walzav29 Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 I was a huge fan of Chris Collinsworth while growing up, and I always wondered why his career kind of tapered off. Does anyone know if he had some type of injury, or was it just age? Since it's the off-season and there isn't any draft news yet, I figured now would be a good time to find out. Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 One of the last things I remember him doing as a Bengal player was competing in a footrace with a horse at Turfway park. I believe the horse smoked him. As far as his reason for leaving the game, it don't think it was due to injury. I think he just thought it was time, and he saw opportunities in broadcasting, where he is now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalboomer7 Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Collinsworth really only had a couple of season where he even came close to putting up #1WR type numbers, I think(I wasn't too old at the time)he was mostly a#2guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 he was mostly a #2 guy Correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubThumper Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Collinsworth was a very reliable, gutsy receiver that fit the Bengals' scheme and quarterback Ken Anderson's style very well. As I recall, he retired because he got physically worn down from all the pounding he took as a possession receiver, being slight of build as he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walzav29 Posted January 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 He had 4 1000 yard season and I think 3-4 Pro Bowls. That's 3 more than Eddie Brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubThumper Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 he was mostly a #2 guyCorrect. Collinsworth was a possession receiver more than a deep threat, but he was the no. 1 guy here. During the Super Bowl season, Isaac curtis was used mainly as a decoy and Collinsworth was the first look. San Diego tried to double Collinsworth and leave Curtis free during the season and Curtis killed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-U-D-I Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Chris was an All-Pro 1981, 82, 83 and 85. I'd say he was a little more than a #2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalboomer7 Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 How many seasons did he play anyway?8,9,I can't remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalboomer7 Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Curtis gets a lot of props for being one of the so called "bengals greats" so I would say that that made cris #2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-U-D-I Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 You got to realize that as Collinsworth was coming into his prime, Curtis was falling out of this. 81 they both had great years, but after that, Curtis's play decreased dramatically as Collinsworth took over until Curtis retired after 84. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-U-D-I Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Here are his career statsSeason Team(s) Games Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD1981 CIN 16 67 1,009 15.1 81982 CIN 9 49 700 14.3 11983 CIN 14 66 1,130 17.1 51984 CIN 15 64 989 15.5 61985 CIN 16 65 1,125 17.3 51986 CIN 16 62 1,024 16.5 101987 CIN 8 31 494 15.9 01988 CIN 13 13 227 17.5 1 Career 107 417 6,698 16.1 36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalboomer7 Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 His yard and touchdowns look OK, but his catches weren't very high Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjakq27 Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 He had 4 1000 yard season and I think 3-4 Pro Bowls. That's 3 more than Eddie Brown.Amen to that brother!I think CC was banged up during his last year (1988) with either a leg or ankle injury. As far as his numbers being "down", remember that guys didn't catch 90-100 passes a season in those days. So his numbers are actually pretty good. Also his down year between 81 and 86 was in 1982 which was the strike year. I think they only played 9 or 10 games. He still had 700 yards receiving. Those early 80's team also had TE Dan Ross, WR Isaac Curtis, TE ML Harris (Josh Harris' father) and WR Steve Kreider who was a good third down receiver. So KA spread the ball around pretty good and CC still averaged around 60 catches.I think he was either cut or retired during training camp in 1989 although I am not certain about that.Didn't he do some work on WLW subbing for Trumpy? I also think he was a state sprint champion in Florida in high school (100 yard dash?) in the 70's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Chris was an All-Pro 1981, 82, 83 and 85. I'd say he was a little more than a #2... Okay...I mostly remember him in the early years with Issac Curtis. I'm pretty sure he was the #2 WR then, and became #1 with the departure of Curtis. Either way he was a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjakq27 Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Here are the league leaders from 1981 - 1988 at receiver.Year Player, Team No. Yards Avg. TD 1988 Al Toon, N.Y. Jets, AFC 93 1,067 11.5 5 Henry Ellard, L.A. Rams, NFC 86 1,414 16.4 10 1987 J.T. Smith, St. Louis, NFC 91 1,117 12.3 8 Al Toon, N.Y. Jets, AFC 68 976 14.4 5 1986 Todd Christensen, L.A. Raiders, AFC 95 1,153 12.1 8 Jerry Rice, San Francisco, NFC 86 1,570 18.3 15 1985 Roger Craig, San Francisco, NFC 92 1,016 11.0 6 Lionel James, San Diego, AFC 86 1,027 11.9 6 1984 Art Monk, Washington, NFC 106 1,372 