Let me be Frank and Cut to the Chase

CINCINNATI -- Here we go again. Another game against the hated rivals from the Steel City. Once again feeling like the Bengals are the inferior team going in, even though there are reasons to believe the Bengals can actually win this game tomorrow. It just feels like the Steelers are in our heads as Bengals… Continue reading Opportunity knocks yet again in crucial early-season showdown in Pittsburgh Sunday

CINCINNATI -- In my high school freshman English class, a substitute teacher named Mr. C- fitting because Cincinnati starts with the letter "C"- asked everybody a question about the word "hate" A fellow student answered that he believes hate is learned, and I totally agree with that. Hate is such a strong word. And coming… Continue reading Hatred or jealousy? Examining how I, as a Bengals fan, view the Pittsburgh Steelers

CINCINNATI -- If anybody didn't learn the mantra of "anything can happen" from week one of the NFL season, week two validated that. From Baltimore's comeback win over Kansas City to Tennessee's comeback win at Seattle to, oh hello Carolina!- pummeling New Orleans, what more is there to believe in this league other than Tom… Continue reading NFL week three preview

CINCINNATI -- 4. Tom Brady - QB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (24/36, 276 yds, 5 TD) - Process this: Brady has three more touchdown passes through two games this season (9) than he did in his record-breaking 2007 season (6). That was FOURTEEN. years. ago. Is he better now than he was in 2007? Is he… Continue reading FOUR DOWN TERRITORY: top four performers from week two in the NFL

CINCINNATI -- 1. My biggest complaint from the game Sunday was the lack of an offensive gameplan. But after watching the game a second time, I think there was one. It looked like the Bengals came out with a very simple gameplan with short passes on hitch routes to outside receivers, shallow crossing routes, flat… Continue reading UPON FURTHER REVIEW: what I heard and observed from watching the Bengals-Bears game a second time