I sat down to watch the NFL Replay of the 1992 Bengals-Packers game (mainly because I enjoy reliving painful moments in my life).  This was actually said by Ahmad Rashad during the game, about a minute before Favre leads the Packers to victory.

"Dave Shula is an excellent head coach, a much better head coach than he was an assistant coach, because of his organizational facilities."

Wow - Shula must have been a REALLY bad assistant coach.

On a separate note, the Bengals had no business losing that game.  Harold Green was a monster (though Rashad kept talking about how much he loved Derrick Fenner and Brian Brennan).  It was also funny to see Carl Pickens before he became a team cancer and an announcer actually being serious when discussing "multi-milion dollar rookie David Klingler." 

Imagine what would have been had the Bengals won this game.  The announcers had already talked about how much Holmgren loved Ty Detmer.  If Favre had lost (he had a bad game), could Detmer have gotten the nod?  If the Bengals had won, would they have maintained momentum and had a good season (they were in a lot of close games in 1992)? 

Oh well.  If only Tim Krumrie had not hurt Don Majkowski.

Another Steeler beats his wife/girlfriend;  Crickets from "Mr Morality," Peter King.

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Until my kid is born in March, this might be my proudest moment...

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The season's over - wait 'til next year.

I won't dwell on the debacle that was the Bengals-Steelers game on Sunday.  I see it like this - a few plays here and there and the Bengals win that game.  Alas, however, it is the Bengals' inability to make plays this year that has doomed this team to underachieving and mediocrity.

I want to focus on the future because there always is next year.  I've said these words for the last decade and a half, so I have no problem saying them again.  This year, I admit, that dread phrase gets stuck in my throat a bit.  

Despite this year's failures, I think the Bengals are poised to be a contender for the foreseeable future.  (This assumes that Bresnahan is fired but I can't see any way that he'll be retained)

The Bengals have a franchise QB in Palmer who, despite having a tough few games, is having a year for which many teams would lust.  He's proven that he can run the offense in the past and has shown flashes of Brady-esque brilliance at a few points in his career.  Sometimes it looks like he's pressing too much but, can you blame him with the Bengals defense?  He must feel like he needs to score on every drive.  

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I'm running out of synonyms for terrible.

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The Bengals improved significantly (mainly effort and tackling) against the Ravens, but the Cardinals are going to be a tough out to keep the ball rolling.

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Bitter Fan alert!

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Going from the Bengals-Bills debacle to the Patriots-Colts brilliance...

After I had thrown my disheveled and now misshapen Bengals hat across the room while watching Rashad Jeanty and Justin Smith find a way to NOT tackle Marshawn Lynch, I turned my NFL Sunday Ticket to the pregame for the Patriots-Colts game.  I wanted to see how football was supposed to be played, and I was not disappointed.  (I would like to send the $250 bill for the Sunday Ticket Package to Mike Brown - he never delivered his end of the bargain...a football team!)

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A truly painful loss...

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Hey, A "W" is a "W."

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