I know everyone is tired of mocks by now, but, well, there's little else to do at this point. For the sake of keeping it interesting I'll try my best to make it a little bit different from the other ones we've seen. Feel free to tear this apart.

1a. Janoris Jenkins, CB, North Alabama

I like Stephon Gilmore, but he isn't what I'm looking for. I would much prefer someone with the athleticism to go to battle with number one receivers over the top; to put it in Bengals terms, I think Gilmore is more Leon Hall, and we need to be looking for someone who's more Jonathan Joseph. A smooth athlete with fluid movement and excellent recovery speed, Jenkins can make up for occasionally getting beaten in press coverage with his fantastic athleticism. The fact that he has recently played poor competition is somewhat alarming, but every report says that he showed to be playing at an incredibly high level at the Senior Bowl, and that he may be ready for the NFL.

1b. Peter Konz, C/G, Wisconsin

I've been saying over and over that the Bengals shouldn't reach on an interior lineman if DeCastro is gone, but this isn't a reach. Konz is a very good interior OL prospect who has the necessary polish and talent to start immediately. Konz is very athletic and has the ability to reach the second level and make room, and he also plays with very good strength. He provides a starting Guard and an insurance plan at Center.

2. David Wilson, HB, Virginia Tech

I admit that it is a tad optimistic to hope Wilson falls here, but it isn't entirely unrealistic. Wilson combines solid speed and explosiveness with great elusiveness and vision. His size isn't ideal, but he more than makes up for it with his athleticism. He has a tendency to put the ball on the ground sometimes, but he has also been given a huge number of carries.

3. Kawann Short, DT, Purdue

Kawann Short has very good strength and his biggest plus playing against the massive lines of the Big Ten was his ability to control the line of scrimmage. If Pat Sims leaves, Short would be the perfect player to stick in that rotational spot. He could also compete with Domata Peko for a starting spot a few years down the road with Peko at 27 years old.

4. Josh Robinson, CB, UCF

Some might consider this a bit of an overdraft, but I really like Robinson. Equipped with great speed, Robinson has wowed on defense and in the return game. As a smaller school player he should easily be here at this point, and I feel that he has the potential to be extremely good. He is smart, studious and confident. To me, he is a great prospect and assuming he was on the board in the fourth, I'd pull the trigger.

5. Delano Howell, SS, Stanford

Howell, though not very big, is very tough. He also ran track at Stanford, and had a 100-meter time of about 11.2 seconds. The leadership and athleticism make him worthwhile in the fifth round, and he could come in and compete for a spot on the team.

6. William Vlachos, G/C, Alabama

I'm always for drafting O-line depth in the later rounds, especially on the interior. Vlachos is undersized and won't be great in the NFL by any means, but he was a three year starter at Center for Alabama and he may be able to compete for a spot on the team.

7. Greg Williams, OLB, Pittsburgh

I haven't gone LB yet, and I'd like one at some point. He probably wouldn't make the team, but he could provide some competition and that's all you can look for in a seventh rounder.

I went to today's game and have some thoughts. I wish I'd taken some pictures to include but, being the short-sighted person I am, I forgot to. Today's game was typical of the Bengals we've come to know and love; it included the emotional high, the outright anger and the feeling of relief at the end. Anyways, I thought I'd just pitch in some thoughts about what happened.

First of all, the spot where I sat- behind the home sideline between the 15 and 20, 8-10 rows back, was the territory of the #1 Bengals fan. I always thought the gag was stupid, but after being in that section he's actually pretty awesome. He was actually a factor in getting his section to be loud, which is cool. Pretty random thing, but I just thought I'd share. Another thing that was interesting was that the guy behind me was wearing an Andrew Hawkins jersey. He told me he had to get it custom on NFL.com. Wearing an Andrew Hawkins jersey is pretty much the coolest thing ever, and you could tell the guy was a true fan because of it.

