Bengals to host Jets in early Saturday game

[Stripes]

On NBC.

So they'll have the least amount of time possible to prepare. Sucks. At least they gave nothing away tonight.

[cincyhokie]

Something to think about. Emotions spent these past weeks.

Who spent more?

The Jets pining over their playoff lives against the Colts and Bengals?

The Bengals dealing with the death of Chris Henry?

This team needs to get back to understanding they have nothing to lose! Underdogs is what they have been all season and they are there again.

[cincyhokie]

On NBC.

So they'll have the least amount of time possible to prepare. Sucks. At least they gave nothing away tonight.

Advantage Bengals.

[Stripes]

On NBC.

So they'll have the least amount of time possible to prepare. Sucks. At least they gave nothing away tonight.

Advantage Bengals.

Logically, yes. I suppose a rematch makes sense for the early game, considering two of the other three options are also rematches and neither team has the advantage in preparation time.

[cincyhokie]

On NBC.

So they'll have the least amount of time possible to prepare. Sucks. At least they gave nothing away tonight.

Advantage Bengals.

Logically, yes. I suppose a rematch makes sense for the early game, considering two of the other three options are also rematches and neither team has the advantage in preparation time.

Yes, but the Jets have to travel and they have less to plan against.

[volcom69]

This is all fine and dandy, but if the d-line and LBs get pushed around like they did tonight then they wont be going anywhere anytime soon.

The O-line better show up as well Palmer had no time to throw tonight, and the Wr better be ready to catch the ball. I just really want to see something better then this.

[ArmyBengal]

Well, let's hope the return of Peko and Crocker will make all the difference in the world and the Bengals realize that EVERYONE knows when Roland goes in motion IT'S A F*CKING RUNNING PLAY. Do they think they are fooling anyone with that anymore ?? Early in the season, great. 10+ weeks of seeing the same play ran identically and expecting the same results, not so much.

Please bring something new Bengals. Please...

[HAPPYJAQ]

Well, let's hope the return of Peko and Crocker will make all the difference in the world and the Bengals realize that EVERYONE knows when Roland goes in motion IT'S A F*CKING RUNNING PLAY. Do they think they are fooling anyone with that anymore ?? Early in the season, great. 10+ weeks of seeing the same play ran identically and expecting the same results, not so much.

Please bring something new Bengals. Please...

Truth be told, when I saw "Benson-out(rest)", I was pretty confident that the Bengals were OK with possibly losing this game.

If it comes to fruition, I'm perfectly OK with the Bengals losing this game in order to give the Jets less looks on the offensive side of the ball, next Saturday.

That said, the "D" still needs to play better.

[JoePong]

Looks like the bengals will be the first team to exit the playoffs.

Since about midseason, it was obvious this team had no chance to beat anyone in the playoffs. Not with this pathetic offense.

[kingwilly]

Looks like the bengals will be the first team to exit the playoffs.

Since about midseason, it was obvious this team had no chance to beat anyone in the playoffs. Not with this pathetic offense.

douche, go blow a goat.

Sitting Benson...does that imply to you the Bengals came to win?

Now, if they sit Benson next week, you may have a point.

until then, blow a goat.

[jjakq27]

Looks like the bengals will be the first team to exit the playoffs.

Since about midseason, it was obvious this team had no chance to beat anyone in the playoffs. Not with this pathetic offense.

Let's bring back Jon Kitna and Ryan Fitzpatrick to jump start this motha....

[HoosierCat]

Truth be told, when I saw "Benson-out(rest)", I was pretty confident that the Bengals were OK with possibly losing this game.

If it comes to fruition, I'm perfectly OK with the Bengals losing this game in order to give the Jets less looks on the offensive side of the ball, next Saturday.

Yep. Did you notice how they barely used the power run game, which has been their bread & butter all season? The few times they quit d*cking around with Scott and gave the ball to LJ they got yards -- but then immediately went away from it. Clearly they had no interest in giving the Jets any practice at stopping their ground game.

