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      Don’t fall asleep on the Bengals

      January 7, 2010 /

      Let’s face it: The Cincinnati Bengals aren’t exactly storming into the playoffs looking for blood and ready to run over their competition as soon as the whistle blows.

      The Bengals lost three of their last four games to wrap up the regular season and haven’t beaten an opponent of significance since they produced back-to-back wins over the Ravens and Steelers in mid-November. Their passing game is severely limited, they have injury concerns and they seem to lack big play potential on both sides of the ball.

      In steps in the New York Jets, who might as well be the ’68-69 Jets compared to the Bengals. Led by Rex Ryan, New York has the No. 1 defense in the league, can run the ball behind their solid offensive line and is virtually impossible to pass on.

      And-oh-by-the-way, they also just crushed the Bengals 37-0 last week at the Meadowlands. So why should anyone like Cincinnati to beat New York this Saturday?

      Here’s why: The Bengals team that played on Sunday night won’t be the same squad that shows up this Saturday in Cincinnati.

      Anyone that thinks that the Bengals will play as bad as they did last Sunday is dreaming. They couldn’t tackle, they were unmotivated and they were depleted on both sides of the ball. And if that was Cincinnati’s full complement of offensive plays, then Marvin Lewis and his entire coaching staff should be fired immediately.

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      Charlie Weis to run Chiefs offense

      January 7, 2010 /

      It appears that Charlie Weis is heading back to the NFL, as ESPN.com is reporting that he has agreed to be the Chiefs’ new offensive coordinator.

      Weis will be reunited with head coach Todd Haley, with whom he shared an office when both were young assistants with the New York Jets. Weis also will be reunited with Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli, who was Patriots vice president of player personnel when Weis was the offensive coordinator for three Super Bowl championships before going to coach at Notre Dame.

      The Bears had also been in the mix to hire Weis as offensive coordinator but the Chiefs won out.

      Haley ran the offense in his first year with the Chiefs after dismissing offensive coordinator Chan Gailey. Haley had expressed a desire to find a coordinator so he could better manage his head-coaching responsibilities.

      This is a good move for the Chiefs. Weis failed as a head coach at Notre Dame, but don’t forget he was successful as an offensive coordinator with the Patriots before he arrived in South Bend. Plus, ND’s offense was rarely the problem under Weis’ direction and was actually quite potent last year with Jimmy Clausen under center.

      With Matt Cassel’s experience running New England’s offense, this should be a perfect match. Plus, Haley can now concentrate on being a head coach and not having to worry about running the offense too.


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      Why is Gilbert Arenas acting so dumb?

      January 6, 2010 /

      Here’s an excerpt from a nice piece by Kelly Dwyer over at Ball Don’t Lie…

      Worm your way into your second gun-related hassle of your professional career? Passable, to a certain extent. Most people Gilbert’s age (or, really, half his age) would understand that even bringing four unloaded weapons into the workplace is a no-no of the highest order, but Gilbert’s a professional athlete.

      Even though he grew up broke, even though he’s less than a decade removed from remembering “what it was like,” he’s still a professional athlete.

      And professional athletes, as has been proven time and again, year after year, just have no idea how life actually works. It’s not a basketball thing, or an African-American thing, or even an American thing. Follow the Sunday papers for the latest on the various soccer ball-kicking types overseas, if you don’t believe me. Or even the international rulers of open-wheel driving organizations.

      Living in a bubble. That’s what it’s called. Some of our politicians live in a bubble. Our movie stars live in a bubble. And our athletes live in a bubble.

      Only in a bubble does it seem okay to take four unloaded weapons to work. Common sense would tell most people that this is not a good idea, but common sense has a tough time surviving in a bubble. The aforementioned people only interact with a select few, and most of those lucky folks are living in their own bubbles.

      Common sense can’t penetrate this much bubble.

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