gregstephens Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-7774-Ci...sounds-offagainI like Benson's attitude and Palmer's new vocality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJJackson Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Damn that guy is ugly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Carson is stepping things up by being more vocal and his praise should only fuel the motivation of some of these guys. Hard not to like what he brings to this team in leadership. I really am looking forward to this season more than many in the past !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walzav29 Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 My only complaint so far is there is a little too much WOW factor over a screen pass. Sure I love the play, but it's one play. It would be like going on and on about Ki-Jana's 80 yard run against Denver back in the day. I am cautiously excited about Ced, but 1 catch on a screen doesn't make him Priest Holmes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 I think what Benson was able to do last season coming off the street with a crap QB and zero o-line speaks volumes to me. I'm really looking forward to what he might be bale to do with Carson running the offense and an improved o-line. Dare I say he may finally live up to his predraft hype ?? We should be so fortunate !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidge Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Damn that guy is uglyI know, I hope the doctor slapped his mother too./hides from GS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalByTheBay Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 My only complaint so far is there is a little too much WOW factor over a screen pass. Sure I love the play, but it's one play. It would be like going on and on about Ki-Jana's 80 yard run against Denver back in the day. I am cautiously excited about Ced, but 1 catch on a screen doesn't make him Priest Holmes.I suppose I understand your point. I just think that the screen pass generally is something that the Bengals have done so little of the past few years that Benson's ability (and possibly more importantly the fact that the o-line was able to run the play) to catch and run it effectively was a pleasant surprise. I personally think they ignored the effectiveness of the play way too much when the passing game was going so well. Part of that was likely that Rudi was horrible at catching the ball, turning and running. In fact, I think I typed that whole sentence faster than Rudi could turn for positive yards. Benson, obviously, can do it fairly well and, just maybe, Brat is going to work it in more. I mean hell, I would guess that the Bengals had been running more freaking shovel passes than screens the last 3 or 4 seasons. That ain't right. It's like passing to the TE -- when it works why not do it until they can stop it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalPimp Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Damn that guy is uglyWhat? No response Greg? C'mon brother !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregstephens Posted May 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 Damn that guy is uglyWhat? No response Greg? C'mon brother !!!!Alright, here goes.TJ...ahem...you're mother is so ugly...Oh screw it. That is a bad picture. I got nuthin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 TJ...ahem...you're mother is so ugly...Ahhhh SNAP !!! Now you did it !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 Damn that guy is uglyWhat? No response Greg? C'mon brother !!!!Alright, here goes.TJ...ahem...you're mother is so ugly...Oh screw it. That is a bad picture. I got nuthin'.S**t dude...you're a prosecutor! You're not supposed to be eye candy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJJackson Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregstephens Posted May 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 Damn that guy is uglyWhat? No response Greg? C'mon brother !!!!Alright, here goes.TJ...ahem...you're mother is so ugly...Oh screw it. That is a bad picture. I got nuthin'.S**t dude...you're a prosecutor! You're not supposed to be eye candy! Alright, buddy, I thought we were supposed to be friends! I'm probably also not expected to look like I gotta pass the mother of all farts, either.Would it help to say I'm not really as ugly as I appear?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhosTombrady? Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 Just For Men. Use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregstephens Posted May 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 Just For Men. Use it.Oh, dude. I know you're a Brownie fan, but that hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 Sh*t Greg, just shave the head completely and grow out the goat and you are set !!!Then again, the biker look might not work for a prosecutor... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Bumping this thread while bringing it back on topic, this is something new about Benson and more optimism from Florio who also thinks Coles is an upgrade:EDIT: Joe Pong, the original article is also one (not the only) example of leadership on the part of Palmer. Just in case you missed it...Cedric Benson Ready To Carry The BengalsPosted by Mike Florio on June 24, 2009, 7:00 a.m. EDT There has been plenty of talk lately about the Bengals passing game.Unlike last year, quarterback Carson Palmer is healthy. Unlike last year, receiver Chad Ochocino is happy to be in Cincinnati. Unlike last year, Laveranues Coles will be the starter across from Ochocino and Coles is an upgrade in our view over T.J. Houshmandzadeh.But the running game has improved, too.After Rudi Johnson was released, the Bengals struggled to find a workhorse. When they decided to give Cedric Benson a second chance in the NFL, they got their man.Benson rushed for 747 yards in 12 games, which projects to 996 yards over 16 games.Not bad, considering that the passing attack led by Ryan Fitzpatrick likely wasn't pushing the strong safeties away from the line of scrimmage.This year, Benson wants to do more."No doubt, I'm ready to carry this team on my back," Benson told Carlos Holmes of the Dayton