PFF, the Final

[BengalsRocker]

Originally Posted by Mexal

Cook was the starter. He had earned that through practice/games over the past few years. You don't generally lose your job due to injury. Plus he had experience against Pittsburgh/Baltimore and the coaching staff would much rather trust a veteran than an undrafted free agent who has never gone through the pressure of these types of games, no matter how average he was playing.

It's not going to do you any favors if you have to depend soley on your anemic passing game and D to get it done.

It needs fixed to get the run game going at least.

This is the playoffs damn it.

They've gotta throw that "it's my job you can't have it" crap out the window.

Kyle will get over it.

Most didn't care if Nugent was able to come back(as most have stated)before he was put on IR. Josh gets the job.

Why should Cook get any different treatment? Heck Brown wasn't even on the team!

[Mexal]

Originally Posted by BengalsRocker

It's not going to do you any favors if you have to depend soley on your anemic passing game and D to get it done.

It needs fixed to get the run game going at least.

This is the playoffs damn it.

They've gotta throw that "it's my job you can't have it" crap out the window.

Kyle will get over it.

Most didn't care if Nugent was able to come back(as most have stated)before he was put on IR. Josh gets the job.

Why should a Cook get any different treatment? Heck Brown wasn't even on the team!

Huh? The point is Robinson isn't any better so you go with the experienced veteran. Not sure how you can compare a kicker to a center but ok.

Regardless, I'm not defending the choice. I'm telling you why it was made. I don't really care either way. I don't think it's the main issue.

[BengalzHacker]

Originally Posted by NC Bengal Mike

interersting thought.

Drill them once and knock them out of their cleats they wont do it again. May cost you 15 but thats the way it goes. Had Rey manned up and drilled Taylor i would have been happy even if he got 15. the league is littered with read-option QB;s and drilling them will weed out the bad. Taylor was a RB at that point in time

RG has learned it since getting de cleated against ATL. Cam has learned it too, he just has body mass. Russell Wilson will get his

Ask Vick once he broke his leg...he finally admitted it this year with his 900 concussions

I agree but who would want to risk $50K for a possibly sketchy hit in a game that really counted for notihng? I know I wouldn't!!! If the game meant something for real, then it's different, but our whole team knew they wanted to win, but they certainly weren't giving it full out effort either for what equated to a throw away game.

Originally Posted by old man

I'm sure not on the Rey M. bandwagon by no means. But I've got three questions. On the play Rey wiffed and didn't plant Taylor, wasn't Taylor in, bounds? From where I was sitting he was. He made a move, Rey didn't nail him, and down the sideline he went. So here's my #2. Taylor is in bounds running down the sideline tell me how we would be flagged for knocking him out of bounds? Isn't this football? I saw 4 or 5 plays where a player from both teams was out of bounds and hit. No flag. This taking up for Rey needs to stop. He blew the play and there should have been no way he would have been flagged.

You are right, he was in bounds but look how sketchy the ref's have called hits on QBs. Rey saw him heading out of bounds (it was the first time Taylor broke the pocket and ran outside like that too if I remember right) so Rey pulled up to avoid risk of penalty and/or fine from the league in a game that really meant nothing. Good call in my opinion.

Taylor didn't cut it back until he saw Rey had slowed. Then he took advantage of Rey's decision. Good for Taylor as he was auditioning. Rey wasn't. Rey didn't want to "risk" a penalty and/or "risk" a fine in a game that win or lose counted for nothing in the grand scheme of things. Why risk giving the league money out his pocket?

[Derrick]

Originally Posted by goalpost

Surprised that Lamur didn't make the worst list. His failure to contain was terrible.

Besides he looked really slow

[Lygraf]

Originally Posted by BengalzHacker

extra causitious

[NATI BENGALS]

Originally Posted by Dabo614

We benched our starting QB and WR AFTER halftime,,yet what was the score at that point? Baltimore had already benched most of their starters after a couple series.

We played without our starting HB and CB and threw the ball to are superstar twice before pulling our starters (as much as possible with a 46man game day roster) out of a game that was tied at halftime.

That game was not played like a must win game and we won. You are wasting your time griping about our performance in a game that had no implications and was played accordingly.

It's not surprising a dual threat backup QB who we didn't prepare for had a little bit of success against us.