Bengals WR Jerome Simpson has puzzled coaches for two years.

I said it here a week ago. Or maybe a month ago (oh, I forget … time has no meaning trapped down here in a Colombian coal mine). The 2010 knee-season, oops, I mean pre-season, was all about Jerome Simpson. Okay, toss in a little, tiny, itsy-bitsey bit of  Pacman and Matt Jones. But this pre-season was all Jerome.

So, do we write off the two “developmental” seasons? Admit defeat? Cut our losses? Blame Bush? Get drunk, and then blame Bush? Or do we saddle up, again, for year three? Remember, this pre-season was all about Jerome.  But as Yoda told us in the greatest movie ever made, The Empire Strikes Back … “there is another.”

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2010 NFL Knee-Season Is In The Books – Bengals’ ACLs Survive, 30-28. So Now What?

by Timzilla 09.03.2010

Okay, so they’re not quite the ’70s Chargers, ’80s Dolphins or even the ‘05 Bengals yet, but Whodey Nation’s gotta be at least a little jazzed, because Terrell Owens is still the real deal, and rookies Jermaine Gresham and Jordan Shipley are making this passing game better. A lot better. So what now?
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Bengals Offense Wins, Defense Loses – And Oh, Those !&@%$# Penalties!

by NuffJohnson 08.29.2010

The Bengals played their fourth exhibition game last night.  Yipee!  Thanks to the booby prize for being selected to play in the Hall of Fame game 3 weeks ago, the Bengals still have one more meaningless preseason game to go.
Although trying to extract meaning from an exhibition game is like trying to get the truth out of [...]

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Fraud or Fiction? Andre Smith is a Ravenous, Lactating Platypus Man

by Houdino 08.23.2010

Over the weekend, I was conducting field research on my latest preoccupation, the mating habits of hot celebrit…err, monotremes, when I had an epiphany about Andre Smith.
What, you don’t know monotremes? Well, you haven’t been spending enough time at Oddbounces then, have you? Long-time ‘bouncers come here all the time for just these sort of [...]

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Endless, Mindless, Careless, Brainless, Excuseless Penalties.

by Timzilla 08.22.2010

Let us bow our heads and give thanks. We’re three games into this meat grinder called NFL Preseason, and so far just one player lost for the year. Just one. So far. But as Nuff tells us – close your eyes and hold your breath.
In the Friday Night Lights against the dangerous Philadelphia Eagles at PB Stadium, the Boys In [...]

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Close Your Eyes, Hold Your Breath – Three Down, Two To Go.

by NuffJohnson 08.21.2010

The Cincinnati Bengals played the Philly Eagles last night at PBS – we won. Pinch me, I must be dreaming.
You probably know how we feel about exhibition NFL football here at Oddbounces. The motto engraved on our World Headquarters reads, “Can we instead click our heels three times and be kicking off against the Pats on September 12?” [...]

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Cincinnati Bengals Dump Broncos. Simpson Makes Roster. Preseason Be Gone.

by Timzilla 08.16.2010

Straight up, I hate NFL preseason games. Deplore them. Wish the worst on ‘em. Aside from being a money grab for the NFL and team owners, preseasons are nothing more than Injury Row – places where valuable football player’s seasons get snuffed out in the blink of a poked eye.
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