Jerome Simpson's flip into the end zone was FILTHY. I've seen guys dive over people into the end zone, but I've never seen someone do a full flip over a defender and land on their feet. I just got home and I'm writing this up, but I plan to go into the gamethread and see what the reactions were once I'm done. That really got the crowd going, and the sideline erupted as well.

I would guess that the cameras showed this, but if they didn't I'll tell you. Things got chippy after Nuge made the field goal to put us up 23-0. There was a lot of shoving and Clark Harris somehow lost his helmet. As you may expect, Whit was physically dominating someone before he got pulled off.

I'm not sure what the scouting people will have to say about this, but from what I saw Mike McGlynn looked pretty decent. I saw at least one screen play where he put someone on their back with a big block, and I didn't see him getting dominated as much as I would have expected. It's possible that he was horrible and I didn't notice, but he seemed good to me.

I took note of seeing a lot of fire from Carlos Dunlap and Pacman Jones. Those two really wanted to win the game, especially Dunlap. They were both trying to get the crowd and their teammates going all throughout. I saw Dunlap before the big plays of a few drives, and he seemed extremely focused on pressuring the QB. Great to have him healthy again.

The crowd was very positive throughout the game, even when the team started sucking a little bit. I've seen a lot of fans be extremely pessimistic in the past, but I think this young team has gotten to all of us; even when the Bengals were playing terrible football, the crowd was more about trying to motivate our own guys than getting upset and booing or something. It was very cool to see.

Alright, those are just a couple thoughts on the game. Very entertaining, and it was great to come out with a win then hear that the Jets lost. WHO DEY!

I am not a fan of team nicknames. Cardiac Cats, Scrappy Cats, and all that are stupid in my book. However, individual player nicknames are absolutely essential and there's just about no arguing with that.  I find it somewhat alarming that we have a franchise QB who now has no good nickname, and I will now set out on my heroic quest to fix that problem.  Along with my missions to make "Puff Puff Pass" an actual thing forJerome Simpson and to spread the love for Reggie Nelson to all corners of Bengal nation, this is my new project.  After the jump you'll find some preliminary ideas. Some of them I have come up with on my own, and some of them are from other CJ posters/the national media (in that ten second clip about the Bengals on every show)/drunk people at games.  Keep reading.

The Red Rifle

I think this is a dumb nickname, but its popularity can't be denied, and so we start with it.  It's pretty self-explanatory.  I don't think I would choose this, but it goes in the poll anyways. Now that we've got the obligatory one out of the way, let's move on.

The Gingerbread Man

We're getting warmer and we can only go up from the Red Rifle, but this isn't an ideal nickname.  Not catchy enough, and the reference to his hair color is a little too obvious if you ask me.  A nickname should just roll off the tongue, and this is a little too long to be effective. Moving on.

Gingersnaps

This would be an excellent nickname for a redheaded Center, but for a QB it doesn't really make sense. Next.

Proton Mass

ALL MY GEEKS STAND UP! That's right, a proton's mass is exactly one Dalton.  It would move us up, like, 4 spots on the list of the NFL's nerdiest fanbases and half the fans of other teams would have absolutely no clue why we call him that.  I'm sort of partial to this one because I came up with it, but I can see why it's a little too unfootball-y. Let's move on.

The Red Leader

All credit goes to Aether for this one.  A pretty clever reference to Star Wars, which I'm sure our fearless leader Josh Kirkendall would appreciate. Also very geeky, but I could live with this one.

AD14

I will hate you guys if you call him this. Let Chris Paul be CP3 and stop doing the same goddamn thing with every athlete in every sport.

Carpetbagger (or something else involving the word "carpet")

Credit goes to ephram. A reference to Dalton, Georgia, which is famous for making carpet. Not a bad one, at least deserves a spot on the list.

NayPalmer

I just found this digging through some old threads. It's pretty funny, if you ask me.

The Rooster

I'm not exactly sure what it means, but this is what the fine folks at TCU called him and that means something.  Maybe we should just go with his college nickname?

