Three Overlooked Things, Week Two

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(09-21-2015, 02:17 PM)tigershrimp Wrote: ...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.)
  

2. Giovanni Bernard atoned for his wildcard fumble.
Do we remember that one, two minutes before halftime? Four yards from the goal line? How the game might have changed if Cincinnati went into halftime leading 17-7?
Here's a quote from ESPN:
[He] watched the tape of the Chargers entering Sunday's game, and Bernard couldn't help but relive his turnover. Even after Sunday's redemptive 24-19 win over San Diego, Bernard contends he still will be thinking about that fumble. "It's something that still burns in my belly," Bernard said. "This game's not going to mean that I don't think about that play at all."

...Now imagine if Triplette didn't blow the call on Hill's fumble! Ha!

3. Carson Palmer gets the assist.
Giovanni Bernard is the result of the Carson Palmer trade, orchestrated by none other than Hue Jackson. (We got DreK, too, btw!)
PLUS Hue was the Bengals' RB coach in 2013 when Gio arrived.
AND Hue went 3-1 against San Diego as OC then HC in Oakland, rushing for 196, 112, and 192 yards in the three wins.

Thanks, #9! Maybe Hue will see you again sometime closer to February.

A Super Bowl between the Bengals and Cardinals would not only be amazing but also not too farfetched given how both teams have started out the season.