Paul Daugherty: tuesday morning quarterback

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

tuesday morning quarterback

Through the ashes of Monday night:
Somebody e-mailed me that TV caught Chris Henry yawning on the sideline in the 4th quarter. True?

TV does a Day With Chad pre-game story that includes his obligatory daily McDonald's run. Then he misses most of the 3rd q to get an IV, including a crucial drive when the Bengals were still competitive. I love Chad. I did a book with him. He needs to decide if he wants to entertain or be Marvin Harrison.

Downtown Indy makes downtown Cincy look like a ghost town. Oh, wait a minute. Downtown Cincy is a ghost town.

Bob Bratkowski alternately delights and infuriates with his game plans. Last night stunk. Again: When you have a high-powered offense, you take what you want, not what the defense gives you. Peyton Manning has no problem with that concept. Rudi Johnson is a nice, straight-ahead back. He's not LaDainian Tomlinson. Why was T.J. invisible? Why does Henry even play after short-arming balls and dropping a TD pass?

If you're not going to blitz Manning, OK. But can the guys who aren't blitzing be within 10 yards of a receiver down the middle?

Hope Willie Anderson isnt hurt seriously. The kids Whitworth and Andrews were overmatched last night.

It might be easier to win in Denver than at home against Pittsburgh.

Live big. And throw the damned ball.

16 Comments:

at 10:51 AM

Anonymous said...

Yes, Henry was sitting on the bench and let out a big yawn. Guess he must have been listening to the incessant babbling of Tony and Joe as the game got boring in the second half.

Paul, maybe you can add some insight into the McDonalds diet Chad seems to be on. If Chad actually eats McDonalds as frequently as he claims, all the sodium in the food might be the cause of his cramping. Last night was not the first time he has left the field during a game.

at 11:03 AM

Anonymous said...

I am not sure if this is "The Answer" or not, BUT, it sure seems that the Bengals suffer from not knowing (internally, at least) who they are.

They change offensive and defensive strategy in a major way based upon the opponent's preceived strengths an weaknesses. Please note the use of the word "major" here. (It is just good coaching to tweak what you do to match your opponent, but to change your offense to focus on the run and declaw you defense to basically play "prevent" all the time when it is just coming off a great string of games where it was aggressive, makes no sense.

The Steelers went back to running the ball and playing defense and not asking Ben to do what he can't do--I believe they have won 5 out of their last six.

The Bengals have won 4 of 5, but if they want to get to 6 of 7, they are going to have to focus on what they do best on both sides of the ball. They need to change focus from trying to fool their opponents to out-executing them

I think the responsibility for making that change is all on Marvin.

at 11:18 AM

Anonymous said...

Not a doctor but I thought sodium helped you retain fluids....why would it be the cause of dehydration?

I remember all those salt tablets we suffered through in the late sixties in summer two-a-days for high school football...

Check the salt content in Gatorade or any other sports drink sometime...

at 11:23 AM

Anonymous said...

I fear that poor Marvin has taken us about as far as he can. Remember when we thought that he was a defensive genius? Guess he got all the credit that Ray Lewis and his mates really deserved.

As for Bratkowski, he needs to look up from his play chart from time to time to check out the score.

at 12:12 PM

Anonymous said...

The Bengals were flat-out out-coached last night. Terrible game plan coming into the game. No adjustments during the game. Inexplicable decisions throughout the game. And of course, unable to get these over-confident players in the proper mind-set for such a big game. Reminded me of the great Bruce Coslet era.

at 12:19 PM

matty buckets said...

People yawn most during behavioral transitions, such as just after waking, shortly before bedtime, and between bouts of physical exertion. Yawning may help facilitate those changes. Henry just left the field when that happened. Anybody ever lifted weights at the gym and yawned after a set?

at 12:22 PM

Anonymous said...

Note to Marvin: (And Paul, I hold you PERSONALLY responsible to hand deliver this to Marvin)

1.) The stable holds unbelievably talented horses. We have, talent-wise, what every other NFL team wants: a perrenial All-Pro quarterback with a peerless receiving corps. Air the damn thing out!

2.) Is it too humbling to take a page from another team? How about utilizing out receivers, backs, and tight end over the middle for 8 to 12 yard plays. Killed us last night. Plus, it'd be as effective for Chad, Chris, and TJ (when we do choose to go long) as a ground game that's working. Lull them with effective 8 to 12 yard hits over the middle, get them worried about those (and if they don't, kill them with those over and over), and then air the bombs out to Chad and Chris. TJ, as everyone knows, can be used wherever. Our bomb threats are Chad and Chris (yes Chris, but he does indeed have to start actually CATCHING more balls).