Ginger Ale

Bleh. Not a fan.

Okay, I'm done. Discuss in the comments. Any new suggestions will be welcome. Also, this is a brainstorming thread so a poll will not be necessary.  (And yes, as a matter of fact that is an excuse to get me off the hook so I don't have to make a poll.)  We may have to have an official nickname voting fanpost later on.

It's just about time for football, and I think we're all excited. I'm a Bengals fan who frequents Cincy Jungle and I'm here to answer any questions you have about the Bengals. Our teams will be playing each other in the first preseason game, so let's talk a little. I'm going to try to get some different (and hopefully smarter) folks from Cincy Jungle to come over here in a little bit to give some different views. Also, it would be great if one of you guys could go over to CJ and make a post like this for the Lions.

I'm going to answer some questions if there are any as tonight goes on and then check again tomorrow. In the meantime, fire away!

I know, two fanposts from me in a really short amount of time. My bad. But I was inspired by a post on another blog that had Lakers players as Kanye West songs, so I decided I'm going to do something similar. The only differences are that I'm going to use a team that people actually like, much cooler players and a much better musical artist. Mine probably won't executed nearly as well, but at least I have more to work with here. I'm only going to do a few right now because I'm tired, and may update it if people like it enough. Also, because I'm tired, please forgive any horrendous writing that follows. There are also some guys in the Reds farm system included. Here we go.

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And now that I have your attention, OFF DAY OFF TOPIC RR SURVEY! Let's do this.

1. Real first name:

2. Hometown:

3. How did you become a Reds fan?

4. Favorite Reds memory:

5. Least favorite Reds Memory:

6. Last time you went to a Reds game:

7. Favorite Reds player of all time:

8. Most hated player currently in the MLB:

9. Favorite non-Red currently in the MLB (someone who never was a Red, just to prevent cop out answers):

My answers...

1. Tyler

2. Cincinnati

3. No cool story, have always been a Reds fan.

4. The clinch game last year (OMG, he just involved a positive Jay Bruce memory!)

5. Getting Roy Halladay'd in Game 1.

6. On my birthday, so April 18.

7. I might have to say Joey Votto. Wily Mo Pena and Pokey Reese are also up there (I know, those two suck. Leave me alone.)

8. I would say Carpenter or Yadier, but literally everyone here is probably going to say that. I'm going to go with Nyjer Morgan, because he's a punk bitch.

9. Probably Ichiro.

The dynamic CJ duo Josh Kirkendall and Jason Garrison have touched on this a little in their articles, but not quite enough to be to my liking. Here's my thesis, just to get this part out of the way while avoiding a flowery introductory paragraph; despite what its critics say, the Dontay Moch pick was a good one: a really good one, I would (and will) argue. Keep on reading for more details.

Pass Rushing Downs

This is the justification that seems to be beaten to death the most; Moch will be a valuable (and scary; I wouldn't want to be an opposing quarterback with him out there) presence on third downs and other obvious passing situations, where his main goal will be to run forward and kill the QB (not literally unless, of course, the QB in question is Ben RoethDSFVSFGHQ.) This will be absolutely value; one of the extremely few Colin Cowherd quotes I can agree with are this (or something like it, anyways;) "The three most valuable pieces in the draft are quarterbacks, people who can protect the quarterback and people who can get to the quarterback."

"But 'Salad, doesn't that make him far more valuable as a 3-4 OLB?"

Well, possibly, but we can use one of those guys too in any system. Although we're all enthusiastic and optimistic about the budding defensive linemen like Carlos Dunlap, Michael Johnson, Geno Atkins, etc, keep in mind that the pass rush was still not great last year; for the first part of the season, actually, it was horrendous. The aforementioned guys snuck up on people last year: now they'll be at the top of the scouting report right there with AJ Green, Jerome Simpson, whatever HB we get, and all those young studs. The pass rush could suffer this year, but Dontay Moch's job is to lessen the likelihood that we suffer through watching the opposing QB sit in the pocket for as long as he desires. If he can rack up 4 or 5 sacks, that adds a whole new facet to the defense and makes us far more dynamic. Not bad for a third round pick, eh?

