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Mark Curnutte started covering the Bengals and the NFL for The Enquirer in 2000. He previously wrote about urban affairs and other social issues for the Enquirer. He won the prestigious 1994 Unity Award from Lincoln University (Missouri) for "A Polite Silence," a seven-day series about race relations in Greater Cincinnati. He also has worked as an assistant features editor and features writer at The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. Curnutte is second vice president and a three-year board member of the Professional Football Writers of America (PFWA). He is a 1984 Miami University graduate.

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Sunday, September 16, 2007

I'm prematurely ending the initial second quarter thread...

...to discuss this review. What's interesting here is that the Bengals might not have even gotten the play off on time. No flag was throw on that, however, and the result of the play was the now-being-reviewed touchdown pass to TJH. It stands. Wow. I didn't think it would. So, it's 14-7 Bengals. Good grab and drag by TJH apparently. I should mention that drive by the Bengals (7 plays, 67 yards, 3:23) is what is expected of this team. Sometimes it seems like the Bengals just meander their way through long periods of games. Then they respond with a drive like that.

I was just wondering: When Josh Cribbs was going to make an impact. Then the former Kent State quarterback rips off an 85-yard kickoff return. Broke a few tackles on the way too.

Remember what I said...: about the Bengals meandering their way through the game. See above kickoff coverage and the fact that Joe Jurevicius could not have been more wide open on that touchdown catch. 20-14 Browns. Yeah, that's the actual score with 6:32 left in the second quarter.

Don't do it: You've got to wonder about the conflicting emotions running through Chad Johnson right now after he caught a touchdown pass 100 yards away from the Dawg Pound. At first, he ran toward the Pound, but wisely reconsidered. Key stat of the touchdown drive: 3 defensive penalties on a 6-play, 84-yard drive. 21-20 Bengals.


5 Comments:

at 9/16/2007 2:22 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

Caleb Miller is horrible.

 
at 9/16/2007 2:49 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Bengals defense sucks but we learned one important thing today--Leon Hall can outrun that Kickoff-return hack of the Browns...time to make Hall our kickoff returner.

 
at 9/16/2007 2:58 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

We have the dumbest offensive play-caller in the NFL

 
at 9/16/2007 3:12 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

This poorly coached stupidly run Bengals team are headed to 1-1 and we have more talent by far on the field than Cleveland, SHAMEFUL! Another miserable fall in Cincinnati coming up!

 
at 9/16/2007 3:19 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

What's all this running up the middle crap? Right into the Browns' strength. Marvin Lewis needs to fire this offensive coordinator, what a loser! Down by 10 in the 3rd quarter and NOW we're trying to establish the run? What a moron!

 
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