12.9 7 Ozzie Newsome, Cleveland, AFC 89 1,001 11.2 5 1983 Todd Christensen, L.A. Raiders, AFC 92 1,247 13.6 12 Roy Green, St. Louis, NFC 78 1,227 15.7 14 Charlie Brown, Washington, NFC 78 1,225 15.7 8 Earnest Gray, N.Y. Giants, NFC 78 1,139 14.6 5 1982 Dwight Clark, San Francisco, NFC 60 913 15.2 5 Kellen Winslow, San Diego, AFC 54 721 13.4 6 1981 Kellen Winslow, San Diego, AFC 88 1,075 12.2 10 Dwight Clark, San Francisco, NFC 85 1,105 13.0 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShulaSteakhouse Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Collinsworth was a possession receiver more than a deep threatWhoa CC was very much a deep threat - ecspecially early in his career - the man had wheels and size to boot - making him an ideal long ball candidate for Anderson/Boomer. It wasn't until later in his years that he became more of reliable guy to throw to instead of a home run hitter - which he was early on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denverbengal Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Didn't he do some work on WLW subbing for Trumpy?Not sure about that, but it seems likely. I do remember the "skinny white boy report" he did every week on WEBN. He even had his own theme song. They changed "dirty white boy," by Foreigner to "skinny white boy." That was some funny stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubThumper Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Collinsworth was a possession receiver more than a deep threatWhoa CC was very much a deep threat - ecspecially early in his career - the man had wheels and size to boot - making him an ideal long ball candidate for Anderson/Boomer. It wasn't until later in his years that he became more of reliable guy to throw to instead of a home run hitter - which he was early on. You're right. Early in his career he really did both. And where Isaac Curtis was concerned, he was nearing the end of his career when Collinsworth came and they were thinking of him as a decoy almost immediately. They drafted David Verser before Collinsworth and they expected Verser to be the deep threat, but he never really caught on to the pro passing game coming from a running school. Collinsworth was really the all-around number one threat at receiver just about immediately. Collinsworth didn't have as many catches, but the Bengals really liked to pound the ball on the game and they had a lot of other weapons to throw to. Dan Ross, M.L. Harris, Steve Kreider, Curtis, even Charles Alexander and Pete Johnson caught their share of balls. Ken Anderson was a master at taking what the defense would give him, so the ball got spread around a lot. The Bengals ran the prototypical West Coast offense, so a lot of the routes were possession routes, but you're right, Collinsworth was fast and a deep threat. He was definitely the number 1 receiver. The problem was that defenses couldn't act like it or Isaac Curtis would kill them - that's what happened to San Diego. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walzav29 Posted January 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 It's surprising that the 88' Bengals couldn't have been even more explosive with some sweet Collinsworth, Brown, McGee 3 receiver sets with Brooks coming out of the backfield. Damn unimaginative Coslet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walzav29 Posted January 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 And let's not forget that in that last Superbowl CC led the team in receiving yards and I think he has the record for the most yards by a rookie in a SB. That might be broken now, but I'm not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalboomer7 Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 I'll tell you one thing, even though he's a decent broadcaster, he says some reeeeaaaaallllllllllly stupid contradictory stuff. I think he's been hanging around Costas too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Antonio Bengal Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 It's surprising that the 88' Bengals couldn't have been even more explosive with some sweet Collinsworth, Brown, McGee 3 receiver sets with Brooks coming out of the backfield. Damn unimaginative Coslet!An off-topic post here, but that's nothing new. Back when the greatest football game ever, Tecmo Super Bowl, was released, one of the first things I did was switch the playbook around to 3 or 4 reciever sets and kept Brooks in the backfield. I think the players were based off of the 1990 season rather than 1988, but my pass-wacky offense went undefeated, scored something like ~40 points per game and Boomer's stats would make Peyton Manning cry. At the time I thought this was quite an accomplishment. Now I realize how easy it is to beat the game even with a team like New England or Indy. But it's still fun nevertheless. Okay, back to the normal thread now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Antonio Bengal Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 I'll tell you one thing, even though he's a decent broadcaster, he says some reeeeaaaaallllllllllly stupid contradictory stuff. I think he's been hanging around Costas too long. Actually, I think he's doing pretty good considering how long he's been around Costas. I don't think that many people could fight off the Costas-isms day after day after day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalboomer7 Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Good Point, he's lucky not to be working with a real crazy too, like Marv Albert(gotta love the voice though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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