3.) Make adjustments at halftime! I have NEVER seen a first half...ever...where the offense had its way with essentially one type of play and then have the exact same success with the same exact play in the second half. The over the middle passes for 10 yards were the killer last night--and embarrassingly, it was ALL night. No adjustments, no nothing.

at 2:19 PM

Anonymous said...

Marvin catches 3 TD's and continues to play with broken fingers. Chad eats McDonald's and has to get an I.V. on a crucial drive.

Guess which one is a Hall of Fame lock and has over 1,000 catches, and which one is famous for hairstyles, TD dances, proclaiming he's the greatest, and getting in wrestling matches with his coaches during playoff games?

at 5:37 PM

Anonymous said...

Imagine Marvin Harrison leaving a big game, while his offense was in the middle of a crucial drive, for an I.V.

Chad has a LONG way to go until he is even remotely as good as he thinks he is.

at 9:56 PM

Anonymous said...

P.D., will you tell your bud "Ocho Cinco," that if he's going to talk the talk every game, then he better walk the walk....every game.
Otherwise, he's looks like a damned fool who cares more about getting attention than playing football.

at 12:51 AM

Anonymous said...

Paul,

That was so right on! I agree with everything you said there.

I agree with the poster and everyone else who implied that the Bengals got outcoached. I wonder if the Bengals would beat the Colts in the next 10 years if they played them every year.

Finally, the Colts are just a better team then the Bengals. I was surprised how bad the Bengals played, but the Colts are still better then Cincy so it shouldn't be extremely suprising.

at 9:14 AM

Anonymous said...

I guarantee you if Ocho would just add one to two bananas a day to his diet, his cramping would go away. Potassium, potassium, potassium.

at 9:54 AM

Anonymous said...

You people knocking Chad for not being Marvin Harrison are crazy. Take a look at Chad's numbers during the last 5 games leading up to the Colts game. Chad is so much better than Marvin at this point in his career its not even funny. I know, I know- Marvin had 3 tds mon night. He is a hall of fame reciever, but what did he do particularly special on Mon night? He caught a bunch of very catchable 8 yard passes. When is the last time you saw Chad left one on one with someone in the endzone like Marvin with Deltha? It doesn't happen. Chad still LEADS the NFL in recieving yards after being virtually forgotten about early in the season. He is the best combination of hands, speed and body control in the NFL right now (Mr. Harrison included). Don't get caught being fair weather, you guys can take 36 year old Marvin (who incidently, has had his fair share of "no shows" in big games)- I'll stick with Chad and watch as he continues to break records and games wide open. We had seriously flawed gameplans on both sides of the ball- thats hard to overcome.
Chad does need to time his IV runs better (I don't remember him missing plays before) but the McDonalds = dehydration theory doesn't hold water.

at 10:16 AM

Anonymous said...

Sorry - in the previous post I said Marvin was 36, hes actually 34. Does not impact my opinion- just wanted to keep it factual for all you people. Also - he did not play with broken fingers on monday night.. he had "hand soreness" resulting from a dropped pass that hit him in the hands...

at 2:20 PM

Anonymous said...

Look, I'm not a Henry fan either, but yawning is totally involuntary. It has nothing to do with being bored. It is the body looking for oxygen. It happens when people are tired (or winded) and thus is associated with going to sleep, but people are going to sleep becasue they are tired, not because they are bored.

at 3:55 PM

Anonymous said...

From a diet perspective, you must think that chad's McyDeez is effecting his play. His body has to process that crappy food and it ultimately will cause his playing levels to decrease. YOU DON'T PUT CHEAP GAS IN A FERRARI, AND YOU DON'T PUT CHEAP FOOD IN A TOP-LEVEL ATHLETE! You don't see olympic sprinters with bags of fast food as they run around the track.

I love Chad, but he needs to cut back his fast food to one day a week. The day AFTER the game. I work with bodybuilders and fitness competitors, and you just can expect to preform at your peak with all those fats and processed foods in your system. Your body has to process them, and it gets no nutritional value from it. It has to WORK HARDER to get rid of it. Chad's body may be ok with it now, but it will slowly decrease his speed and lean muscle masss.

Eat clean througout the week,and on the way home from the game, you can get your Big Mac.

ALSO, if Tab Perry or Antonio Chatman were not injured, I think Henry would be on the bench.

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