Monday, January 09, 2006

Wow, That Was Quick


First thing, I'm not going to sit here and cry like Roethlisberger did following the last matchup about low hits. However, anyone who says Kimo von Oelhoffen was clearly blocked into Carson Palmer's left leg is full of shit. Was the hit intentional? Likely - I don't know about you, but I rarely wrap my arms around someone's leg to brace my fall. Did he mean to tear his ACL? Not at all. Oelhoffen played as a Bengal from '94-'99 and still maintains respect in the community, in no way did he intentionally mean to end his season and he even offered an apology after the game.

However, the Bengals/Steelers matchup took on a new face yesterday, as now the rivalry has definitely reached a boiling point that compares to the best of former Bengal/Browns rivalries in the past. Following the game that involved numerous displays of excessive trash talk, the Steelers chanted "We-dey" to mock the Bengals famed "Whu-dey", as in to say, "We dey put their ass out of the tournament", which apparently makes sense to the Steeler collective.

QB Jon Kitna again proved why Palmer was drafted. Kitna has always been a quarterback that wouldn't necessarily beat you, however the aspect that every Bengal fan knows is that when he tries to make plays - he fucks up. Always has, and when facing adversity in the second half he proved it again...he fucked up. After LS Brad St. Louis botched his first snap in 3 years (imagine that, during the only playoff game), the depleted Bengal team needed a savior - and unfortunately he was sitting in the MRI machine underneath the stadium.

Kitna scrambled every play unable to adjust to the increased Pittsburgh pressure, he couldn't hold onto snaps and even fumbled the ball running away from defenders. I mean, lacked serious poise in the pocket and even offered up 2 passes that my grandmother would've picked off. At any rate, it was the typical less-than-stellar play we came to expect pre-Carson - you know, back when every non-Bengal fan screamed at the franchise that Kitna was the answer because he filled in admirably for their fantasy team.

Point is, there's been 353 players to come and go in this organization since the last time the Bengals have made the playoffs, and none is more important than Carson Palmer. Let's hope to god recovery goes smooth and he's back in time to lead us into the playoffs again.

posted by bironm at 1:43 PM

5 Comments:

  • Your grandmother is hot

    By Blogger Teebeebee, at 4:18 PM  

  • God should be capitalized in the final comment as well.

    By Blogger Teebeebee, at 4:45 PM  

  • I think your QB said it best, despite his lineman saying otherwise:

    "I tried to let my body go limp, so I could go down and not hurt my knee," Roethlisberger said. "The more I heard, he said he got pushed or tripped or something. But any time you go low on a quarterback, you know it's a little dirty."

    Hartings backed up the claim that Thurman had tripped, a claim that Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis put forth Monday in his press conference.

    "I think (Thurman) did trip over me," Hartings said. "Because the first linebacker that came into me, we kind of hit and I kind of spread out. I think he caught a little bit of my foot going down."

    Funny how you bring up crying and talk about Bengals WR's. Chad answers a question "no", and T.J. goes off on a heated tangent...least they weren't balling like bitches that they lost.

    By Blogger bironm, at 7:52 PM  

  • Game would have been different had Carsy not been hurt!

    There it is Blitzbitch

    By Blogger Teebeebee, at 9:34 PM  

  • Ya, what a real bitchfest I held there - you know, with saying he wasn't trying to tear his ACL after the intentional hit...oh, and then moving on. What a tearjerking response that was - someone link this blog to Nicholas Sparks, we may be onto a potential screenplay here.

    Richard Seymour hit Carson last season. Had this blog been published last December, perhaps it would've been stated. Again, I really gave Kimo the business in my first post didn't I? When I say "maintains respect in the community", what I secretly meant was "blows farm animals & collects child pornography" - I see the confusion and apologize.

    Fatheads, interesting idea. My wife and I were going with James the Giraffe for the baby room, perhaps Carson & Chad would be better served.

    And the game would've been different had Carson played in it, to think otherwise is asinine - as was proved a month ago. We lack fortitude on defense to matchup, our gameplan is to pressure you to not slip into the running game by putting points on the board. However, I never offer excuses as injuries are a part of the game and are something you must overcome, just in our case it was really a disheartening way to exit the playoffs after our first trip in 15 years.

    By Blogger bironm, at 10:26 PM  

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