Disturbing is the only word you can use to describe the Bengals latest loss. Well, OK, I can think of a few other ones....but not for this blog. Losing is one thing. Having 49 points dropped on you is another. But allowing a team you had down, 28-7 at halftime to come back and beat you? That's inexcusable.
Random thoughts on this loss to the Chargers....Chris Henry is playing with fear. For the second week in a row, he failed to go all out to catch a pass. Actually, he did this twice on Sunday. The ball he 'alligator armed' in the end zone cost the Bengals a chance to tie the game. Given all of his off field trouble last winter, and now this, the Bengals have some serious decisions to make about this guy...Safety Dexter Jackson, the former Super Bowl MVP said after the game today certain players 'quit'....Marvin Lewis looked simply bewildered at the game's end....Marlon McCree's cheap shot on TJ Houshmandzadeh will surely draw a heavy fine....TJ said on the locker room radio show that he knows McCree hangs out in LA and that TJ and some of his posse may have to "kick his ass" in the off-season...This was Carson Palmer's best game yet, further proof he was anything but 100 percent to start this season...The Saints rolled up 450 yards of total offense against the Steelers today.....That means next week's game between the Saints and Bengals will probably have a final score of 17-10...It will probably be another shootout....Three games out of first place in the AFC North with seven to go, realistically the Bengals will have to go 5-2 in their final seven to have a shot at the playoffs...Even at 5-2, they'd finish 9-7...road games at New Orleans, Indianapolis an Denver make 5-2 a bit of a reach....
Ken