Sure, there's no guarantee that he'll actually be able to; there's also no guarantee that AJ Green becomes a top receiver or Dalton is a legitimate NFL starter. But for a third round pick, taking a freak athlete pass rusher is a smart option.

Give Zimmer Some Love!

I would imagine that you and I (whoever you may be, reader) can agree that Mike Zimmer is a pretty damn good defensive coordinator; a great one, some would argue. And you can't have a kickass defensive coordinator sit there with no great prospects coming his way. He definitely wants his defense to improve after a relatively down year last season, and nothing can do that like some fresh young personnel (as made evident by the Bengals offense in the last few games of 2010.) You can't sit there and let your defensive guy get no talent to help him out. Round four was almost surely going to be reserved for the O-line (which I like,) and it seems like they really liked Boling and felt he would be there. That means the third round pick was practically a free pick that could either be used to strengthen the O-line further or to grab someone to bolster the defense.

In the first rounder, they took one of the top offensive talents in AJ Green (which is fine,) passing up on possibly the most talented all-around player in the draft (Patrick Peterson) in favor of the offense. That's okay and I'm sure he understands, but that must suck at least a little for Zim. Then in the second round, they passed up on a guy who was a top 5 talent and fell due to knee concerns (Bowers, of course) in order to get Dalton. It makes sense to get your future QB while you can and I'm sure he understood this one as well, but again, it still kind of sucked for poor Zim. Now comes time for Round 3, and the guy who's probably the best coach on the staff has gotten zero new toys, and with the fourth round pick being almost predetermined as an O-line pick, Zim almost got zero out of the first four picks. The Bengals solved this problem by grabbing Dontay Moch.

Speaking of Zimmer, he's pretty creative

So why Dontay Moch over some more polished linebackers and DBs? Well, it's simple; Moch is a monster, and a monster like him does well with a smart coordinator. We've all known Zim to use some creative blitz packages, and he'll have a ball with Moch on his defense. Expect this young physical specimen to be moved around the field quite a bit, snapping necks and striking fear into opposing QBs' hearts.

I keep saying he's a freak. You may ask what I'm talking about. What I'm saying is that, as many of you probably know, he has some of the best measurables in this draft class. While he's not the strongest LB out there, his receiver-like 40 time combined with his fairly large frame will make him a force to be reckoned with. He has the size and speed to be one of the more unique players in the league, and Zimmer can help him get there.

Potential

Allow me to reiterate; Dontay Moch is a monster. These days, an athletic beast is valued more than a polished guy; they used to draft based more on college production and accolades, but now it's more about potential and upside than ever. Sure, you want a guy that can produce immediately in the first or second rounds, but once you get beyond those two you're quite often looking for a diamond in the rough, a guy who can be a big impact player down the long run; it really makes a GM (or owner, in our case) look like a genius, and if he doesn't pan out, it was worth the shot for a third round pick. So it only makes sense to get a guy who can possibly use his natural tools to become a great NFL player down the road, even if the risk is high.

Worst case scenario, Moch is a third down pass rusher who can be moved around. Best case scenario, Moch is a starter down the road who is that impact LB who has always seemed to elude us. Sure, he doesn't have very good instincts in coverage and that hard to fix, but with good coaching it just might click for him; it won't be this year, next year or probably the one after that, but if he ever converts all that potential into production the NFL needs to be on watch.

Call me a homer or overly optimistic (I'm probably both,) but I absolutely love the Dontay Moch pick, and I think a lot of you will down the road. When I first heard that the Bengals picked him, my reaction wasn't "WTF?" like some people; I was actually pretty excited. Zimmer is going to love him, and I think we'll grow to love him too. If nothing else, it will be exciting to watch this 240 pounder flying around the field and wrecking people. His floor is an athletic pass rusher; his ceiling is a high impact starting LB. This was a great third round pick in my book, and if I'm right at all we'll be loving this one when it's all said and done.

