Don’t Expect To See The Other Ohio Team On Hard Knocks

The Cincinnati Bengals are embracing the opportunity to showcase their franchise on Hard Knocks, a series from NFL Films that documents a team’s experiences at training camp. The other NFL team headquartered in Ohio would rather embrace a radioactive cactus. “For me personally, I’d rather have less cameras in the meeting room,” Browns coach Eric Mangini says, according to James Walker of ESPN.com. And it’s no surprise. Mangini has the same top-secret mindset that characterizes men like Bill Parcells, Bill Belichick, and Scott Pioli. No franchise with which any of those guys ever are associated will ever allow extra access to their training camps. It’s not the five hours of tape that make it to the air. It’s the 995 hours that end up initially on the cutting room floor, and then potentially in the hands of one of the 31 enemies that each NFL franchise has. UPDATE: In response to the commenters insisting that Parcells allowed the Cowboys to appear on Hard Knocks during his time in Dallas, he didn’t. The ‘Boys participated once before Parcells arrived, and once after he left.