Denver at Cincinnati -5 O/U 42.5
Who is the QB for these teams?
C Palmer is back from his shoulder injury but sat out the preseason with an ankle injury. He will start. He will be rusty but he is better than what Denver has to deal with.
K Orton will start wearing a glove to protect his R index finger "open dislocation" injury.
In case you don't know that means his finger joint was dislocated duh. But the "open" part means it was cut all the way down to the bone and joint. It is a major injury for a QB's throwing hand. So sew up your finger with a bunch of stitches, tape it so it doesn't bend and wear a glove, then try and throw a football in the NFL.
Backup C Simms has a high L ankle sprain, has no spleen and hasn't really played since 2006. T Brandstater is a rookie and despite getting 4 sacks his 1st time out, started the last preseason gm and played well 16-30, 187 yds 1 int. Talk after last gm was Brandstater was going to start in the opener. Wow they went from Cutler to starting a rookie who leads the league in preseason sacks.
Looking at the QB roster, no wonder Denver fans are so sad. They lost their QB because the new coach doesn't know how to manage a franchise QB's bruised ego. Matt Cassell its all your fault.
Den's 1st rd pk rookie K Moreno is expected to play with his medial collateral ligament injury.
Denver ranked #29 in def last yr allowing 374yd/gm and 28pt/gm
Cinn was #12 in def last yr 325yd/gm 22pt/gm
Den ranked #2 in off last yr 395yd/gm 23 pt/gm
Cinn ranked #32 (that's dead last) in off last yr 245yd/gm 12pt/gm
Chad Ochocinco is trying to come back after fading last yr. He is still a deep threat. Look out Champ Bailey.
These teams are both new look teams because of the QB situation. But Denver is new look worse and Cinn is new look better.
who dey think gonna beat dem Bengals, nobody who doesn't have a healthy QB, and was Orton even that good when he is healthy?
C Palmer's shoulder is still a question mark, but at least he isn't wearing a glove.
if they had runpee for this gm it would be like the entire 4th Q because Bengals should have it wrapped up by then.
Gotta "kiss the baby" and take Bengals -5