Okay, so I posted a few fanposts on other blogs a while back with the intent of following up eventually but I haven't until just now. Basically, I decided to go over to blogs of some of the most consistently great teams in the NFL  and simply ask them what they love about their franchise that they feel makes it so successful. After debating myself about it, I've decided it would be best to shut my own mouth and just pick out some of the best responses I got from fans. I got some great responses. My blogs that I chose were Baltimore Beatdown, Behind the Steel Curtain and Pats Pulpit. I would have made this a fanshot but I'm not sure how I would go about collecting all this info in a single fanshot. Forgive me for posting something without a ton of my own analysis.

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I can be seen critiquing mock drafts all the time around here and criticizing the maker's Bengals picks. Instead of doing a full mock, I just want to focus on the Bengals because I don't know enough of the prospects to make one on my own.

Round 1: Patrick Peterson, FS/CB, LSU

It's no secret that I want Fairley, but he probably won't fall. Peterson would be a very good consolation prize, though. He is a freak of nature and his size makes him a guy who should be able to tear it up at FS in the NFL. The Bengals are in a division where every other team either has a dominant Safety or a Safety with great potential (Reed, Polamalu and TJ Ward are all in the AFC North) and having an impact Safety is becoming a must. Peterson could either be that guy for us or he could be an insurance plan if Jonathan Joseph walks in free agency. Peterson has done an excellent job at CB in college. Mike Zimmer loves having two lockdown corners to add flexibility to his playbook. If Joseph walks we will need another great CB, and Peterson could very possibly be that guy for us as well. With his freakish athleticism and great size, there WILL be a spot for him on the defense; he can find a home at FS or CB.

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Hello, Pats Pulpit. I'm a Bengals fan from Cincy Jungle. I'm not a big fan of your team, but it can't be denied that the Pats are one of the elite franchises in the game. I'm going to do a research post for Cincy Jungle to help get to the bottom of the problem, and I want some opinions what exactly you guys thinks makes your team so great.

I know that, in reality, it is about a number of things combined. I know that our problems in Cincy include a terrible owner acting as GM, an awful scouting department, bad coaching, etc. But what I want to know is, what would be the very last thing you would want to give up? Is it Belicheck, the guy who always makes decisions to put a competitive team out there and also coaches it better than anyone? Is it the owner, who is willing to write the checks and spend the money needed? Is it the players stepping up because of Patriot tradition?

Any input is appreciated, and some of the best replies I get will be linked into the fanpost. Thank you in advance.

Hello, BTSC. I'm a Bengals fan from Cincy Jungle. While I dislike your team in many ways, but it can't be denied that the Steelers are one of the elite franchises in the game, if not THE elite franchise in the game. I'm going to do a research post for Cincy Jungle to help get to the bottom of our problem, and I want some opinions what exactly you guys thinks makes the Steelers so great.

I know that, in reality, it is about a number of things combined. I know that our problems in Cincy include a terrible owner acting as GM, an awful scouting department, bad coaching, etc. But what I want to know is, what would be the very last thing you would want to give up? Is it Kevin Colbert, the guy who always puts a competitive team out there? Is it the owner, who is willing to write the checks and spend the money needed? Is it the players stepping up because of Steeler tradition?

Any input is appreciated, and some of the best replies I get will be linked into the fanpost. Thank you in advance.

Hello, BB. I'm a Bengals fan from Cincy Jungle. While I dislike your team in many ways, but it can't be denied that the Ravens are one of the elite franchises in the game. I'm going to do a research post for Cincy Jungle to help get to the bottom of the problem, and I want some opinions what exactly you guys thinks makes the Ravens so great.

