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Former Missouri Tigers QB Blaine Gabbert has been connected to a lot of different teams as we go through and look at all the various 2011 NFL mock drafts out there. Occasionally, you see the Carolina Panthers at No. 1 overall, and then there’s the Buffalo Bills at No. 3 and Arizona Cardinals at No. 5. The Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers are in the top 10, as are the Washington Redskins. One team we rarely saw him connected to — Cincinnati Bengals, who pick fourth. It’s an interesting place to look at because right now they have QB Carson Palmer, and we’re not sure they’ll have him for long. Palmer has requested a trade this offseason and threatened to retire if it doesn’t. Though the Bengals won’t grant him a trade, they’re kicking the tires on quarterback options in the draft. That includes Gabbert.  As someone who wants to see Gabbert do well, going to Cincinnati would be a nightmare. There’s some talent in place but Cincinnati is known as the type of place that doesn’t do everything they can to help their players succeed (unlike Dallas or Washington, where there are examples of that working and failing). Palmer has a ton of talent and went to the playoffs just twice since the Bengals made him the No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 NFL draft. Not many folks are happy about going to play for Cincinnati. There’s a reason for that. The upside, or the light at the end of the tunnel, doesn’t seem to be there. So, in my mind, Cincinnati wouldn’t be a good destination (and, while we’re on the subject, Buffalo may not be the best place for success, either). 

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Category: Sport, football Author : Joshua Lobdell Posted: February 27, 2011 Tags : 2009 NFL Draft, Cincinnati Bengals, nfl Since the Cincinnati Bengals picked 6th in the 2009 NFL draft, and are picking 4th in the 2011 draft something has clearly gone wrong. The Bengals had 11 picks two years ago and they turned them in to just three starters. Quite simply that is not good enough, and their 6th pick in 2009 may be the first miss of that draft. Before we get much farther let have a look at teh relevant Bengals picks: 1.Round One (6)- Andre Smith OT 2.Round Two (38)- Rey Maualaga LB 3.Round Three (70)- Michael Johnson DE 4.Round Three (98)- Chase Coffman TE 5.Round Four (106)- Jonathan Luigs C 6.Round Five (142)- Kevin Huber P 7.Round Six (179)- Morgan Trent DB 8.Round Six (209)- Bernard Scott RB 9.Round Seven (215)- Fui Vakapuna RB 10.Round Seven (249)- Clinton McDonald DT 11.Round Seven (252)- Freddie Brown WR Andre Smith has been nagged by a foot injury after holding out and the mess he caused during his draft year. He may not be a negative yet, but he is a big question mark and for the sixth overall pick that is not a good thing. Rey Maualuga has a lot of quantity in the tackle department, but not much quality. He often finds himself out of position on pass plays to the TE, but he has improved against the run. He is still highly though of, and could still be a super star for this team. DE Michael Johnson may be the best pick out of these eleven. He has played every game since being drafted and he has been effective. However he needs help as he was only able to rack up 3 sacks while Rookie Carlos Dunlap racked up 9.5 sacks down the stretch for this team. The rest of the picks are backups or have already washed off this roster. Not good, and it would seem the Bengals should have worked to use those multiple late round picks to try and move up and draft more high impact players. Related Links:

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Fri, 25 Feb 00:32:00 2011 Cincinnati Bengals defensive back Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones has been sentenced to a year’s probation for his role in a 2007 Las Vegas strip club brawl that left one man paralyzed from the waist down and two others wounded. The sentence on a gross misdemeanour charge of conspiracy to commit disorderly conduct means Jones, 27, who pleaded guilty, must stay out of trouble for a year, perform 200 hours of community service, take anger management classes and submit to random drug tests. The charges stem from an altercation in February 2007 when Jones, who was with the NFL’s Tennessee Titans at the time, visited Las Vegas during the National Basketball Association’s All-Star weekend. According to police reports, the incident occurred at the Minxx strip club, after Jones “made it rain” by throwing money into the air. Minutes later, a brawl ensued outside the club and Arvin Kenti Edwards, an associate of Jones, began shooting into a group of people, according to police. Edwards has entered an “Alford plea” to the charge of attempted murder, meaning he will not contest the charge. Robert Langford, an attorney for Jones, said the player was “looking forward to having this chapter behind him.” “He’s grown up, and realised that there’s more to life than just another big party. He doesn’t go to strip clubs in Las Vegas anymore – not even in Cincinnati,” Langford said. Reuters

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LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Cincinnati Bengals defensive back Adam “Pacman” Jones was sentenced on Thursday to a year’s probation for his role in a 2007 Las Vegas strip club brawl that left one man paralyzed from the waist down and two others wounded. The sentence on a gross misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to commit disorderly conduct means Jones, 27, who pleaded guilty, must stay out of trouble for a year, perform 200 hours of community service, take anger management classes and submit to random drug tests. The charges stem from an altercation in February 2007 when Jones, who was with the NFL’s Tennessee Titans at the time, visited Las Vegas during the National Basketball Association’s All-Star weekend. According to police reports, the incident occurred at the Minxx strip club, after Jones “made it rain” by throwing money into the air. Minutes later, a brawl ensued outside the club and Arvin Kenti Edwards, an associate of Jones, began shooting into a group of people, according to police. Edwards has entered an “Alford plea” to the charge of attempted murder, meaning he will not contest the charge. Robert Langford, an attorney for Jones, said the player was “looking forward to having this chapter behind him.” “He’s grown up, and realized that there’s more to life than just another big party. He doesn’t go to strip clubs in Las Vegas anymore — not even in Cincinnati,” Langford said. (Reporting by Timothy Pratt; Editing by Dan Whitcomb)

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