Comments on: Mike Zimmer: We’re really close http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Sat, 25 May 2013 11:15:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: krispyone http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2360741 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:14:54 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2360741 Johnnyb,

Let me clarify, I was responding to a comment that the Bengals were better than the Steelers in the 2011 season, when records, stats and head to head meetings state otherwise

]]> By: mazblast http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2357134 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:19:37 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2357134 I have to question the ability of someone with the Bagels to know whether they’re “close”, given the franchise’s long- and short-term history.

Even if they’re “real close” to winning a playoff game, the question must be asked as to whether that’s such a lofty goal. Granted, it’s something they haven’t done in 22 years, but good franchises aim a little higher than that.

]]> By: johnnyb1976 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2356481 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:01:43 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2356481 The hatred of the bengals come from fear of the bengals. Yes last season the bengals were better than the steelers last I checked bengals were 10-6 and put the steelers out of their misery in Pittsburg.

]]> By: ridnaway http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2356457 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:46:37 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2356457 The weak link on the Bengals is Andy Dalton. He is just not an accurate passer. That being said the Bengals are a good team…… until they get to the playoffs and their OC designs a gameplan that ignores their best player in favor of a tight end whose hands are made of stone. Brilliant.

]]> By: bengalguy http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2356360 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:58:25 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2356360 And other teams fans don’t????

]]> By: bengalguy http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2356357 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:56:58 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2356357 And fans of other teams don’t???????

]]> By: bengalsstillsuck http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2356176 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:44:05 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2356176 Hey sellout people hate the Bengals so much because of there fans Bengal fans think they know it all an predict they are going to the superbowl every year when the franchise is garbage.

]]> By: sellout1983 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2356160 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:30:40 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2356160 People love to hate on the Bengals like it’s their job (joetoronto). I don’t understand the blind hatred and the unwillingness to even admit that the Bengals really are competitive. They got beat in the playoffs two years in a row. But they have made it three out of the last four years and BAD teams don’t make it to the playoffs. I do agree that Dalton is inconsistent with the deep ball. But people get on here and act like he’s Mark Sanchez or Jamarcus Russell. I mean the guy has thrown a lot of touchdowns in the NFL. People get so dug in on hating this team they stop seeing reality on realities terms.

]]> By: joetoronto http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2356087 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:56:26 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2356087 tbred2328 says:
Feb 26, 2013 12:14 PM
The Bengals are absolutely a couple players away from being a serious contender.

Andy Dalton doesn’t have an arm? Don’t tell that to AJ Green because Andy overthrew AJ at least 10 times this season.
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What you fail to understand is that ANY NFL QB can throw the ball 50 yards downfield, but only those with strong arms can put it on the money.

A weak armed QB won’t be accurate on deep balls because he’s putting everything into it.

Think of a golf swing when you try to kill the ball.

]]> By: raidergreg2000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355920 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:56:30 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355920 I live in Cincy and love the Raiders. I have since 1977. The Bengals aren’t going anywhere with Dalton.

]]> By: Vegas Guy http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355913 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:51:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355913 The Steelers will win a Superbowl before Bengals win a playoff game.

]]> By: krispyone http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355876 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:27:49 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355876 The other hate comments are probably from Browns and Steelers fans, just jealous that we’ve had more success than them in the past 2 years (past 10 years when it comes to the Browns). And yes people…the Bengals have been better than the Steelers over the past 2 years

Please explain to me how the Bengas were better than the Steelers last year, when the Steelers finished 3 games ahead of the Bengals, had a higher ranked offense and defense, and won both head to head matchups by a combined 35pts. I think your comment about the Bengals being better than the Steelers last year is the very definition of revisionist history

]]> By: tbred2328 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355854 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:14:33 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355854 The Bengals are absolutely a couple players away from being a serious contender.

Andy Dalton doesn’t have an arm? Don’t tell that to AJ Green because Andy overthrew AJ at least 10 times this season.

]]> By: mikebrownistheworstownerinprosports http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355816 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:54:25 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355816 JoeToronto is a Raiders fan. Raiders fans hate the Bengals because they got Carson Palmer trade, then they came to Cincy and got smoked 34-10. Get over it Raiders fans.

The other hate comments are probably from Browns and Steelers fans, just jealous that we’ve had more success than them in the past 2 years (past 10 years when it comes to the Browns). And yes people…the Bengals have been better than the Steelers over the past 2 years.

]]> By: stoptrippn http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355784 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:41:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355784 If Zimmer get Taylor Mays going, they will be in the AFC Championship.

]]> By: scrp2 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355783 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:41:06 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355783 Bengals are a good team. There I said it.

]]> By: originalsteelcurtain http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355776 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:39:41 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355776 If the Bengals truly ARE close..it’s time to give-up the pajamas.

]]> By: bengalskuta82 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355761 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:34:49 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355761 They are jjjusst right there

]]> By: gobungles http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355747 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:28:37 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355747 Zimmer is right, the Bengals have a deep and talented roster. I question just like anyone else how good Andy Dalton can be, but this team is winning games despite mediocre QB play. Give him a couple more weapons and see if he can improve. The one positive in todays NFL is you can typically draft ready made starters if Dalton doesn’t step up.

]]> By: pgh15212 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355729 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:20:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355729 The Pittsburgh Pirates have won a playoff game more recently than the Bengals.

]]> By: whodey1218 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355726 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:19:40 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355726 Joetoronto must be the biggest bengals fan, every post they have about the bengals he puts a comment

]]> By: finsphan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355684 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:02:27 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355684 “they won’t be going anywhere with this qb they have” yea, except the fact that they made the playoffs both years he has been there and they were making it every year before dalton. Watch a game once in a while, might learn something

]]> By: mrfrostyj http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355666 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:52:40 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355666 They’re close by default, not because they’re playing better. The same thing is happening with the Texans. They are a regular playoff contender not because they’re playing better but because the teams that have been hogging the spot in their division for the longest time (Colts and Titans) are rebuilding. In this case all the Bengals have to do to be the second place team in the AFC North (which usually lands a wildcard spot) is play better than an aging Steelers team and even Cleveland had success against them which makes it more likely that it’ll be a 3 team race soon for that spot. They’re still a long way from competing against the skilled teams that dominate their way to the playoffs.

]]> By: samoanjungle http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355633 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:35:47 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355633 Defensively, yeah and they could be REALLY good if they sign their FAs and get guys back from injury, maybe add a Safety or put Leon Hall there.
Offensively, needs improvement. Sanu was really starting to look like a versatile find until injury but the WRs need to be more consistent, the line has to open up more holes and Gresham needs to cut down on drops.

]]> By: bishopbengals http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355620 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:27:23 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355620 If Zimmer can keep the defense playing at a high pace, all we need is for the offense to step up. Give Andy a receiver and a running back to spell Green-Ellis and that could get us much further.

]]> By: realdealsteel http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355600 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:21:50 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355600 They won’t be going anywhere with the QB they have.

]]> By: joetoronto http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/mike-zimmer-were-really-close/#comment-2355599 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:21:39 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1773024#comment-2355599 Close my arse, they made a big mistake drafting Andy Dalton.

Dude has no arm.

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