HBO's "Hard Knocks" Picks The Cincinnati Bengals

• osu45804

  

  It won't be quite the show when Ocho was there in 2009, but they did win the division that year. I'm excited & hoping to see more on how Andy & AJ will progress & it'll be good to see players like Geno Atkins & Carlos Dunlap get some exposure. I can't wait for football season!
  
  
• SportsAndLady

  

  They were probably the only team to actually accept the offer. No idea why else they'd choose the Bengals.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  SportsAndLady;1458211 wrote:They were probably the only team to actually accept the offer. No idea why else they'd choose the Bengals.

  I agree with this. The LOLPhins last year, and Ben-gals this year? They must be hard up.
• Azubuike24

  

  Bias aside, it's actually not too bad of a team to follow. Instead of focusing on all of the BS they did last time, you legitimately have a ton of talent, some budding superstars and an entire roster who has been good, but stuck in neutral the last few years. You have a lot of pressure on Andy Dalton and the defense.
  
  Basically, if they stick to the football storylines, it's a pretty good team to follow.
• wes_mantooth

  

  SportsAndLady;1458211 wrote:They were probably the only team to actually accept the offer. No idea why else they'd choose the Bengals.

  
  Yeah, I read somewhere that most teams don't want any part of it.
• osu45804

  

  HBO makes it official w/ their announcement & the first episode airs on August 6th
• like_that

  

  I will be sure not to watch.
• Heretic

  

  Good to see that the Bengals will be getting their moment of glory for 2013 out of the way early this year!
• Ironman92

  

  like_that;1459069 wrote:I will be sure not to watch.

  
  A lot of potential lolz and fail ammo.
• gerb131

  

  Saw this. Can't wait say what you want but hard knocks is a good series
• osu45804

  

  Show starts tonight @ 10... I've been looking forward to this
• vball10set

  osu45804;1483267 wrote:Show starts tonight @ 10... I've been looking forward to this

  I don't have HBO, so please let me know if Sanzenbacher is talked about at all.
• gerb131

  

  osu45804;1483267 wrote:Show starts tonight @ 10... I've been looking forward to this

  Yessir DVR set
• osu45804

  

  What I took away from the 1st episode:
  
  Tyler Eifert & Gio Bernard are just more weapons for Andy Dalton
  Mike Zimmer & Hue Jackson are awesome
  James Harrison looks pretty good
  The Oklahoma Drill is the best
  Larry Black's injury was nasty
• SportsAndLady

  

  osu45804;1483315 wrote:What I took away from the 1st episode:
  
  Tyler Eifert & Gio Bernard are just more weapons for Andy Dalton
  Mike Zimmer & Hue Jackson are awesome
  James Harrison looks pretty good
  The Oklahoma Drill is the best
  Larry Black's injury was nasty

  
  Took one episode of basically a highlight reel show in the first week of training camp to say Harrison looks good and Eifert and Bernard are gonna be weapons?
  
  Hue Jackson was annoying.
  
  Blacks injury was sad. Don't know why they ended the episode on that.
• like_that

  

  SportsAndLady;1483316 wrote:Took one episode of basically a highlight reel show in the first week of training camp to say Harrison looks good and Eifert and Bernard are gonna be weapons?
  
  Hue Jackson was annoying.
  
  Blacks injury was sad. Don't know why they ended the episode on that.

  Look at the source...
  
  I refuse to watch the bengals, however I remember with the Jets they made it look like Vernon Gholston was turning the corner and was going to become a very good starter for the jets. So in summary: LOL at taking anything away from this show in terms of player development/potential season performance.
• SportsAndLady

  

  like_that;1483349 wrote:Look at the source...
  
  I refuse to watch the bengals, however I remember with the Jets they made it look like Vernon Gholston was turning the corner and was going to become a very good starter for the jets. So in summary: LOL at taking anything away from this show in terms of player development/potential season performance.

  
  Yeah it's all about good tv, not good football knowledge/sources/information.
• osu45804

  

  We can probably expect a good deal from Dane Sanzenbacher on tonight's episode
• gerb131

  

  osu45804;1486601 wrote:We can probably expect a good deal from Dane Sanzenbacher on tonight's episode

  Wasn't anything from Dane guess next week which will be after falcon game
• bases_loaded

  

  gerb131;1487050 wrote:Wasn't anything from Dane guess next week which will be after falcon game

  They did the Falcons game last night though...talked alittle about him, showed his TD catch.
  
  Taylor Mays is a weird dude.
• gerb131

  

  bases_loaded;1487113 wrote:They did the Falcons game last night though...talked alittle about him, showed his TD catch.
  
  Taylor Mays is a weird dude.

  Yea Mays is odd.
  Since they did falcon game last night I figured next week they will focus n Dane since he had such a good game
• Azubuike24

  

  The super power Taylor Mays needs is better hands...
• SportsAndLady

  

  Watching Sunday's episode right now...is there a bigger douche in the entire world than James Harrison? lol I mean someone needs to drop a car on him or something
• Azubuike24

  

  SportsAndLady;1489660 wrote:is there a bigger douche in the entire world than James Harrison?

  Maybe. Vontaze Burfict.
  
  I loved how they talked about how Geno Atkins doesn't overly impress you with his lifting or physique, but the guy is just dominant and manhandles everyone.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Anyone know what's going on with the cuss words on this show?
  
  I'm seeing articles saying in the last CBA they don't allow players to cuss in documentaries/short films. I'm also seeing some that say they cuss during the night episode, but daytime episodes they're censored.