@chip-banks said:

By all accounts Robo was working in and out with the ones in camp until he had his three drop day. After that, he was doghouse bound and relegated to special teams duty. He and MoMass were neck and neck at the time of his bad practice, but at that point MoMass got the advantage. Patten was also coming around from being injured at the time and Leggett was being looked at a lot. Glue Hands Hubbard had lost his early camp glory but I still feel Mangie knew Robo could be used as a whipping boy to prove his points. Based on his roots and rep, he was a perfect example for Mangie.

@clevelandfanforlife said:

I'm not sure if this is true or not. It would seem that Mangini has a lot riding on Robiskie, since he was drafted before anyone thought he would. I do wonder which rookie's agent complained about the bus trip to the charity event . . . and if Mangini found out.

Now, does this convince everyone else how overrated DQ Jackson (a.k.a., Dwayne Rudd) is? Your ILB will always make a ton of tackles - he is in the middle of all of the action. What makes a good ILB in the running game is how he takes on blockers and sheds, which impacts where plays go and where tackles are made. Maiava looked to have this down better than Jackson.

@tn-browns-backer said:

Agreed he did a good job but i think if Zastudil was back there we would have had better FP and could have at least scored a few FGs.

@clevelandfanforlife said:

I don't know. I think that one reason would be that you put him behind Shaun Rogers and that protects him. The second reason would be that perhaps this combination gave us what the coaching staff felt was the best four LBs on the field.

@chip-banks said:

The ex Jets are the LEAST of our problem.

I was more impressed with Maiava than I've been with Rey-Rey in any Bengals game I've watched this year. He has more solo tackles than Rey-Rey in many fewer starts and was impressive in coverage.

I was a little disappointed that Veikune didn't get more time.

Mack played well.

Really hard to judge MoMass and Robiskie in this offense. Are they the victims or the suspects?

St. Clair is dreadful. Royal is a waste of development time. Harrison should NEVER see the field on third down again! Anyone see him just completely pass on trying to pick up Lewis on the blitz? No wonder why Romeo was so hesitant to play the kid.

McDonald is the weak link of the defense.

Nice take

Think I heard poole's name a lot too? I was working cooking and the radio was static , so who knows but I think that is what I remember.

@earl34 said:

robiskie did something to get on mangini's shit list and i have no idea what that is. maybe he is a bad rout runner but not in my opinion. i think he pissed off mangini. veikune isn't playing playing he is learningan entirely new position. he is going from a down linemen to an inside linebacker spot. there is a huge learning curve for that. he isn't familiar with the position at all. also, i thought that maiva was going to be an outside linebacker. why is he playing inside other than the fact that we are short a few ilbs?

@chip-banks said:

The ex Jets are the LEAST of our problem.

I was more impressed with Maiava than I've been with Rey-Rey in any Bengals game I've watched this year. He has more solo tackles than Rey-Rey in many fewer starts and was impressive in coverage.

I was a little disappointed that Veikune didn't get more time.

Mack played well.

Really hard to judge MoMass and Robiskie in this offense. Are they the victims or the suspects?

St. Clair is dreadful. Royal is a waste of development time. Harrison should NEVER see the field on third down again! Anyone see him just completely pass on trying to pick up Lewis on the blitz? No wonder why Romeo was so hesitant to play the kid.

McDonald is the weak link of the defense.

I used to watch Maiva at USC week in and week out, so I was more than happy when we drafted him... the only one of their linebackers I liked significantly more than him was Cushing... of course Matthews lined up a lot as a DE.

@chip-banks said:

The ex Jets are the LEAST of our problem.

I was more impressed with Maiava than I've been with Rey-Rey in any Bengals game I've watched this year. He has more solo tackles than Rey-Rey in many fewer starts and was impressive in coverage.

I was a little disappointed that Veikune didn't get more time.

Mack played well.

Really hard to judge MoMass and Robiskie in this offense. Are they the victims or the suspects?

St. Clair is dreadful. Royal is a waste of development time. Harrison should NEVER see the field on third down again! Anyone see him just completely pass on trying to pick up Lewis on the blitz? No wonder why Romeo was so hesitant to play the kid.

McDonald is the weak link of the defense.

St. Clair is a turnstile. DJHERO's mom could do a better job in there than he does. (she does have 100+ pounds on St. Clair though)

@atenears said:

I was please with this trio tonight. It was a bright spot.

I took my binoculars to the game tonight in serach of a close-up of the action and to find something, anything that is working within this team. I didn't find it, sorry to burst anyone's bubble, but a couple of these guys Trusnik, Maiava and Bowens aren't bad and seem to playing within the 'system'. Add in Shaun Rogers being a handful and I think this group can be above average with some help at DB.

Maiava made some nice tackles tonight. which was well welcomed.

Actually, Coleman and Mosley have been fine. Elam's had his ups and downs, but played well last night.

The ex Jets are the LEAST of our problem.

I was more impressed with Maiava than I've been with Rey-Rey in any Bengals game I've watched this year. He has more solo tackles than Rey-Rey in many fewer starts and was impressive in coverage.

I was a little disappointed that Veikune didn't get more time.

Mack played well.

Really hard to judge MoMass and Robiskie in this offense. Are they the victims or the suspects?

St. Clair is dreadful. Royal is a waste of development time. Harrison should NEVER see the field on third down again! Anyone see him just completely pass on trying to pick up Lewis on the blitz? No wonder why Romeo was so hesitant to play the kid.

McDonald is the weak link of the defense.