Daily News. "I'm due, hungry for it, miss it, and excited. It's good to be on a team that wants you. It's a great opportunity for me and I am definitely going to seize every moment.""I plan to take full advantage of those opportunities and see where it takes us. I'm about whatever it takes to get the job done. I think I am in the best situation that I can be in and it has to happen for me here."Running backs coach Jim Anderson likes what he has seen in Benson's first offseason with the team."Cedric brings energy," Anderson told Holmes. "He's a guy that's out to prove that he is a quality player in this league, and that he can perform and really achieve. That's what we want to do as a team.""Whatever we have asked Cedric to do, he's willing to do it. When he's on the football field he's all business. He's like a sponge. When he is not getting a physical rep he's getting a mental rep. That's an outstanding trait for a guy playing in the NFL."And it's an amazing development for a guy who went from fourth overall pick in 2005 to waiver wire in 2008. In the end, a running back who was a first-round bust looks to be ready to fulfill his potential with a team other than the one that drafted him.It's fitting, we suppose, that the Bears were the team to get burned on this one. After all, Chicago got the benefit of a mid-career surge from Thomas Jones, the seventh overall pick in 2000 who was dumped by the Cardinals after only three years.http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/06/24/...ry-the-bengals/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walzav29 Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 I'm not sure what you can tell from minicamp but did anyone watch it? Did Benson look better than Rudi ever did? Ced came out of college with much more hype. I'm just trying to figure out if this is the best back CP has played with or is he just better than the Rudi of 07 and 08? Anyone see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 I'm not sure what you can tell from minicamp but did anyone watch it? Did Benson look better than Rudi ever did? Ced came out of college with much more hype. I'm just trying to figure out if this is the best back CP has played with or is he just better than the Rudi of 07 and 08? Anyone see?This is what I said in an earlier post in this thread:I think what Benson was able to do last season coming off the street with a crap QB and zero o-line speaks volumes to me.When you consider his numbers would have projected to almost 1000 yards behind last years o-line, that is actually VERY impressive to me. I'm horribly anxious about seeing what he can do having participated in OTA's, camp, having Carson, a revamped o-line, and downfield threats at WR that keep the opposition from stuffing the box. I think Hair was the one that made the comment about Benson possibly being the most important free agent signing for us and I'm thinking he's right on point.To answer your question though, no, I haven't seen him. Anyone else care to respond on that ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregstephens Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 I'm not sure what you can tell from minicamp but did anyone watch it? Did Benson look better than Rudi ever did? Ced came out of college with much more hype. I'm just trying to figure out if this is the best back CP has played with or is he just better than the Rudi of 07 and 08? Anyone see?This is what I said in an earlier post in this thread:I think what Benson was able to do last season coming off the street with a crap QB and zero o-line speaks volumes to me.When you consider his numbers would have projected to almost 1000 yards behind last years o-line, that is actually VERY impressive to me. I'm horribly anxious about seeing what he can do having participated in OTA's, camp, having Carson, a revamped o-line, and downfield threats at WR that keep the opposition from stuffing the box. I think Hair was the one that made the comment about Benson possibly being the most important free agent signing for us and I'm thinking he's right on point.To answer your question though, no, I haven't seen him. Anyone else care to respond on that ??I didn't see him either. However, I see no purpose in comparing him to Rudi. We can't speculate what Ced would've done with the 2005 o-line. You also can't go by minicamp performance anyway. Let's wait and see how Ced looks at training camp. Perry's TC performance last year told the story for the whole season for him. Ced hasn't ever been at our TC. That's when I'll proffer an opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 But one would certainly have to admit there is plenty of reason to be optimistic about what Benson could do for the offense this season !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregstephens Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 But one would certainly have to admit there is plenty of reason to be optimistic about what Benson could do for the offense this season !!!Oh I got no reason not to be optimistic, despite my poor grammar. I don't think we have a real basis of even having the comparison talks about Ced and Rudi until we see Ced work with the new line with some contact and so forth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whizzo Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 certainly. he showed a lot of promise last year, and i look forward to him putting up good numbers this season. here's hoping he'll keep opposing defenses on their toes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoTbOy Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 CBenson reminds me of the back we should have taken in SJackson instead of CPerry, should have had better #'s but legal troubles have kept him off the field...I like the fact that he can catch out of the backfield something Rudi could do every now and then, I know you can't compare apples to oranges but he SHOULD be better, just because everything around him SHOULD be better than last year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 He SHOULD be better, just because everything around him SHOULD be better than last year...And there you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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