BENGALS 34 CHARGERS 20

[ace63]

Bengals took on the N0 1 def in the nfl with an all rookie receiving core. The player that took chads spot had around 150 yards and 2 td's. The rookies had more yards than T.O. and chad. And more td's. Pamler was a perfect 8 for 8 first half. And did great 2nd quarter (No int's) SEE what happens when you run your routes !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I watched the game on P.C.
During the game , The person broadcasting the game said at half, Palmer would return next year and T.O. was gone.
I for one am glad palmer is back. Screw the draft pick, past 2 games were great !!!!!!!

[ace63]

Kids put Charge into Bengals, 34-20
By GEOFF HOBSON

Posted 5 hours ago

Maybe this wasn't the end of an era at Paul Brown Stadium Sunday night, but the start of another.

With quarterback Carson Palmer throwing four third-down touchdown passes to rookie tight end Jermaine Gresham, rookie wide receiver Jordan Shipley and two to third-year wider receiver Jerome Simpson, the Bengals handed Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers his first road loss in a 34-20 victory that knocked the Chargers out of the playoffs before 54,194.

Palmer hit his first 10 passes and 16 of his first 21 for 269 yards, the last one a 59-yard bomb on third-and-nine with a 15-to-20 mile-per-hour wind to Simpson running past cornerback Antoine Cason with 6:25 left in the game that made it 27-13. It was Simpson's second touchdown of the game and the second of his career in just the second start of a career that only two weeks ago was mired on the inactive list.

The defense, as it did all day against Rivers' high-octane offense that is second in the NFL, responded with a four-and-out in which rookie tackle Geno Atkins knocked down Rivers' fourth-down pass to give the Bengals the ball deep in Chargers territory and second-year running back Bernard Scott walked in from 10 yards out with 3:54 left in the game for his first touchdown of the season that made it 34-13.

Early in the fourth quarter, Palmer threw a three-yard bullet to Shipley just over the goal line that gave them a 20-10 lead with 13 minutes left.

The score came courtesy of second-year linebacker Rey Maualuga's second interception of the season in coverage of tight end Randy McMichael on the last play of the third quarter and his ensuing 47-yard zig-zag run that put the ball at the San Diego 21.

With wide receiver Chad Ochocinco inactive with an ankle problem in what many believe is his has last PBS game, Palmer romped with the new generation. Simpson had six catches for 124 yards for his first 100-yard game and Gresham had four catches for 56 yards while Simpson's 2008 draftmate, wide receiver Andre Caldwell added 87 more yards for four catches.

The Bengals defense carried Cincinnati's 13-3 run in the first half, topped off by their goal-line stand at the two-minute warning at the Bengals 1 on a series set up by cornerback Johnathan Joseph's pass interference call working against wide receiver Vincent Jackson in the end zone.

With rookie linebacker Roddrick Muckelroy helping out linebackers Keith Rivers and Dhani Jones on first and second down, respectively, second-year right end Michael Johnson made the third-down stop when he fought off a block and dragged down Matthews for a one-yard loss to force Nate Kaeding's 20-yard field goal with 1:15 left in the half and that's how the NFL's third-leading offense came up with just a field goal in the first half.

But the lead should have been so much more as the kids romped in the first half. Leading 13-0, Palmer had the Bengals in the red zone when he hit Simpson over the middle in a soft zone for 21 yards and then fired a 44-yard bomb into the teeth of the wind as wide receiver Andre Caldwell raced past cornerback Quentin Jammer to put the ball on the Chargers 20.

But Benson, who had to fend for his life in his own backfield all day, got smoked on first down as outside linebacker Antwan Applewhite poked it out of his hands for Benson's fifth fumble of the season to set up the Chargers' fi

Palmer, in the throes of hitting all eight of his passes in a perfect 158.3 passer rating of half, flipped a 22-yard screen to Gresham on the first play of the second quarter that was all yards after catch when he screwed defensive tackle Ogemdi Nwagbuo into the ground with a move at the line of scrimmage.

In a half Palmer threw his 150th career touchdown pass, he then found Simpson for his first career touchdown catch on third-and-10 from the 10 when Simpson beat free safety Paul Oliver on a corner route in the end zone as Simpson went in the air to wrench the ball from Oliver in time to get both feet down. After waiting three years to get his first score, Simpson had to wait a few more minutes for the play to survive Chargers head coach Norv Turner's challenge and the Bengals to take a 13-0 lead just 2:06 into the second quarter.

[farmer]

What has been said about OC and TO is that they freelance their patterns to much. So maybe that is a big reason that Palmer is off on some of his passes. If that is true or not the coaches know the plays called. The QB passes to the WR's who were playing today was much better. As well as not having to throw it to one receiver just to try to attempt to keep them happy. It is good to have talent but sometimes that talent effects the team more than it helps.

Today it seems like it was a more of a team effort. Maybe the players were playing to stay on the team or to be let go.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

i tryed to find this on the web. i had 2 different sites people had given me, i just not could figure it out i guess.

[noreply66]

Oh goodie....maybe the Browns can get the higher losers draft pick next year. With the Bengals playing Baltimore it's not likely, but I can hope.

Didn't the Bengals beat Baltimore the first time around?

This one is at Baltimore and Baltimore looks to be better now

[ace63]

i tryed to find this on the web. i had 2 different sites people had given me, i just not could figure it out i guess.

I used the atdhe.net . you have to wait till game starts. My pop up blocker kept it from working at first. On the first page where you pick games, click on pop up blocker and mark whats on there safe. Have to play with it a little ,but it works.

[ace63]

I think we saw the bengals of 2011 sunday. Even ESPN said its easier to hit your WRS when they run there routes.
Some changes, maybe a new coach and OC , maybe other coaches

[PTrojan59]

Maybe a new oc a safety new running back and a couple of recievers to back our young guys up and a kicker we will be in good shape !