I know that, in reality, it is about a number of things combined. I know that our problems in Cincy include a terrible owner acting as GM, an awful scouting department, bad coaching, etc. But what I want to know is, what would be the very last thing you would want to give up? Is it Ozzie Newsome, the guy who always puts a competitive team out there? Is it the owner, who is willing to write the checks and spend the money needed? Is it the players stepping up because of Raven tradition?

Any input is appreciated, and some of the best replies I get will be linked into the fanpost. Thank you in advance.

One of the guys I don't feel is getting enough credit right now is Reggie Nelson. The guy was all over the field against the Chargers and was in on a lot of plays. He was playing with a mean streak and wasn't afraid to hit anyone. From what I heard about him, I thought he would be afraid of contact. He has some trouble with tackling form, but he isn't scared to hit someone and was in on a few big hits.

Him being in on so many plays with the hair flying reminded me of, dare I say it? Troy Polamalu. Don't get me wrong, he's nowhere near the caliber of Polamalu and never will be, but there were some similarities. He played with a warrior's mentality and made all kinds of hits. He also forced a fumble and made a great effort on a bad throw from Rivers near the end of the game. Both his feet landed out of bounds, but he was about a foot away from staying in-bounds and making the great pick.

Overall, I've been fairly impressed with him both on defense and on Special Teams. I feel like it was a great deal, getting him for David Jones (who was going to be cut anyways.) He has great physical tools and could be a quality starter on the defense. At worst he can be a good backup for a new draft pick.

So, all of this is to ask a fairly simple question; is Reggie Nelson good enough to be our starting FS in 2011, or should we use a high draft pick on a new guy? There's no secret that Safety, especially Free Safety has been weak this year and is a position of need. But Reggie Nelson has also not been playing much this year until last game. Do you feel he needs to be developed more and given a shot to start, or is it better to draft a stud at his position then keep him as a backup? Either way, he's a great athlete and I appreciated his effort last game. He was definitely worth D. Jones.

I know, I know. Bob Bratkowski is the root of all evil.  Every time any coaching conversation comes up there are a few people who feel the need to immediately point a finger at Brat and not elaborate at all. I also dislike his game planning and play calling, but how about we talk a little more about the scheme we would like to see? And no, I don't mean "run first." That's too easy. Let's put on our coach hats for a minute and actually discuss what offense we would like to see run like the knowledgeable fans we are.

The first notable offensive scheme that comes to mind is the West Coast Offense. Unfortunately, this wouldn't work for us at all. The West Coast Offense is nearly all about passing, which isn't the type of plan that flies in the AFC North (unless you want to go pass first and throw teams like the Steelers and Ravens off their games? Talk about it if you do.) Another huge problem is that Carson isn't a WCO Quarterback at all and we'd almost surely need to draft someone new.

So let's assume we go run first (which is more than likely.) Which way would we go with that. Do we want to go with the Three-Yards-And-A-Cloud-Of-Dust type style or do we want the old Vince Lombardi "Run To Daylight" style with Bernard Scott as the feature back? Do we want to go with the classic, generic pro set (note to MB if we do: GET A FULLBACK.)

Or maybe a Coryell-style offense (like the '05 Bengals used) is the best: it's basically a mix of power running and deep, vertical passing. It revolves a lot around passing but it's very different from the West Coast Offense because more deep passes are thrown and it's not based so much on precise, short throws.

The one thing I think we can all agree on is that we shouldn't be doing crazy shit like the Spread Option or Pistol (or do you disagree? Talk to me.)

Saying that you want a mix of all these makes you sound like an uneducated retard isn't the answer I'm looking for. I'm asking what base offense you want and I hope that you actually have a reason. Let's get past the days of "BRAT SUCKS!!!!111!!!!!!!!!!!1!!" and start talking about the change we want to see.

