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[hayes]

Re: Henry had CTE when he died

Wasn't there a study done in America about the effects on concussion on NFL players which said that helmets don't really do anything? I heard this being talked about on radio and they said that helmets stop the head from having cuts but they don't really protect a player from brain damage.

Is that study anywhere on this site by any chance?

 

[Burningleviathan]

Re: Henry had CTE when he died

might be in the original thread about concussion.

 

[Nappies]

Re: Henry had CTE when he died

So what would be some positive changes that could be made?

e.g. no tackle during practise (as advocated by some).

ie. you're unable to practice the most important part of the game during practice?

 

[ERead]

Re: Henry had CTE when he died

ie. you're unable to practice the most important part of the game during practice?

In one of the many articles out there on this topic, there is this College Coach who has been very successful and never allows tackling during practice.

But it is something you could do to create fewer head-knocks and not change the game.

Some of the other articles say football will be dead in 50 years because we'll have moved on from playing sports that injure like this. If that is true, we need to change the way the game is played - but what changes can be made that don't upset the fundamentals of the game?

If players wore no pads, no helmets and tackled differently, would it be safer (through more cost inflicted on the tackler)? I am not saying it would be (if you continue to allow gang tackles for example), but how can football be made safer?

 

[DB10]

Re: Where are the Bengals placed?

this is off Chad Ochocinco's twitter (before it gets deleted) ...

# Well this is what twitter is for so i thought id share where i was mentally during my 2-5 season, im reading every tweet so help me out 18 minutes ago via TweetCaster

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so much losing makes me question my own game and truthfully is f-ing with my confidence or in my case what seems to be arrogance at times 20 minutes ago via TweetCaster

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My outlandish ways n style of play= hard work being over looked (rightfully so)i' study the habits n work ethic of winners but i lose still 23 minutes ago via TweetCaster

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I know most of y'all don't care but when your job doesn't go well do you start to question yourself as if you're the problem? Why we losing? about 1 hour ago via TweetCaster

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Just wanted to tell you guys i love all of you and try n vote today n make a difference, other than that remember my crazy ass loves you about 1 hour ago via TweetCaster

things are not happy in Cinci.

 

[middy]

Re: Where are the Bengals placed?

Any Bengals fans out there want to discuss this weeks game? I'm sick of study and this is a much better option.

 

[Gus]

Re: Where are the Bengals placed?

So much happening here?

I'm a pretty disjointed supporter so I don't really know the ins and out of what is happening.

 

[exe ex machina]

Re: Where are the Bengals placed?

It's up to you and other Bengals supporters to provide content to this thread.
News, links, interesting stories, rumors, etc.

This board is good because we have many NFL fans per se, who take an interest in all teams, not just their own. So if you build it they will come....including other Bengals fans all chatting amongst themselves.

 

[DB10]

Re: Where are the Bengals placed?

finding a good blog to read is a start - that way you'll get all the important daily news stuff without the effort of finding it yourself.

it's why I read RavensGab.

 

[exe ex machina]

Re: Where are the Bengals placed?

There's a thread in the Thread Directory entitled something like "NFL Beat Writers", in it you'll find the Bengals beat writers blog sites, and as DB10 suggested, is a good way to bring content here.

 

[Gus]

Re: Where are the Bengals placed?

will look into that

 

[exe ex machina]

Re: Cincinnati Bengals: "The Browns Mk II"

Mike Brown gets a lot of flak in the media and from fans (of the team and around the NFL), much like some other old-school type owners like Al Davis and Ralph Wilson. These are guys who were brought up completely different to how people today or 10 years ago were.

Here's a good insight from a Bengals insider into Mike Brown...

The Bengals have certainly cut players before, but Mike Brown is a very loyal Owner/GM.

Specifically, while many like to call Mike Brown cheap, he takes care of his own guys. He doesn't spend big for other teams free agents, but he gives his own players big contracts that he thinks they're worth. Some have left for bigger pay days. Some, like Houshmanzadeh, regretted it in hindsight.

Mike is very loyal to players and coaches. One thing that really hurts the Bengals, at least under the old CBA, is that they would never front load contracts like other teams did. Other teams sign a guy for 6 years, knowing they would cut the player after two. The Bengals don't work that way.

A great example of Mike Brown's loyalty to his players is what he did for Jon Kitna in 2004. Kitna was 1 snap away from a $1 million roster bonus. Kitna had a snap on an extra point that didn't count since extra point plays aren't official plays. Brown petitioned the league to count the play so that Kitna could get his bonus, and Kitna did.

I've always said that Mike Brown is loyal to a fault. It's his greatest strength and his greatest weakness.

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[drd23]

Re: Cincinnati Bengals: "The Browns Mk II"

Who wrote that, Mike Brown himself? That is ridiculously idolizing of a pretty poor owner that even most hardcore fans of the team wouldn't agree with.