That said, the "D" still needs to play better.

Yeah, the line got abused. For all the ridiculous moaning about Tom Nelson, he would have gone unnoticed if the d-line hadn't been shoved around like a bunch of girl scouts.

[walzav29]

I don't know what to think. If your resting Benson it tells me you're not going all out. But to get publicly humiliated on National TV like that was pretty rough. I have a hard time saying the Bengals have no chance against the Jet's but I doi wonder what a spanking like this does to the team. Marv said they can't turn it off and on. Well they sure turned it off. Can they turn it on?

[chandon]

I don't know what to think. If your resting Benson it tells me you're not going all out. But to get publicly humiliated on National TV like that was pretty rough. I have a hard time saying the Bengals have no chance against the Jet's but I doi wonder what a spanking like this does to the team. Marv said they can't turn it off and on. Well they sure turned it off. Can they turn it on?

I agree completely. I haven't seen the game ( I have it taped ), but for my mind it is about momemtum and confidence. You can't just turn on 'winning' like a light switch! Apart from Ced, who did they bench from our offense? It sounds like we just didn't play well again on offense, and coupled that with a depleted defense who also didn't play well. How is that supposed to help us for next Saturday? I would have much preferred us to get a win yesterday and go into Saturday's game with some confidence. Did Marvin put in most of his starting players and just tell them to lay down? If so...why? What benefit can they possibly get from that? If not, what happened to the Bengals who swept the Division? There is absolutely no upside to a shut-out like last night. Heads will be down and confidence at an all time low. You just don't play your worst game of the season, just before a play-off game!!!!! Just plain stupid team management, or the players have no faith or pride. Either way yesterday sucks!

[HoosierCat]

Underdogs is what they have been all season and they are there again.

Actually, reports are that Vegas has installed Cincy as 4-point favorites.

[jjakq27]

I don't know what to think. If your resting Benson it tells me you're not going all out. But to get publicly humiliated on National TV like that was pretty rough. I have a hard time saying the Bengals have no chance against the Jet's but I doi wonder what a spanking like this does to the team. Marv said they can't turn it off and on. Well they sure turned it off. Can they turn it on?

I agree completely. I haven't seen the game ( I have it taped ), but for my mind it is about momemtum and confidence. You can't just turn on 'winning' like a light switch! Apart from Ced, who did they bench from our offense? It sounds like we just didn't play well again on offense, and coupled that with a depleted defense who also didn't play well. How is that supposed to help us for next Saturday? I would have much preferred us to get a win yesterday and go into Saturday's game with some confidence. Did Marvin put in most of his starting players and just tell them to lay down? If so...why? What benefit can they possibly get from that? If not, what happened to the Bengals who swept the Division? There is absolutely no upside to a shut-out like last night. Heads will be down and confidence at an all time low. You just don't play your worst game of the season, just before a play-off game!!!!! Just plain stupid team management, or the players have no faith or pride. Either way yesterday sucks!

Peko and Crocker were inactive. And Sims and Nelson got injured during the game but by that point the outcome was already known.

[cincy9275]

Well, let's hope the return of Peko and Crocker will make all the difference in the world and the Bengals realize that EVERYONE knows when Roland goes in motion IT'S A F*CKING RUNNING PLAY. Do they think they are fooling anyone with that anymore ?? Early in the season, great. 10+ weeks of seeing the same play ran identically and expecting the same results, not so much.

Please bring something new Bengals. Please...

Truth be told, when I saw "Benson-out(rest)", I was pretty confident that the Bengals were OK with possibly losing this game.

If it comes to fruition, I'm perfectly OK with the Bengals losing this game in order to give the Jets less looks on the offensive side of the ball, next Saturday.

That said, the "D" still needs to play better.

you guys are killing me, we did not give the jets nothing to look at. there are 16 weeks of games that they will have plenty to look at. your fooling your self if you think the jets don't know what they are facing. what do you think were going to do. call the league offices and tell them not to release any game tapes of us through the season to the jets? or do u think brat is going to change what we have done all season for the jets? no, for 1 brat does not have the ability to come up with a creative game plan, and 2, marvin is to hardheaded to let him if he did. the fact is we are going to see the same thing we have seen all year.

