godef

The one thing we have seen though, is sudden dismissals of those who (apparently) don't toe the line. Two punters come immediately to mind. Contrast that to the tolerance given to underachieving players who are otherwise good company men. Yet another punter comes to mind.

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Slagathor

Let me say this:

1) Does is seem like Ocho Cinco is laying the ground work to play for the Pats someday?

2) That little friendly interaction between him and BB on the sideline must piss the rest of the Bengals off. It must be obvious to them that like Moss in Oakland, he's smart enough to realize he's never gonna win under Marvin Lewis or with the Bengals.

I've watch him 3 games this year, and other than being a self promoter, he just doesn't care about that team.

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dryheat44

The Bengals problem is almost entirely attributable to personnel acquisitions. They bring in terrible character players non-stop. I think it's a combination of Marvin Lewis assuming that as a black coach that he can better reach troubled black youth, and a management gambling approach that says that when a player starts falling in the draft or is available cheap for character reasons (Chris Henry, Frostee Rucker, AJ Nicholson, Ahmad Brooks), it's worth taking the high risk, high reward approach.

The Bengals have gotten virtually NO help from the draft over the last three seasons aside from a pretty good CB and some serviceable linemen. That kills a team.

What Lewis needs to do, and the bye week is a good time to do it, is take a zero tolerance approach and run that team Coughlin style for the rest of the season, clearing out any dead wood. Marinelli spent his first year as coach finding out who was in it to win it, and booting out the rest, and it seems to have worked for Detroit.

It wouldn't hurt management to actually hire a GM with football knowledge and loosen the purse strings to bolster the scouting department.

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ATippett56

Ah .... you spelled T.J.'s last name wrong ......
Douchemandzadeh!

PatsDeb

This is really too bad, because if the Bengals could get it together and stop arguing on the side lines, they could be a force to be reckoned with. They are really good at the no huddle, and a couple of times I thought they had the Pats D on their heels when they hurried to the line of scrimmage. Then they'd make a mistake and things would fizzle. The drive before the INT was a prime example. We couldn't stop them, but then either Chad ran the wrong route or Palmer threw off target (Looked like a little of both - even if Chad had turned the right way, Asante still would have been in front of him to make the pick) and there went the game.

What kind of a bozo coach calls his players selfish in public?

PATSNUTme

The Bengals have a lot of Johnson's on their team. Maybe they have too many Johnson's.

Flying Fungi

This is going to be a weekly routine, as long as the Patriots are playing like they are. We have seen defeatist, angry, frustrated comments from the NYJ, SD, BUF and now CIN. Anyone else see the common link?

Next to the microphone: Jamal Lewis and Kellen Winslow

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danny88

Let TJ talk his talk. Then he can go slick his hair back and walk to his car with his head down because he got SPANKED. All his talk is based on insecurity over his lack of production

Fogbuster

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Seems like a lot of teams are left talking to themselves after playing the Pats.


I watched the game and the Bengals do have some talent, but they clearly are not all on the same page. Sure, injuries cause disruption, but they are essentially a team of individuals, not working together for the cause. Palmer looks like a leader, but there needs to be those who will follow. Chad Johnson looks all full of himself. TJHoous.., same thing. Not a healthy attitude on that team.


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stattry

It's a feedback loop. Both statements are true. The reverse is also true (losing creating bad chemisty; bad chemistry creating losing) and I think that's why you see teams with a lot of talent sometimes fall off precipitously without much explanation. It can spiral.

A coaching staff needs to instill this message, however they do it: "Do it my way and we will win"

When this message is not getting through for whatever reason, a team is in trouble.

See steelers, Cincy last year; Chargers, Saints, Bears this year