GG, Al Davis may cop a lot of flak, but I think most neutral fans admire him far more than Mike Brown

 

[exe ex machina]

Re: Cincinnati Bengals: "The Browns Mk II"

It's certainly one side of a story anyway.

 

[exe ex machina]

A package contained 2.5 pounds of California marijuana was allegedly delivered to Jerome Simpson's home Tuesday, according to authorities.
Simpson and OL Anthony Collins were allegedly present in the home when Aleen Smith, 27, accepted the package at Simpson's Kentucky home. Both Bengals were detained, but no one was arrested. During a search of the home, authorities found six more pounds of marijuana along with "packaging materials, scales and smoking devices." An update on possible prosecution is expected later today.
Related: Anthony Collins
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer
Sep 22 - 8:07 AM

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[exe ex machina]

Lippincott Retires From Bengals Front Office

The Bengals maintain a streamlined and efficient (and thus inexpensive) front office. The payroll will drop even farther after the 2011 season.

Director of football operations Jim Lippincott is retiring. The team announced the move earlier today.

Lippincott will return to Cincinnati Moeller High School as the football team’s defensive coordinator. He will continue to work for the Bengals on a part-time basis through the April 2012 draft.

“Jim has been a valued member of our front office for some 20 years, working as both a scout and as an administrator,” Bengals president Mike Brown (pictured) said. “His work at Moeller is where his heart takes him now, but I thank him for all he has done here over the years and wish him only the very best. Jim will still be very much in the Bengals picture as we head toward this year’s draft.”

The Bengals have said nothing about the plans to replace Lippincott, who jumped from Moeller to the Bengals in 1992.

 

[Dagless]

GOtta say I hope the Bengals make it. After years of being attacked for their moves, even this offseason ala letting Joseph go and sitting on Palmer rather than trading him, they look to at least have a servicable QB-WR due for the long term future with 1st round picks in the bank if they think they need to nab any players in particular.

 

[exe ex machina]

If Jay Gruden leaves the Bengals to take a HC gig, the progress of Dalton will suffer a bit.

Also, I want the Bengals to make it too, but ONLY if Broncos lose and Raiders win the division.

Imagine a Bengals-Raiders playoff game after that infamous trade

 

[exe ex machina]

It's a small step for the frugal Brown

The Cincinnati Bengals struggled to sell tickets in 2011. For 2012, they’ll address that challenge by cutting prices on more than 14,000 season tickets. For all general-admission season tickets, the price will not be higher in 2012.

The team announced today a new season-ticket pricing plan for general-admission seating. The 2012 season tickets go on sale tomorrow.

“We have a young team trending in the right direction, and we are pleased to share this new price structure with our fans in an attempt to make some seats more affordable,” Bengals executive vice-president Katie Blackburn said in a team-issued release. “We have a great home schedule in 2012 and look forward to it being an exciting season that builds upon this year’s success.”

The teams of the AFC North are scheduled to play the teams of the AFC West and NFC East in 2012. Based on the 2008 schedule, both the Giants and the Cowboys will be coming to Cincinnati in 2012. Also, the man who supposedly vowed to never set foot in Paul Brown Stadium again likely will be returning, along with the man whom some think could walk across the Ohio River to get to the game.

The Bengals, who have nailed down third place in the division, also will play the third-place team in the AFC East and the third-place team in the AFC South, along with two games each against the Steelers, Ravens, and Browns.

Regardless of the slate of games, the Bengals have a long way to go in order to sell out every home game of the 2012 season. Cutting ticket prices helps, but it will take more than that to address the fact that several games were played before well over 20,000 empty seats.

 

[Woodson]

Cheerleader capt indicted for two Sexual abuse charges on a minor

"To stand in front of thirty 15 year-olds and tell them you don't have two STDs and that you are not a **** is the hardest thing you will ever have to do," she told ABC News.

source: wptv.com Full story

 

[exe ex machina]

Bengals trying to bury some historic streaks in 2012

Posted by Darin Gantt on July 5, 2012, 10:52 AM EDT

The Bengals were a pleasant surprise last year.

If they can repeat that success, it will be a major shock, if only because of the historical implications.

Joe Reedy of the Cincinnati Enquirer broke down the historical context of the Bengals struggles, and shows how amazing it will be if they can get back to the playoffs or win a postseason game.

If they make the playoffs again, it will be the first time they’ve gone back-to-back in 30 years (and the first ever in full seasons, which would discount the strike-shortened 1982 season).

When Atlanta repeated as a postseason team last year, it made 28 teams that have repeated since the Bengals have. Jacksonville did it 1998 and 1999, but fellow expansion teams Carolina and Houston haven’t, and the Browns haven’t since coming back to the league in 1999.

Speaking of the Texans, their win over the Bengals last year meant every team in the league has won a playoff game since Cincinnati last did on Jan. 6, 1991 over the Houston Oilers.

The Bengals playoff win drought is the longest in the league, edging out the Lions for that honor.