[gregstephens]

Looks like the bengals will be the first team to exit the playoffs.

Since about midseason, it was obvious this team had no chance to beat anyone in the playoffs. Not with this pathetic offense.

douche, go blow a goat.

Sitting Benson...does that imply to you the Bengals came to win?

Now, if they sit Benson next week, you may have a point.

until then, blow a goat.

Post of the day.

[walzav29]

Boy today is ugly. Daugherty and Chick have bailed. Peter King and Don Banks have thought the Bengals sucked all year, and if the Bengals wanted to play the world is against them card. They couldn't get any more ammunition if they tried. The week they have no Pro Bowlers they lose 37-0 on Sunday Night Football. No one seems angry from the team or anything. Either they've given up or have a wicked plan.

[jjakq27]

Boy today is ugly. Daugherty and Chick have bailed. Peter King and Don Banks have thought the Bengals sucked all year, and if the Bengals wanted to play the world is against them card. They couldn't get any more ammunition if they tried. The week they have no Pro Bowlers they lose 37-0 on Sunday Night Football. No one seems angry from the team or anything. Either they've given up or have a wicked plan.

Peter King has been waiting for this team to lose all season. I really can't figure out this guy's chip regarding the Bengals. He had it when he was here as a newspaper reporter covering the team and his venom for the franchise is thinly masked. I just don't get it. Did Paul or Mike Brown piss him off at some point?

Regardless, they made the playoffs when all of the so-called experts said they couldn't do it. Also ask the Steelers and the Texans how they're feeling this morning. Bet they wish they were the Bengals.

[bwillycuse]

Boy today is ugly. Daugherty and Chick have bailed. Peter King and Don Banks have thought the Bengals sucked all year, and if the Bengals wanted to play the world is against them card. They couldn't get any more ammunition if they tried. The week they have no Pro Bowlers they lose 37-0 on Sunday Night Football. No one seems angry from the team or anything. Either they've given up or have a wicked plan.

Marvin has been here for like 7 years.

Wicked plan or given up? Id like to go with the former but I think we know our coach so by process of elimination.......Hey maybe they are happy to be in the playoffs. success even if they do get crushed.

And if they get crushed, then this team is really in no better shape now than they were after the draft. But now they have to play san diego and Indy next year.

If they lose they will lose even more credibility and hear comments that we took the playoff spot of more capable teams as an imposter team.

cmon Bengals - You backed into the playoffs - dont really deserve to be here - Take advantage of the fact we barely beat Pitt and Balt in 2 games and pitt lost gimmes to give us this chance.

So many other teams really wanted to be here. Do you? Show it?

And really, is anyone taking the Bengals next week? They are favored by like 2.5 points. I bet all the betting is on the Jets.

Ugh - This team.....I want to think they are good.

[ArmyBengal]

Well, let's hope the return of Peko and Crocker will make all the difference in the world and the Bengals realize that EVERYONE knows when Roland goes in motion IT'S A F*CKING RUNNING PLAY. Do they think they are fooling anyone with that anymore ?? Early in the season, great. 10+ weeks of seeing the same play ran identically and expecting the same results, not so much.

Please bring something new Bengals. Please...

Truth be told, when I saw "Benson-out(rest)", I was pretty confident that the Bengals were OK with possibly losing this game.

If it comes to fruition, I'm perfectly OK with the Bengals losing this game in order to give the Jets less looks on the offensive side of the ball, next Saturday.

That said, the "D" still needs to play better.

you guys are killing me, we did not give the jets nothing to look at. there are 16 weeks of games that they will have plenty to look at. your fooling your self if you think the jets don't know what they are facing. what do you think were going to do. call the league offices and tell them not to release any game tapes of us through the season to the jets? or do u think brat is going to change what we have done all season for the jets? no, for 1 brat does not have the ability to come up with a creative game plan, and 2, marvin is to hardheaded to let him if he did. the fact is we are going to see the same thing we have seen all year.

