Whoooa... Slow Down

The Bengals are certainly in the NFL's elite, they are a good team, exceptionally coached and they have a great combination of heart and talent. All the backups are good enough and Palmer may one day be one of the greatest ever.

But folks, one big win does not a season make.

The schedule is not overly difficult and they will likely not be truly challenged again until the playoffs. The point is, the Bengals are not well served to blow their proverbial load all over everywhere with 4 games left in the season.

One day they may be better than the Colts, but that day is not today. Can you imagine a Cowher-coached team acting like this with 4 games left? They haven't even clinched the division!!

There is football to play, boys. We want a playoff game in Cincy, there are 6 months to talk when the season is over, and CJ could get the okay from a publisher immediately if he kept his mouth shut and took a notebook.