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-11 posts tagged "Cincinnati Bengals"
Thomas Zwiller | Friday, September 16, 2022
With the conclusion of a crazy Broncos vs. Seahawks game on Monday Night, a wild Week 1 has concluded. As we head into Week 2, I wanted to take a moment to look back on Week 1 and talk about some of the oddities. Wide Receiving Struggles: New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts, Green Bay Packers
Aidan Thomas | Thursday, February 10, 2022
The Cincinnati Bengals stunned the world in 2022. That statement remains true regardless of the result on Sunday night. But the question is: What got missed? The Bengals were a near consensus bottom-five or at least bottom-ten team. In what felt like a loaded AFC North, Cincinnati was given barely a chance to crack the
Thomas Zwiller | Monday, February 7, 2022
Swagger. Moxie. Confidence. When you read those words, and you think of football, you likely think of the quarterback, the position that has legends such as Joe Montana, Tom Brady and more recently Patrick Mahomes. The quarterback position tends to make icons. When the casual viewer watches the game, they tend to focus on the
Method Hagan | Monday, February 7, 2022
This Sunday, Odell Beckham Jr. will play in the Super Bowl. His team, the Los Angeles Rams, is currently favored by 4.5 points over the Cincinnati Bengals. One of the most controversial players in the history of the National Football League could be raising the Lombardi Trophy in front of thousands of fans in Sofi
Aidan Thomas | Thursday, February 3, 2022
The NFL playoffs got off to a slightly slow start in 2022. However, after a largely underwhelming opening weekend, things picked up in a big way. Here’s a quick ranking of the 12 games to take place so far in this postseason. 12. Los Angeles Rams 34, Arizona Cardinals 11 This one was pretty boring
John Kalemkerian | Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Well, here we are, the Super Bowl matchup that everybody expected. In two short weeks, Matt Stafford and the Rams will battle Joe Burrow and the Bengals for a place in the history books. Featuring two likable first-timer quarterbacks at very different points in their careers, we can all hope that this game will live
John Kalemkerian | Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Continuing the trend of a great NFL season, Super Wild Card weekend gave us some great results and matchups to look forward to, although three blowouts marginally dulled the hype. From many fans’ perspectives (including this Giants fan), the Saturday and Sunday outcomes were about as good as could be hoped for, with the hated
Hayden Adams | Monday, March 2, 2020
I haven’t yet taken over as Sports Editor, but as the time approaches for me to do so, I feel compelled to send off my predecessor, Connor Mulvena, by writing a tribute sports authority to his old piece on the dumbest pro sports mascots. So without further ado, in no particular order, here are mine.
Aidan Thomas | Thursday, January 23, 2020
The stage was set. I was in the Baumer Hall 24-hour lounge, watching the first half of the NFC championship game between the Green Bay Packers and the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers faced a 2nd and 9 at the Packers 18-yard line, already up 20-0. One spectator said, “I just want to see a
Mike Monaco | Thursday, October 30, 2014
For someone who repeatedly invokes the terms mythology, history and tradition to recount his football past, it’s fitting for Ross Browner to describe his playing style in similar terms — as a gladiator. “That’s what I always thought of it as, just being a destroyer and go in there as a gladiator, just really approaching