The Neverending Story

For the second time in as many weeks, the Bengals and their fans were informed, and in a sense a chance to be given the second best Christmas present they could have ever wanted, Carson Palmer not in Bengals stripes.  (Behind of course the retirement of their President)

"Football Man"

You may remember my thoughts on what Bengals fans should be wishing for during the holiday season in my Cincinnati Profile column a few months back.  And by the hand of God it was delivered, only to have Mike Brown deny the request by Carson to be traded, and continue to throw footballs to non-Bengals...and return them for touchdowns.

I believed there was an afternoon several weeks back where one day could have been the most pivotal day in the franchise's history.  Marvin went into a meeting with a list of demands, allegedly claiming he'd walk without them being met.  And they weren't, and he stayed.  It's shocking that the team's leader now wants out after that
Wyatt Earp-esque stand-off.

I'm Mike Brown bitch!

Put THAT into perspective.  Who's the guy lobbying for free agents every year?  Who's the guy working out wideouts, teammates or non-teammates every off-season?  Who's the guy to make the first call to draft picks or new teammates?

It's #9, and now he would rather blog for Delta than play football in Cincinnati, and who can blame him?  His coach just got pimp-slapped by his owner in front of the entire NFL.

Here's the point.  Carson wants nothing to do with arguably the sports world's worst franchises.  And now that he wants out, the Donald Sterling of the NFL denies because he believes Palmer "will play a big role" in the team's future.  A future that is a continuation of the past.  A future of losing we assume.  The same team that has two winning seasons in the last twenty.

As I said a few months ago Carson is not the same quarterback he was five years ago.  Not even close.  Experts still insist Carson is one of the leagues best signal callers.  Yet if you ask those same experts what his "market value" is, they retreat like the South at Gettysburg.  That's how you get the truth out of anybody about anything in life, just ask the value of something.  Carson's isn't high.  Not only has he continued another year of throwing the ball to the wrong team, now these teams are taking them back for points.  It.  Is.  Getting.  Worse.

So his value isn't high, but it's still worth something.  Remember a few years back when Chad then Johnson demanded a trade and the Redskins offered two, yes two #1 draft picks.  Dr. Evil said no, then asked for one million dollars!  Or at least that's how I remembered it.

They have to find something because it's not getting any better, even though I'm not at all impressed with this years draft class at quarterback.

I have no doubt myself and three of my buddies could run this franchise better than the clowns there now, and we're not even fans.  Brown responded during the Lewis presser why he won't concede to "beefing up" the scouting department with the fact his team is among the top in the NFL in drafted players seeing the field over the last ten years.  But yet no answer from Brown (or even a question from reporters to him) of his record in those years.  At least we can credit Paul Daugherty for writing it, after the fact.

So I'll just call them what one of my favorite radio hosts would, a dumpster fire.