 

[exe ex machina]

Playing well in Cincinnati, Vontaze Burfict thankful for Marvin Lewis

Posted by Michael David Smith on October 8, 2012, 1:50 PM EDT

Vontaze Burfict has turned out to be one of the pleasant surprises of this NFL season, an undrafted rookie who was widely regarded as a head case coming out of college but has now become a productive starter for the Bengals. And Burfict says Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis is the biggest reason for his turnaround.

“It’s been a good journey, since I’ve been under Marvin Lewis’ wing,” Burfict said on XTRA in Phoenix, via SportsRadioInterviews.com. “He took me in and he coaches me how I need to be coached. If I mess up twice on one play that he already told me about, he gets to me. He starts yelling at me. But that’s what I need. . . . I love being under his wing because he talks to me like I’m a grown man.”

Although Burfict said he has respect for his college coach at Arizona State, Dennis Erickson, he added that Erickson wasn’t getting the most out of him the way Lewis does.

“I let Coach Erickson’s coaching mess with me on the field and it totally messed with my head, especially on the field,” Burfict said. “Like the bowl game I was benched, and the whole week I thought I was going to be able to play. So it was just little things that me and coach didn’t see eye-to-eye on.”

Whatever Lewis is doing, it’s working. In April, Burfict was written off as non-draftable. Now he’s starting and playing well for the Bengals.

 

[Chism]

Re: Where are the Bengals placed?



Oh ok. I'm just on the Jets for the playoffs. I'll be back on the Bengals next season. I have a soft spot for the Jets after going to the Jets-Titans game in October and getting a Jets jersey. But I'm a Bengals man through and through.

Changed back yet!! lol

 

[Woodson]

Playing well in Cincinnati, Vontaze Burfict thankful for Marvin Lewis

Posted by Michael David Smith on October 8, 2012, 1:50 PM EDT

Vontaze Burfict has turned out to be one of the pleasant surprises of this NFL season, an undrafted rookie who was widely regarded as a head case coming out of college but has now become a productive starter for the Bengals. And Burfict says Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis is the biggest reason for his turnaround.

“It’s been a good journey, since I’ve been under Marvin Lewis’ wing,” Burfict said on XTRA in Phoenix, via SportsRadioInterviews.com. “He took me in and he coaches me how I need to be coached. If I mess up twice on one play that he already told me about, he gets to me. He starts yelling at me. But that’s what I need. . . . I love being under his wing because he talks to me like I’m a grown man.”

Although Burfict said he has respect for his college coach at Arizona State, Dennis Erickson, he added that Erickson wasn’t getting the most out of him the way Lewis does.

“I let Coach Erickson’s coaching mess with me on the field and it totally messed with my head, especially on the field,” Burfict said. “Like the bowl game I was benched, and the whole week I thought I was going to be able to play. So it was just little things that me and coach didn’t see eye-to-eye on.”

Whatever Lewis is doing, it’s working. In April, Burfict was written off as non-draftable. Now he’s starting and playing well for the Bengals.

This is a complete 180 degree swing from the HIGHLY talked up 'next Wes Welker's ' of the draft class from which Rams' 4th round pick, WR Greg Salas, failed to impress with the Rams then got traded to the Patriots who obviously had Salas on their short list for late round drafting. Still struggled to fit/ pick up the system. Just underlines that it's horses for courses when it comes to players. Some guys are just late developers like 2008 Defensive MVP James Harrison who was basically a nomad...getting cut and not really impressing the team GM's at the time. I still think Salas makes it back. The NFL is littered with such stories.. probably much more interesting to read about these guys and how the heck they can adjust when they've blown chance after chance before them. Vontaze Burfict sounded initially like that kinda player that gets drafted, gets cut before the final roster at the beginning of the season, comes back a few years later and becomes a Pro-Bowler. But nup... got that wrong. But he's doing ok for starters as a UDFA, just like RB Fast Willie Parker who made good and got the best out of himself in a short NFL career.

 

[Keys]

Bengals trying to bury some historic streaks in 2012

Posted by Darin Gantt on July 5, 2012, 10:52 AM EDT

The Bengals were a pleasant surprise last year.

If they can repeat that success, it will be a major shock, if only because of the historical implications.

Joe Reedy of the Cincinnati Enquirer broke down the historical context of the Bengals struggles, and shows how amazing it will be if they can get back to the playoffs or win a postseason game.

If they make the playoffs again, it will be the first time they’ve gone back-to-back in 30 years (and the first ever in full seasons, which would discount the strike-shortened 1982 season).

When Atlanta repeated as a postseason team last year, it made 28 teams that have repeated since the Bengals have. Jacksonville did it 1998 and 1999, but fellow expansion teams Carolina and Houston haven’t, and the Browns haven’t since coming back to the league in 1999.

Speaking of the Texans, their win over the Bengals last year meant every team in the league has won a playoff game since Cincinnati last did on Jan. 6, 1991 over the Houston Oilers.

The Bengals playoff win drought is the longest in the league, edging out the Lions for that honor.

Have now managed consecutive playoff appearances

Now to get a playoff win under our belt