Roach II

Every year about this time we start getting excited to watch the gear up for camp.  Hopes are high that the new draft picks are going to make a huge impact, and that the injuries from last year are all healed up and guys are ready to go.  But this year things are a bit different.

Almost everyone agrees that the bengals had a solid draft.  They got some great players and filled in some huge gaps.  Free Agency also appears to have gone well for the bengals.  After loosing several players they made a late push to get some vetern players in key skill positions.  Even chad seems to have his game face on.

So yeah again this year i’m excited.  I dont care about the horable season the bengals had last year.  Dont care about things said on negitive sites (though i still read and keep up with them), I dont even care if mike brown is still the owner and GM of the team.  I just care that September 13, at around 1:00pm i’m in my seat, and 3 hours later i’ve cheered my ass off and my team comes away with a win.  That way as i pack my bag, and head to Greenbay the next weekend i can do it all over again.

I’m proud to be a bengals fan!

Not a lot of talk coming out of mini camps.  Thats a good thing for me.  It was nice seeing some of the new draft pics out and about around cincinnati. 

Plans for this season are coming together.  Jason is working on the menu, Tony and Brian are planning the Roach off season camp (clean up and touch up day).  Not sure of any big projects coming for the roach this season but we will be sure to keep you posted if any do come up.

Is this the new Chad?

Reports are there was a great turnout of players for the volunteer off season workouts.  Even the once allusive Chad Johnson made it this year.  It really doesn’t surprise me, and it shouldn’t surprise you that he made it, with his popularity fading I’m sure his agent informed him the phone just isn’t ringing for him anymore.  God it hell getting old.

So Chad’s finding ways to get back into the spotlight, he’s taking a book out of the Mike Tyson playbook and reportedly got a facial tattoo.  (This should be really interesting).

I hope the fans do accept Chad with open arms, I hope he and Carson and the whole Bengals team have an amazing year.  I’d never root against Chad, but in the past I may have not cheered as much as I should for him.  I’m changing my outlook because I truly believe that as Chad and Carson go so goes the team.

Thats right we’ve got our own facebook fan site.  Get there and join up and follow the roach on facebook too

Roach II on facebook

This disturbing image is supposed Bengals’ “super fan” BC. We all see you for what you really are now…a black and gold traitor!!!!

Shut out of any prime time games…

Week 1 Sun, Sep 13  Denver Broncos 
Week 2  Sun, Sep 20 @ Green Bay Packers 
Week 3 Sun, Sep 27 Pittsburgh Steelers 
Week 4 Sun, Oct 04 @ Cleveland Browns 
Week 5 Sun, Oct 11 @ Baltimore Ravens 
Week 6 Sun, Oct 18 Houston Texans 
Week 7 Sun, Oct 25 Chicago Bears 
Week 8 Sun, Nov 01 BYE 
Week 9 Sun, Nov 08 Baltimore Ravens 
Week 10 Sun, Nov 15 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 
Week 11 Sun, Nov 22 @ Oakland Raiders 
Week 12  Sun, Nov 29 Cleveland Browns 
Week 13  Sun, Dec 06 Detroit Lions 
Week 14 Sun, Dec 13 @ Minnesota Vikings 
Week 15 Sun, Dec 20 @ San Diego Chargers 
Week 16 Sun, Dec 27 Kansas City Chiefs 
Week 17 Sun, Jan 03 @ New York Jets

But we do get to start the season at home.  This puts the 44 game sell out streak in huge jeopardy.  The Bengals MUST look really good in presason if they want a chance at keeping the sell out streak going.

The only thing i’m sure of is that the Roach II and the Crew will make it to the first home game, after that its kind of up in the air.

Seems weeks after free agency ended the Bengals still had an ace up their sleeve.  Signing Tank Johnson to a one year deal on the surface seems like a really good move.  He’s only 27 years old, hes healthy (or so it seems) and he has the ability to be a play maker.

The real story here isn’t the Bengals signing a former troubled player, its that this will allow the Bengals to move from a 4-3 defense to a 3-4 defense.  Tank will be the big body nose tackle who should consume two line men allowing the line backers to be free to roam and pop a running back behind the line, or get pressure on the qb as he drops back to pass. 

So now what’s the deal with chad?  I’m sure everyone has heard the trade rumors I even heard someone today say Atlanta is considering two firsts for chad.  I don’t see that happening, but I’m sure if someone made a good reasonable offer the Bengals would be willing to deal Chad.

It took almost a week for the bengals to make positive news in free agency.  After letting Andrews leave, then loosing out on the bid to resign TJ the Bengals FINALY got ink to paper and signed Benson, Dorsey, and Crocker.  

They still have not addressed one of the bigglest need Offensive Line men, mostly a solid Center.

I’m a bit sad that the Bengals lost out on the TJ signing, mostly because I thought it would go like this.  Sign TJ to something around 38 to 42 million, then trade Chad for a 3 or 4th round and maybe a 5 or 6 round pick making TJ your number one guy.  You still have Henry to strech the field and go deep.  Then maybe with one of those 2nd day picks get a extra speed reciever.

I really can’t say it makes me sad to see Graham tagged.  Hes getting a lot of flack from AM sports talk, Allen Cutler, who is a total D-Bag, and horrible sports talk host but that’s for another post.  I do wish the Bengals could have come to terms long term with Graham not over paid and tagged crocker, or benson but I guess that’s just not how its going to work this year. 

Now Mike and the Gang are stuck between a rock and a hard place, do you sign crocker or benson to a 3 year deal?  Do you just let them walk?  Having no proven running backs going into the draft does not make me happy, after wasting 3 picks last year on bench warmers I’d hate to see the Bengals draft backs and not linemen early, and often. 

I’m sure the bengals are hard at work preping for FA, and getting in talks with all their FA to get them signed before they go into open market.  HAHAHA  ok really i doubt any of that is happening.

But, let me say, I do feel a change in the wind.  I really do.  I think Mike and Co are taking a hard look at whats worked and has not worked in the past.  I think the release of Willie spoke volumes of their ability to judge tallent.  But then on the other side of that they did get lucky with the pickup of benson…  but who knows if hes coming back. 

I’ve heard talk of the bengals using day one picks on WR, RB and the like.  If that does happen, and they dont draft linemen that wind of change i spoke of, was just someone breaking wind.

Lets hope for the best, i hate watching the bengals lose, and would really like to cheer them on to victory.