By Nuff Johnson
In case you missed it, Marvin Lewis held a pre-draft press conference today. Or as some call it, a de-press-ion conference. Assuming your life contains even a small amount of purpose, I truly hope you missed it. If so, I’ll fill you in on what you missed.
"That's brilliant, Jerry! An entire show... about nothing!"
Nothing. Nothing! NOTHING! Not a !&#%$! thing.
I thought I was experiencing an out of context “Seinfeld” promotion, referencing a show about nothing. In Marvin’s defense, I didn’t expect him to blurt out the entire Bengals draft plan, or what positions the team hopes to secure. Or what a poor use of oxygen it wasted to utter the words, “With the 46th pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals draft Jerome Simpson.”
Regardless, some of my favorite quotes from today’s 13 minutes of sustained nothingness:
"The very thought of having to answer your question makes me nauseous."
“We’ll come away with players that will have an impact on one side of the ball or the other.”
“We hope there are some areas we can address early in the draft.”
“Let’s not overdraft anybody, and let’s not reach for a player based on a particular need.”
Other than that, it was mostly what you’d expect – a 13-minute demonstration of how disinterested Marvin is in interacting with the Cincinnati media. Not even three months removed from his last loss, Marvin still has the look from behind the microphones that teeters between anger, indifference and indignation.
Remember back in days of old, when the Bengals front office had more brains than nepotism? Paul Brown was fond of saying the Bengals 
will draft, “the best player available.” They cared less about a player’s position, and more about their ability to play football. Maybe that was because PB had a special knack for evaluating a kid’s’ college career, and for recognizing his potential. (Apparently that apple was caught by a herculean tail wind, ‘cuz it fell far, far from the tree. )
But I digress. In summary, you didn’t miss a thing in today’s press conference. And that’s just the way Marvin likes it.
‘Nuff said.
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Thanks for the update ‘Nuff – I couldn’t finish watching the press conference. My wife was painting her toenails and it was more interesting to watch.