Published on: 24th November, 2009
You can find my work at CincyJungle.com every Tuesday and Friday. Thanks for reading.Read more NFL news on BleacherReport.comPublished on: 20th November, 2009
It seems too easy to pile on Al Davis and the Oakland Raider Asylum; that bit has done before, so we'll just skip it altogether. Instead, the focus this week for the Bengals is preparing for the best thing the Raiders have going for them: their location. Every week it seems Cincinnati ...Published on: 13th November, 2009
The way to approach this weekend's epic struggle in Pittsburgh is to ask yourself: “Why won't the Bengals win?” If your response consisted of: a) because they're the Bengals, b) because it's the Steelers, or c) because it's a big game on the road, please leave now. Cincinnati has spent ...Published on: 6th November, 2009
In the backroom of a shady saloon just on the edge of town, the Ravens await. They sit there hunkered over a card-table with a half-bottle of cheap rum and an old, shaggy dog named Cleveland, curled up and sleeping at their feet. They've been there since daybreak and they ...Published on: 4th November, 2009
It appears the NFL has finally out-priced itself. The first-place Bengals, fresh off of a near-perfect game against the Bears, are still 4,500 tickets away from selling out this Sunday against the Ravens. The logically impulsive thing to do is stand up, point at Mike Brown, and ...Published on: 20th October, 2009
These Texans are trickier than they look. Bengal players were warned by soothsayers everywhere that a letdown was coming this week. The idea being that they could not sustain the energy necessary to continue winning every week, and at some point, would relax. So, to disprove the theory, the Bengals came out ...Published on: 16th October, 2009
Now that the Bengals are perched atop the AFC North standings and feeling good about themselves after an “emotional” win, one face springs to mind when looking ahead to the next game against the Texans; that bug-eyed, lobster-like freak, Admiral Ackbar, in Return of The Jedi . It's a trap! For being ...Published on: 13th October, 2009
On the opening Monday night game of the 2007 season, the Bengals beat the Ravens at Paul Brown Stadium, 27-20; that was the last time Cincinnati could agree that their team was a contender. After that, they wandered out into the wilderness and remained lost for two whole seasons. Yet after five ...Published on: 6th October, 2009
There is a lesson to be learned from all of this: never underestimate the will of a trapped animal, or in this case, a trapped color. The Bengals barely escaped alive from the House of Brown, needing to go a few extra rounds to fully vanquish that desperate group of wild ...Published on: 1st October, 2009
Cleveland Brown Stadium may as well be perched along the River Styx these days with Charon himself there to escort Browns fans into the NFL netherworld. Nothing is currently working for the organization the color of mud, and, like the recession, experts are forecasting that the situation will worsen before there's ...