Humble Year

by Kinggelo | 6 years ago | 0 Comments

Cincinnati Gazette

 

A humbling year for the Cincinnati Bengals. During off-season the Bengals were predicted to be the favs coming out of the AFC North especially after most analyst believe that they were a QB away from being Super Bowl contenders. In the off-season Cinncy was sure that they had there guy and with the 27th overall selection was Perry Manning from USC. After seeing flashes of greatness during mini-camp, OTAs, and then practice it seemed that Manning had meshed with the QB coach and the Offensive Coordinator like no other. Being cautious the Coach G.G. decided early in the season to continue with Steinbacc until he felt comfortable Manning was ready. Manning's play in practice continued to overwhelm not only the coaching staff but the players and after devastating loss to the Steelers it was time to roll the dice. Coach G.G. decided to start Perry Manning, the prodigy QB, and Cinncy's championship hopes. Next game in Perry Manning first start the unthinkable happens when he suffers a ankle injury and exits the game in the first quater. Out for seven weeks, the offense continued to struggle to move the chains and had to lean on there defense and running game for the 4th straight season. Things you think would get better when your franchise QB returns from injury right? Not the case here as Manning then suffers a season ending injury in his 3rd game bacc. Cinncy found themselves deep in the water as they rallied to pull a playoff winning record of 11-5 but not enough to win the division or a wildcard berth. Troubled waters surfaces in the Cinncy organization, how will they respond?? Stay Tuned this week for an update.

Published by: Billy Woj