Archives for December 26, 2005

‘I hope this is not too much of a personal questions but can you tell me how you leave the results on the field out of your home life, both good and bad?’

‘The disheartening element to this loss is that you have to wonder what could have been. Here’s a team that showed they can play with the cream of the crop when they really want to. Unfortunately, they lacked the killer instinct throughout the season as their 5-10 record clearly indicates.’

‘The Cincinnati Bengals threw down a gauntlet by introducing their special teams before Saturday’s game with the Buffalo Bills. The Bengals entered the game ranked third in the NFL in kickoff coverage and second in kickoff returns. They were ready to make a statement. “We took that as an insult,” said Bills special teamer Josh Stamer.’

Pressure is rising (Cincinnati Enquirer)

K.C. on Bengals’ minds (Cincinnati Post)

3rd downs are painful (Cincinnati Post)

Bengals taught a lesson (Cincinnati Post)

Palmer expects to play vs. K.C. (Cincinnati Post)

Rating: Offense (Cincinnati Post)

Rating: Defense (Cincinnati Post)

Rating: Special Teams (Cincinnati Post)

Rating: Coaching (Cincinnati Post)

Key stat (Cincinnati Post)

Key player (Cincinnati Post)

Key play (Cincinnati Post)

They said it (Cincinnati Post)

Bengals’ Palmer: ‘ I just made a bad decision’ (Dayton Daily News)

Bengals a bit leery as they head to Kansas City (Dayton Daily News)

Intensity, focus were missing from playoff-bound Bengals (Columbus Dispatch)

‘As a Bills fan, you couldn’t help but feel merry this weekend. Sure, the Bills may have slipped down a few slots in the draft order with the win, but with the amount of awful teams in the NFL this season, getting a top three pick would have taken some luck even if the Bills had lost out. So, for one weekend the Bills were aesthetically pleasing, a fun football team to watch. Even if they are only 5-10, the holiday victory undoubtedly put a little holiday pep in every Buffalonian’s step.’

‘”We’ve had a fight every week and some of the things we have not been able to overcome, there were a lot of things we did (Saturday) that we haven’t been able to do all year,” said Mularkey. “And I’m talking from start to finish, we were able to do them. We didn’t get down on ourselves if something didn’t happen. In adverse times they mentally continued, and they’ve done it every week, but we haven’t been rewarded like we were (Saturday).”‘