Ok, I simply made a comment that I want to see the Bengals run a play that even my 71 year old mother in law knows is coming when she sees big #74 go in motion. I didn't say the Bengals suck, they are going to lose, or anything of that nature. How exactly am I killing you ?? Heck, I didn't even mention the Jets in my post. You do mention Brat's creativity and that is more my point and all I'm asking for is something outside the blatant obvious that make it very easy to gameplan against. Sorry for the killing...

[walzav29]

The bengals going all black for this game? Or white pants? Who knows the jersey color?

[Stripes]

I don't know what to think. If your resting Benson it tells me you're not going all out. But to get publicly humiliated on National TV like that was pretty rough. I have a hard time saying the Bengals have no chance against the Jet's but I doi wonder what a spanking like this does to the team. Marv said they can't turn it off and on. Well they sure turned it off. Can they turn it on?

I agree completely. I haven't seen the game ( I have it taped ), but for my mind it is about momemtum and confidence. You can't just turn on 'winning' like a light switch! Apart from Ced, who did they bench from our offense? It sounds like we just didn't play well again on offense, and coupled that with a depleted defense who also didn't play well. How is that supposed to help us for next Saturday? I would have much preferred us to get a win yesterday and go into Saturday's game with some confidence. Did Marvin put in most of his starting players and just tell them to lay down? If so...why? What benefit can they possibly get from that? If not, what happened to the Bengals who swept the Division? There is absolutely no upside to a shut-out like last night. Heads will be down and confidence at an all time low. You just don't play your worst game of the season, just before a play-off game!!!!! Just plain stupid team management, or the players have no faith or pride. Either way yesterday sucks!

The scenario you present in this post and color as something entirely impossible happens at least four times a year to every team in the NFL -- the preseason. Sure, in a preseason game when both teams are bland and vanilla, the game is competitive. What happens when one team goes vanilla while the other is fighting for its life? 37-0.

Why did most of the starters play? I figure Marvin wanted to keep them in game shape rather than just sitting them for the entire week.

[volcom69]

I don't know what to think. If your resting Benson it tells me you're not going all out. But to get publicly humiliated on National TV like that was pretty rough. I have a hard time saying the Bengals have no chance against the Jet's but I doi wonder what a spanking like this does to the team. Marv said they can't turn it off and on. Well they sure turned it off. Can they turn it on?

I agree completely. I haven't seen the game ( I have it taped ), but for my mind it is about momemtum and confidence. You can't just turn on 'winning' like a light switch! Apart from Ced, who did they bench from our offense? It sounds like we just didn't play well again on offense, and coupled that with a depleted defense who also didn't play well. How is that supposed to help us for next Saturday? I would have much preferred us to get a win yesterday and go into Saturday's game with some confidence. Did Marvin put in most of his starting players and just tell them to lay down? If so...why? What benefit can they possibly get from that? If not, what happened to the Bengals who swept the Division? There is absolutely no upside to a shut-out like last night. Heads will be down and confidence at an all time low. You just don't play your worst game of the season, just before a play-off game!!!!! Just plain stupid team management, or the players have no faith or pride. Either way yesterday sucks!

The scenario you present in this post and color as something entirely impossible happens at least four times a year to every team in the NFL -- the preseason. Sure, in a preseason game when both teams are bland and vanilla, the game is competitive. What happens when one team goes vanilla while the other is fighting for its life? 37-0.

Why did most of the starters play? I figure Marvin wanted to keep them in game shape rather than just sitting them for the entire week.

If they were trying to boost there confidence some, that sure didnt work. Sure didnt boost my confidence going into that game. It was stupid expose his players if was truly not in it to win. That game made the Bengals look like the worst team in the NFL, i wouldnt be suprised if they didnt have a National televised game next year because of this lol.