Keep clickin'-- is it September 19th yet?
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?” So, in case you missed the thrill-a-minute of exhibition NFLfootball last night at PBS, here’s what was almost news-worthy:
On the POSITIVE, the D was much improved, Carson & TO went long, Adam Jones looked good on two return runs and Gino Atkins got another sack. “Yeah– Wa-Hoooo– Whodey!” he said sarcastically. And as always, Bernard Scott looked sweet.
On the NEGATIVE: The Bengals had 10 penalties again, maintaining their ridiculous average of ten per game. It looks like neither Mike Nugent or Dave Rayner will win the Kicking job; rather, one of them will lose the job. Andre “Big Tub of Goo” Smith finally got in the game, and looked, well, like a big tub of goo who was frequently a second late on blocks and a second early on the snap count. Even though JTO didn’t look as bad as last week, it’s still painfully obvious if Carson goes out for any reason, the Bengals are soooooo screwed.
And last but not least, to accentuate the ridiculousness of exhibition NFL football, Safety Gibri Wilson tore up his knee and is done for the season. D’oh!
- The pre-season Ben-Gals: always in mid-season form
Perhaps the best news about last night’s game: The next time the Bengals play at Paul Brown Stadium will be September 19th, when they face the hated Baltimore ravens in the 2010 home opener. Until then, click, click, click.
Nuff said.
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Don’t you mean, “Close your eyes, hold your NOSE”?
I suppose you are right, Houdino. It is especially important to hold one’s nose when in the presence of a platypus, as you never know which by-product or bodily fluid could be coming out of it.