Anyone else not excited about the BENGALS VS TEXANS game? Of course I'm going to watch it but these two teams just seem like they don't belong in the playoffs. I hope I'm wrong and its one of those close games that go to the wire. But not too excited to watch this game at all.
I think that the Texans, without Schaub just aren't a high quality team. Good, yes, ...Great, noooo. TJ Yates, the once again injured and departed Matt Leinhart (gee...what a "bust-out", reminds me of that linebacker from Oklahoma and that lineman from Michigan, hey?) and Jake Delhomme just don't bring fear or respect or whatever to mind for me.
The Bengals, are a little different story. Andy Dalton, from TCU, I think is a little over-rated. But, there are signs of improvement I see. He's still a wait-and-see, as to how good (or bad) he will prove to be. I like AC Green and Jerome "full-gainer" Simpson. Their receiving corps is definitely on the upswing. Are they a solid PLAYOFF team?...I don't think so. They've lost to every playoff team they've faced so far this year. .....One more game against playoff-quality teams should just about do it for the Bengals this year.... But this experience may benefit them greatly in the future.
As an aside, while I think Andy Dalton is respectable....he's a
HELL of a lot better than the other recent Texas quarterback starting in the NFL, Colt "McBoy" (from the U of T) with Cleveland. I have just got to believe that Former Packer Coach/ Cleveland GM Mike Holmgren is going to dump this kid for his own safety and well-being before he gets himself killed on the field. The way Jerome Harrison just
LEVELED this kid was scary. "McBoy" was just about "spread-eagled" out on the field after the hit.
This young man is not NFL material. He looks even worse .... and more scared .... than Brian Brohm did.