Week 9 recap

Bills 33, Bengals 21

We can’t keep talking about the same things every week.

Let’s see, we’ve covered the Old Rudi Is Dead thing. Everyone on the planet knows of the defensive woes, we’ve gone over the offensive line characteristics and discussed the many drops of Chad. What else is there?

The paper brought up the murky subject of a general manager which was immediately and expertly swatted from the podium by Mr. Lewis in Monday’s press conference. He’s a mysterious character by nature but the issue of what kind of GM roles he is responsible for remains somewhere in Area 51. What does Katie Blackburn, daughter of Bengals owner, actually do? What does her husband do? What does Brown himself do?

The legendary Paul Brown was a mind made for football. This man was ahead of his time with his play designs, player/coaching roles and innovations for the game. Did you know he had the idea of shortwave radio helmets to call in the plays with? In the 60's. But son Mike Brown, time and again, has exemplified his lack of any understanding of football talent. Apparently that apple got caught in a gale wind when it fell from the tree. So Brown continues to trust his family more than proven, trained eyes to scout and obtain talented players. And then he allows a person who married into the family to become a part of the brain trust in deciding who becomes a Bengal? Really? That’s all it takes to give your input into our draft?

Cincinnati has wanted Mike Brown strung up on Fountain Square a few times throughout his tyrannical rule here. He bought him some years until the next uprising by hiring Mr. Lewis, but without even mediocre results the new car smell wares off fast. The fuzzy-sweater feeling people had for the Christmas of ‘05 now feels like we’re back in that Viking ship rowing away and being whipped again like the 90's. Someone is gonna take the heat if we do (which I think we’re gonna) end up with six or less wins.

Could Mr. Lewis - that’s how I’m going to refer to him as until I like him again- be a decent GM? Would he be a better coach if that’s all he had to do? We hear these questions every time we travel to Baltimore because of the success their GM, Ozzie Newsome, has enjoyed there. I still think it’s a little early to light the fire to the feet of Mr. Lewis. Lets not be the knee-jerk fans that resemble lynch mobs in some cities. Instead, we take notes, observe and when we have a legitimate case, we take action. I still believe in Mr. Lewis’ abilities in running a football team and I don’t have a better alternative so we all have to live with a bad year of football. But notice has been served, Mr. Lewis. Notice has been served.

Mojokong- Available and interested in the general manager position