the Reds.

(11-12-2021, 04:22 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Bell has been pretty good at laying down hits but yeah, Nelson could absolutely destroy a guy and also seemed to know where the ball would be going. He also probably hit a guy arguably the hardest clean hit I have ever seen in an NFL game when he destroyed Owen Daniels trying to go across the middle.





Laying out those type of hits AND getting 8 INT all in the same season.

(11-12-2021, 05:50 PM)leonardfan40 Wrote: If we’re patting ourselves on the back I feel obligated to mention I correctly predicted a playoff season in 2009 after the terrible 08 year go me!

This season is far from over that’s for sure. Could kick ass against good teams and lose to the bad teams we play. Could win out or lose out. The last few games are troubling but even the brightest on this board have no idea how this one plays out. Team has proven they can play with the best in the league or lose to the worst.

Jax just beat Buffalo, Dolphins beat Ravens. We beat up on Steelers who beat Cleveland who beat us. We crushed Baltimore who still has all of their other division games remaining. As long as this defense plays better than they have the last few weeks the rest of this season will be very interesting. Still a TON of teams with realistic playoff hopes alive.

(11-12-2021, 05:50 PM)leonardfan40 Wrote: If we’re patting ourselves on the back I feel obligated to mention I correctly predicted a playoff season in 2009 after the terrible 08 year go me!

(11-12-2021, 07:03 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: So wait...is anyone going to predict playoffs this year so they can call it back in 2030?

(11-12-2021, 07:05 PM)PhilHos Wrote:


I will.

(11-12-2021, 07:09 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote:

For 2030.

(11-12-2021, 07:11 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Which message board do you think we'll be on talking about the old "The Bengals Board" forums?

(11-12-2021, 06:52 PM)fredtoast Wrote: That is actually more impressive than a lot of people realize.

Going into the '09 season the Bengals had had only one winning season in 18 years.  A lot of people considered '05 just a fluke.

(11-12-2021, 07:21 PM)jason Wrote: I remember Bill Cowher calling the Bengals a playoff team in 2009. He did it at the end of the 2008 season. He mentioned Zimmer's imprint on the defense and the return of Carson Palmer as factors.

I won a $100 bet with a now departed friend in 2011... I bet that the Bengals would win a minimum of 7 games that season... That counts for something.

(11-12-2021, 07:31 PM)PhilHos Wrote: The Bengals killed your friend?!

(11-12-2021, 07:17 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Oh don't worry. We'll still be here.