While we were watching practice we met Jarrad Trent, the brother of cornerback #25 Morgan Trent’s brother.  Jarrad was a really cool guy and he promised to get us Morgan’s autograph after practice.  Jarrad also introduced us to Leon Hall.

After practice was over the players stayed on the field for a long time and signed autographs.  We got autographs from Terrell Owens, Chad Ochocinco, Jordan Shipley, Bobbie Williams, Tank Johnson, Dhani Jones, Cedric Benson and more!

Maybe Bryant is a better choice because T. O. is getting older and has lost some of his speed.  Also, T. O. talks a lot and that could distract the team.  Who knows if Chad Ochocinco and T. O. would make each other better or would they fight and make the team worse. 

I hope Bryant is what the Bengals offense needs.  I’m excited to see what he will bring to the team next season.

Dhani Jones has a his own show “Dhani Tackles the Globe” on the Travel Channel.  I highly recommend Jones’ show.  It’s funny, cool and educational.  On every episode Dhani travels to a different country and competes in one of their sports.  My favorite episode was when Dhani went to Russia and learned to wrestle. Dhani went to 10 different countries last season.  You might be able to find the old shows on-line.  New shows start on April 19th.

Week 2 – Bengals handle the Packers with a score of 31-24 making their record 1-1.

Week 3- Bengals finally beat the Steelers with a score of 23-20 making their record 2-1.

Week 4 – A boring game but the Bengals won in overtime against the Browns with a score of 23-20 changing their record to 3-1.

Week 5 – Bengals are on a roll in the AFC north and they beat the Ravens 17-14.

Week 6 – Should have been an easy win but turned out to be a hard loss to the Texans with a score of 28-17.

Week 7 – Finally a blow out!! The Bengals kill the Bears 45-10 raising their record to 5-2.

Week 8 – Bye Week

Week 9 – Cedric Benson leads the Bengals to a record of 6-2 defeating the Ravens 17-7 – Chris Henry broke his arm in this game, too.

Week 10 – For the first time the Bengals defeated the Steelers twice in the AFC North Division match-up with a score of 18-12 and a record of 7-2.

Week 11 – A very disappointing loss to the Raiders 20-17 but the Bengals got lucky because Pittsburgh lost to the Kansas City Chiefs on the same day which kept the Bengals in the lead for the AFC North.

Week 12 – Bengals sweep the AFC North defeating the Browns 16-7 and taking their record to 8-3.

Week 13 – The Bengals took advantage of an easy win and beat the Lions 23-13.

Week 14 – The Vikings crushed the Bengals 30-10 and their record became 9-4.

Week 15 – Another loss on the road, this time at the hands of the Chargers 27-24

Week 16 - It was a close game but in the end the Bengals beat Kansas City, 17-10.

Week 17 – The Bengals didn’t want to win and succeeded, losing to the Jets 37-0, taking their record to 10-6.

Week 18 – Play-offs – A disappointing, season-ending loss to the Jets with a score of 24-14.

The Bengals ended the season with 10 wins and 6 losses.  2009 was a better season than 2008 but I expect better in 2010.  Injuries hurt us – Reggie Kelly, Chris Henry, Antwan Odom,  Ray Maualuga – we missed them all.  I hope our offense comes alive next season.  Our defense is one of the best in the league but our offense needs to score more points to bring home more wins.  I hope we draft Golden Tate, the wide receiver from Notre Dame, or another good wide receiver.  We need another big play guy to help Carson Palmer and Chad Ochocinco bring the offense alive.  I’m looking for big things in 2010.  2009 was a great season to be a Bengals fan.  Go Bengals!  WHO DEY!!!!!

Palmer has to hit his wide receivers in stride and ear out the defensive backs.  Chad Ochocinco can’t get too cocky and play terrible because Revis is a really good corner.  Also, the Jets defense is ranked number one and Palmer is going to make them look stupid.

Benson didn’t get to play against the Jets last week so he is going to come ready to play.  #32 has to be a factor up the middle and outside.  Benson needs to leave everything on the field just like he has all year.  The O-line has to open holes for Benson so he can get easy yards.

I think the defense will shut down the Jets running and throwing game.  The Jets wild cat might have worked last week but not this week.  Mark Sanchez is a rookie and he is no match for Jonathan Joseph.  I see the Bengals having a lot of picks.

I know the Bengals are going to the second round of the play-offs  Go Bengals!  Who Dey!

Carson Palmer needs to become a leader and get on the guys  in the huddle that make the stupid mistakes like false starts, holding, and missed blocks.  Palmer had one of his best games in a long time. He had 40 attempts, 27 completions, 314 yards and 2 touch downs. Those are some pretty good stats too bad it wasn’t enough:(

I know Benson didn’t have his best game Sunday but the offensive line didn’t help much either.  But Benson still ran really hard and bruised up the Charger defense. He had 15 carries for 53 total yards 53 and a 3.5 yard per carry average.

The defense did great holding the Chargers running game but the Bengals let them pass to freely.  Cincinnati had two picks on one of the best quarter backs in the league – good job Jonathan Joseph and Keith Rivers.  The defense did their job until the fourth when they had to stop the Charger offense but couldn’t.

I know Chad Ochocinco planned his touch down celebration but I still am glad he did it.   The Bengals need to step up their game and win the next two to get the best position in the play-offs.  Cincinnati plays Kansas City on Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium.

Palmer has to hit his wide receivers in stride so they can do what they do – make catches and get yards after completion.  #9 can not make stupid mistakes and give the Chargers to ball.  Although Palmer struggled against the Vikings, I know he can dominate today.

Benson has and will blow through the Chargers defense.  I want to see #32 run through the big holes and get those extra yards.  He can not fumble the ball or give the San Diego any easy breaks.

The Bengals defense needs to buckle down and crush the Chargers offense.  Cincinnati has to cause Philip Rivers to make mistakes and lose his confidence.  LaDainian Tomlinson must be stopped.  L. T. better have bruises all over his body after this game.

The Bengals won a game for Mike Zimmer’s wife and now they are going to win for Chris Henry.  Did you hear Chad Ochocinco may wear #15 in memory of Henry?  So if you see #15 on the field don’t say I didn’t tell you.

Go Bengals!  Who Dey!!

Palmer and Chad Ochocinco have to do their  job and hook-up a ton of times.  The o-line has to allow Palmer to get comfortable in the pocket and so he can take over the game.  Palmer absolutely can not throw any interceptions or else the Vikings will definitely capitalize.

Cedric Benson, Larry Johnson and Brian Leonard have to blow right through the Minnesota defense.  The Bengals O-line better open up some holes because the running backs  are going to take advantage of any holes they can find.  The backfield will wear out the Vikings defense by the end of the day.

The Bengals defense have to beat up Peterson and force Favre to make bad decisions and take advantage of it when he does. Cincinnati’s defense can’t worry only about Adrian Peterson and Brett Favre.  Cincinnati got lucky because Percy Harvin is not playing for Minnesota this week.  With Harvin out, the Bengals dodged a bullet on special teams and on offense because Harvis is a threat on kick returns and he is one of Farve’s favorite wide receivers, too.  Cincinnati’s defensive backs are going to have at least one pick this week because the D-line is going to kill him before, after and while he is throwing the ball.  The Bengals linebackers are going to blow-up Peterson, too.  They just can’t forget to hit him in his legs.

The Bengals can not be a one-dimensional team on offense.  They have to be a three-dimensional team – passing success, running power and special teams speed will put points up on the board.  The Vikings lost to the Steelers and the Bengals sure as heck beat the Steelers so I’m confident the Bengals are going to win today.

Go Bengals!  Who Dey!