Archives for October 18, 2015

'Cincinnati, which rallied to win at Baltimore three weeks ago, and overcame a 17-point deficit to down Seattle in overtime at home last Sunday, is second in the NFL in yards gained and fourth in points scored.'

'“It’s all me,” Lewis said with a chuckle. “But I tell (the players) it’s all them. I think our guys understand what it takes, the mental strength, the mental toughness to play (especially) on the road. It’s got to be a focus on not just the offense, but the defense. It’s got to be everybody, special teams. We have to have a great focus to block the noise of everything going on around them and just focus to get (their) job done.”'

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'"Sometimes, those DB’s are kind of far but we’re getting there," he said. "Sometimes, you might not know and you have to just make sure that guy doesn’t catch the ball. There’s a lot of times you’re like ‘I don’t know.’ But we’ve got it figured out for the most part now.'

'But few people take Ryan at his word anymore. He doubled down on the idea of committing dumb penalties and then backtracked a day later. He is speaking the company line about EJ Manuel even though his staff didn’t give him a uniform for the first two games and preferred Matt Cassel as the backup.'

'Bengals 27, Bills 17.'

'Well, there’s never a lack of drama with a Ryan team. Emotions run high. There’s resentment in the air, often from opposing coaches. Bill Belichick and Tom Coughlin both tried to run up the score on the Bills. Coughlin told his players a Ryan team would lose its cool, and he was right.'

'Your Dad showed you a lot, taught you a lot. What No. 1 lesson from him sticks with you to this day? One of the biggest things he told me—it started back in high school—I was playing junior varsity ball at the time and I was kind of in-between. He said, “Listen man. Whatever you do in life, you have to be fully committed. You can’t be one foot in, one foot out. Whatever you’re going to do, you have to be all in or don’t do it at all. That always stuck with me and he also always told me—to this day—life is what you make it.'

'Bengals 28-13.'

'“Everybody now, they love the big hits,” Brown said. “Everybody’s trying to be on Sports Center, make the big play or big hit. But if you get him down, you can move onto the next play. Everybody tries to make the dunk. Just get the layup sometimes.'

'“Because our name is on it,” Kim says. “If this was just a generic company selling widgets, or whatever it is, or a marketing firm, or even if it just was a publicly traded company, it’d be different. But for Terry and me, our name is associated with everything that we’re doing. I feel more ownership of being involved because this is our family, this is what we represent, this is our kids’ future.'

'It is the second-largest gift the local United Way chapter has ever received and will fund the program in perpetuity.'

'Bengals 20, Bills 16.'

' Were Cassel, 33, still on the roster, I’d still favor Manuel as the best first-choice to start for an injured Taylor with a week’s preparation. The team’s 2013 first-round pick got a raw deal from former coach Doug Marrone by being benched after four games and a 2-2 record last season (same as Taylor's was after four games). His upside is worth exploring with a coordinator like Greg Roman.'

'ESPN's Bob Holtzman says that Tyrod Taylor "tried to convince coaches" that he could play.'