Aug 24th 2008 12:55AM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Bengals, Saints, AFC North, NFC South, NFL Injuries
Okay, that isn’t an entirely true statement. The Bengals offense did stink … but it didn’t make Carson Palmer’s nose bleed. Former Bengal and current New Orleans Saint Kevin Kaesviharn did that.
Kaesviharn blitzed Palmer, knocking him down. A play later, Palmer went to the sideline with blood running from his nose and a nasty cut on his lip.
Why the heck not? After all, Chad Johnson was injured last week … while Rudi Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh have kept their streak of not playing preseason games. Antonio Chatman and Glen Holt were the starting receivers (the popular Chris Henry was in a t-shirt on the sidelines … more on that later).
The offense was bad before Carson got hurt … gaining a pitiful 165 yards all game. Remember, this was one of the NFL’s best offenses over the past few years.
Today, they scored zero points. They had the ball for 11 possessions. They punted on the first ten of them. On their final possession, back-back-backup Jordan Palmer threw an interception.
Yep, that kind of night.
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