This is a more customary thing to do on NFL blogs than NBA blogs (simply because of the number of games played in the NBA) but I'm going to go ahead and try it out. Our teams will be seeing a lot of each other with a home-and-home back to back series coming up. This is just a chance for you guys to find out some information you want to know about the Cavs by asking someone who watches them all the time. If I'm lucky I'll be able to get some other Cavs fans over to help out. If not, I'll try to handle all of the answering.

This is an argument I've heard some of lately, and I decided to bring the discussion to SSR.  One thing I'll get out of the way is that I fully believe in the player's right to make the decision on his own, and I am therefore opposed to the new rule that the player must be a year removed from high school. I intend to explore the process of the decision in the athlete's mind (or at least what I expect goes through their mind while they are deciding,) and I will also provide a summary of both arguments to open this discussion.

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Hey guys, Bengals fan here. I'll just be brief here and let you guys take it away.

Our offense is not great right now but we're hoping they got this sorted out during the bye week. There's still a raging debate over whether Palmer still has it or not and no one on CJ really knows if he has lost it or if it's just the team.

Ask anything you want about the state of the Bengals or whatever. Also, I hope to get some more members of CJ over here to help answer your questions.

Oh, one more quick edit. If you guys want to share your Falcons knowledge go over to Cincy Jungle and help out the guy who posted that thread. He'll probably have a lot of questions to deal with and need all the help he can get.

Ask away!

Someone posted a poll similar to this a long time ago.  It will be interesting to see how expectations have changed.  Of course we all hope that the Reds will do well in the playoffs, but plenty of us will be satisfied with these season as is.  Do they need to put up a fight? Or is a divisional title enough for you? Is it World Series or bust?  Or somewhere in between.  Vote and discuss.

Kevin Huber vs. Joshua Cribbs. I was among a lot of people in overlooking this matchup, until I saw an article on Bengals.com that talked about it. Here is the tidbit from said article.

One guy you know who is going to be a factor Sunday is punter Kevin Huber as he works against return ace Josh Cribbs. Cribbs strafed him last year up in Cleveland when Huber couldn’t get the ball out of the middle of the field, then did nothing in the second game here.

“In that first game I had bad hits and in the second game I had some hits that were bad enough that he couldn’t get his hands on it,” Huber said.

Huber is coming off hitting for the cycle in Carolina. He not only put his first five punts of the season inside the 20, but he put three inside the 5, the last one with less than four minutes left in the game.

“The gunners did a great job getting down the field,” he said of running back Bernard Scott and cornerback Morgan Trent. “I’m sure we’ll game plan (Cribbs).”

Cribbs is looking to pop his first big one of the season and he’s not panicking

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If not, well, screw it because I'm making one anyways.  I think a good amount of us here at CJ are Buckeye fans and we can talk about the game a bit while we're waiting for the Bengals season to start, rather than counting down the minutes until kickoff versus the Pats tomorrow. So let's talk some Buckeyes, everyone. Oh, and if we get enough people we can use this as a discussion for the Penn State-Alabama game later since it might (fingers crossed) have an effect on Ohio State's opponent in a certain game.

*If you're recording the game for later or whatever, instead of bitching it would be more productive to simply not read this Fanpost.

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Everyone does it, no matter what they say. They yell at Marvin, Brat, Mike Brown and just about every other decision maker on the team while they're making a tough decision. On occasion, you turn out to have been right. You then get that "I told you so" attitude and feel like you should be the coach, GM, owner, scout or any other position where you're the one calling the shots, not the moron that's in said position. With the season coming close and all of us getting antsy, let's all have a little discussion in which we gloat about discuss the calls we made, and tell everyone why we should be in a position of power with the Bengals.

 Were you screaming at the Bengals to draft Michael Oher over Andre Smith? Were you angry when you heard Jerome Simpson's name called and not Desean Jackson's? Were you yelling at Marvin to put a safety deeper just before the "Immaculate Deflection" in the Broncos game? If you had impressive foresight on any of these matters or any other occasions involving the Bengals, boast talk about it here.