After the loss to the Bengals has your season outlook changed at all?

No big deal. Been-gals beat us in Preseason last year and we made the playoffs.

The D looked good & Campbell did too.
Brunell is our man, but he still scares me at times when he's under pressue. He doesn't throw the ball away well on his heels. Some qbs can get rid of it w/only their back foot on the ground, brunell can'ts. Timing in the new offense will probably be an issue for at least the first 1/3 of the season.

!st preseason game, the latest team into camp, new offense, lots of new FAs, most of the game used to evaluate UDFAs and long shots... no, I am not worried.

The only thing is Portis, and we'll see about that. injuries are part of the game, eveyone has them.

not at all. Only if clinton is going to miss some time. I wonder when they will get to us about the MRI. I have yet to sleep. I dont' want to sleep till i know.

The scoreboard last night was a non-factor.

Positives:

* Dominant 1st team D
* Rocky McIntosh
* Mike Espy
* Lloyd's big catch
* Jason Campbell's poise, arm and limited mistakes

Negatives

* Portis injury (which was led to by....)
* Lloyd's busted play (is that 700 page play book too complicated?)
* Todd Collins
* Backup O-Line
* Backup secondary

I remember two years ago we looked electric in the preseason opener against Denver, and then we ended up going 6-10. Last year we looked bad for a lot of the preseason and made the playoffs. That being said, it worries me that our unit doesn't loook more cohesive at this stage of the game. Disregarding the score, Cincinatti just looked much more polished. Granted, we are attempting to implement an entirely new offensive system. Still, the season is pretty soon....

Guys we went 1-3 last preseason, and we made the playoffs. Granted the situation was a bit different last year, we continued to suck during the season till the later half, and this year the thing about the preseason is to gauge the new offense, I still feel this game doesn't have much we need to worry about except Portis's injury.

No.

The scoreboard last night was a non-factor.

Positives:

* Dominant 1st team D
* Rocky McIntosh
* Mike Espy
* Lloyd's big catch
* Jason Campbell's poise, arm and limited mistakes

Negatives

* Portis injury (which was led to by....)
* Lloyd's busted play (is that 700 page play book too complicated?)
* Todd Collins
* Backup O-Line
* Backup secondary


I have to be in agreeance. I thought our first stringers looked great, but there was a great decline when we put in our second string teams. Brunell has me a bit unnerved, short-hopping a couple of balls and the int..., but we'll see.

Todd Collins looked like danny werfull, only worse. They kept tearing up Kenny Wright... he looked lost and one step behind. Not a very fun night for football, but I was happy with Campbell's performance, at least against the third stringers. I'd really like to see him start a game and play with starters against starters (in the preseason) to see what he can do.

I think we'll be fine. As long as portis comes back ready to go. But even if he misses a week or two I think that Mr Betts is up for the job in his stead.