Alright Bengals fans, here are my three Bengals related thoughts following week one, first and foremost; if I continue to be a Bengals fan, I’m going to be impotent, bald and homeless by week five. Secondly, my friend Mel came up to me Sunday morning before the game and said “John, stop worrying, there is no way the Bengals can lose, ESPN says that no team has ever won their opening game with a rookie head coach and a rookie quarterback starting at the same time, so Baltimore can’t win.” On a side note, Mel’s goal in life is to tell me a statistic that I’ve never heard before, even if it’s as stupid as the one above. Anyway, I called my bookie 30 seconds later, because if I’ve learned one thing in life, it’s that if ESPN, Vegas and Mel all think the Bengals are going to win, not only are they not going to win, but they’re going to lose so embarrassingly bad that I’ll have to take some sort of Advil, valium, heroin combination after the game.
The NFL suspended Cincinnati Bengals reserve linebacker Darryl Blackstock for the next four games on Tuesday because he used a performance-enhancing substance.
The Bengals signed Blackstock as a free agent from Arizona in the offseason. He has played in all five games, including one start, and has four tackles. The fourth-year veteran said in a statement that one of his nutritional supplements contained an ingredient banned by the league.
The NFL suspended Cincinnati Bengals reserve linebacker Darryl Blackstock for the next four games on Tuesday because he used a performance-enhancing substance.
The Bengals signed Blackstock as a free agent from Arizona in the offseason. He has played in all five games, including one start, and has four tackles. The fourth-year veteran said in a statement that one of his nutritional supplements contained an ingredient banned by the league.
Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer will limit his throwing during practice this week to rest his sore elbow, hoping to be ready for the New York Jets on Sunday.
Palmer strained his right elbow in a loss to the Giants on Sept. 21, when his arm was hit while he threw a pass. He sat out a 20-12 loss to Cleveland the following week, when backup Ryan Fitzpatrick threw three interceptions and fumbled.
Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer will limit his throwing during practice this week to rest his sore elbow, hoping to be ready for the New York Jets on Sunday.
Palmer strained his right elbow in a loss to the Giants on Sept. 21, when his arm was hit while he threw a pass. He sat out a 20-12 loss to Cleveland the following week, when backup Ryan Fitzpatrick threw three interceptions and fumbled.
As they did two weeks ago in the Meadowlands vs the Giants, the Bengals put forth a game effort, but in the end the Cowboys were simply too much to overcome as the Bengals dropped to 0-5 with a 31-22 loss. The team is 0-5 for the first time since 2002, that season they stared 0-7, and by the end of the year Marvin Lewis was coming in to coach the team. Now one must wonder if Lewis will be around if the team has that type of season.
If the Bengals even want to finish at .500 in 2008, they would have to win 8 of their last 11 games. In other words - get ready for another sub-par .500 season in the Queen City. As for this Sunday, the Bengals made it close, but after they got within 17-16 with 14:02 left, the team got an onside kick, but a Chris Perry fumble at the 37 basically sealed the teams fate. “This game is on me,” Perry said. “We had the momentum. We were going down to put points on the board and I let it go. The last two games (losses to Cleveland and Dallas) are on me. I didn’t secure the ball well enough.”
The Cowboys then scored on a Tony Romo to Terrell Owens 57-yard pass that made it 24-16. The Bengals again got within 2 at 24-22, but again, the Cowboys answered with Romo getting a lucky TD pass to Patrick Crayton that clearly was intended for Miles Austin with 1:52 to go to seal the fate of the cats.
Carson Palmer did play after all, and was okay, going 23-for-39 for 217 yards with two TD’s and one pick. The Bengals put up just 269 yards of offense, as again the running game was nowhere to be found, going for just 61 yards on 23 carries (2.7 yards per carry). T.J. Houshmandzadeh led the team with both TD catches from Palmer and had 7 grabs for 85 yards.
In the end though, it was just another ’so close - but so far’ effort from a team that simply has not played well enough to win in 08 so far. Next Sunday they get a taste of Brett Favre in a Jets uni as they travel to the Meadowlands for the second time in 2008 as take on the 2-2 Jets.
The Bengals have another black eye today, as backup LB Darryl Blackstock has been suspended for the next four games for using a performance-enhancing substance. Blackstock said that a supplement that he took contained an ingredient banned by the league.
“I’ve apologized to my coaches and teammates for an unfortunate mistake,” Blackstock said. “I did not intentionally violate the policy, but I know it’s my responsibility to use only approved nutritional supplements, and I didn’t realize I was taking an over-the-counter product that included a banned substance.”
On the same day, the team also brought back reserve RB Kenny Watson, who was released Saturday when the team needed to open a roster spot for WR Chris Henry. Watson had seven carries in the first four games for 32 yards as a backup to Chris Perry. He will likely split backup time with just signed Cedric Benson.
Updated: 2:40 p.m.
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