Palmer's health - arm still not right?

[jjakq27]

Brat speaks on the dot com...
/>http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Offense-goes-under-microscope/14df6ba1-94b9-4580-acaa-a7c3304b3929

"The numbers back up the argument that the passing game never recovered from the loss of wide receiver Chris Henry when he broke his arm in the Nov. 8 win against Baltimore. That was at the halfway point, when the Bengals were 18-for-25 on TDs in the red zone, Palmer had 14 touchdown passes and six 200-yard passing days in the first eight games, slot receiver Andre Caldwell had 29 catches, three touchdowns and a long of 24 while Chad Ochocinco had 44 catches for five touchdowns.

In the final eight weeks, which included Henry’s death in a pickup truck accident while he was on injured reserve, Palmer had six TD passes and three 200-yard days, Caldwell had 22 catches with no touchdowns and a long ball of 17 while The Ocho had just 28 catches and four TDs.

“You don’t want to say you couldn’t overcome the loss of one player, but it’s obvious if you look at the numbers, it had an effect on us,” Bratkowski said. “We had to look at how the other receivers were being used. Were we putting Laveranues (Coles) and Andre in the best spots? We kept moving them around to play to their strengths. All these evaluations are what we’ll be doing (in the offseason).”

[Ickey44]

Notice how Marvin apologizes and accepts blame for the teams failures but Brat deflects blame and makes excuses?

[redsbengalsbucks]

Brat speaks on the dot com...
/>http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Offense-goes-under-microscope/14df6ba1-94b9-4580-acaa-a7c3304b3929

"The numbers back up the argument that the passing game never recovered from the loss of wide receiver Chris Henry when he broke his arm in the Nov. 8 win against Baltimore. That was at the halfway point, when the Bengals were 18-for-25 on TDs in the red zone, Palmer had 14 touchdown passes and six 200-yard passing days in the first eight games, slot receiver Andre Caldwell had 29 catches, three touchdowns and a long of 24 while Chad Ochocinco had 44 catches for five touchdowns.

In the final eight weeks, which included Henry’s death in a pickup truck accident while he was on injured reserve, Palmer had six TD passes and three 200-yard days, Caldwell had 22 catches with no touchdowns and a long ball of 17 while The Ocho had just 28 catches and four TDs.

“You don’t want to say you couldn’t overcome the loss of one player, but it’s obvious if you look at the numbers, it had an effect on us,” Bratkowski said. “We had to look at how the other receivers were being used. Were we putting Laveranues (Coles) and Andre in the best spots? We kept moving them around to play to their strengths. All these evaluations are what we’ll be doing (in the offseason).”

Makes me sick to think he will be running the O again next year. He should have been gone 2 seasons ago.

[Ickey44]

Makes me sick to think he will be running the O again next year. He should have been gone 2 seasons ago.

Agreed. I'm hoping Marvin is just saying all the right things right now about Brat while conducting a search for his replacement.