While I was watching HBO in anticipation of a new episode of True Blood, quite possibly the best show on television; I was more shocked by something that did not air on the show. What could be weirder than vampires, telepaths and an interesting take on religious fanatics? The survey says..The Cincinnati Bengals on Hard Knocks! What, was my local JV team not available!?! This was the show that was brought on to replace the award winning Inside the NFL. It was okay last year with the Dallas Cowboys because the Cowboys had a lot of hype going into last year as a legit title contender. Although, a wide receiver and a quarterback dating a Hollywood starlet may have gotten in the way of that.
But what is appealing about the Bengals? Maybe if this was four years ago and the Bengals were coming off of their 11-5 season when they were one of the hottest teams in the NFL it would make sense. After all they did have a dynamic offense with two great receivers in Chad Johnson (pre Ochocinco), T.J. Houshmandzadeh (housemozilli championship), even though the commercial was 3 years ago it’s still funny, if you don’t believe me click this link, a quality running back in Rudi Johnson and a franchise quarterback in Carson Palmer. A devastating blow to Carson Palmer in the first quarter of a playoff game forever changed this franchise. Not saying that this will happen to the New England Patriots but if Tom Brady is not the same guy this year then you’ll know how Cincinnati Bengal fans feel like.
Other interesting notes around the league, in what I’ll titled how did you spend your summer? Brett Farve will stay in Hattiesburg, Mississippi cutting the grass instead of joining up with the Vikings. In a way this makes sense cause if John Madden is retired then who else can say Brett Farrrva with such love. Antonio Pierce and Plaxico Burress spent theirs with a grand jury. The grand jury and Plaxico will now be bunk buddies with Antonio going home early. Finally my favorite Lendale White spent his losing weight. Losing as much as 37 pounds. Why is this my favorite? He did it by giving up the booze, in particular Tequila. Thus setting up this, Lendale blames it on Patron, cause he was in the zone, Blame my fat on the a a a a a alcohol, Blame my fat on the a a a a a alcohol. Thanks Lendale and good luck with the diet. Football is almost here yea.
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