This Orien Harris thing is very weird. What was so attractive about this player that he netted Brian Leonard? Anyway, the case appears to be this:

(Hobson): Talk about full circle and then throwing in a rhombus. They had Harris last year and traded him to the Rams for running back Brian Leonard. The Rams then traded Harris to the Lions for wide receiver Ronald Curry just before training camp and Detroit cut him last week.

Then he comes in here last week and doesn't make the practice squad.

Now granted this is hobspin speaking here, but the facts would bear out that this was, at least for this season, a tremendous trade for the Bengals. Excellent ROI. I spend so much time being critical of Mikey that it actually feels good to congratulate the morons.

Now Leonard will of course blow his knee out.

Why isn't Chase Coffman dressed?

"For me it is far better to grasp the universe at it really is rather than persist in delusion, no matter how satisfying or reassuring."
-Carl Sagan

I think when you don't congratulate Mikehole & co. on making a good move, you're letting your bias cloud your judgment, and then you lose credibility when you enact your criticism. So yes, by all means, Mikey should be commended for this specific move.

BMN

LOL, One out of every twenty moves Mikey makes is sweet, even he can't be wrong all the time.

"LOL, One out of every twenty moves Mikey makes is sweet, even he can't be wrong all the time."

HA! There is a chance Mr Turd

Let us stick with the fairness theme for a moment. Here are some other moves of Mike Brown's that were made over the past two years, moves that are looking pretty okay at present:

- Signing or re-signing Cedric Benson, Chris Crocker, Roy Williams, and Tank Johnson.

- Re-signing Chris Henry. (Heh heh. When posters at MBS are crabbing that he's not being used enough, the Arrested One must have something going for him.)

- Signing Antwan Odom. (We're sure to see signs at PBS that say something like, "Odom spelled sideways is d-O-o-m for Big Ben".)

I'm not saying that any of this makes the Bengals world beaters. Only that the moves were fairly decent. For me, it all this adds up to the same old, same old -- Mike Brown makes some nice moves. (Or rather allows them to be made.) But he doesn't do enough.

But if you want to acknowledge an unusually good decision, it's this.

- Allowing Hard Knocks to film the team during training camp.

We were unimpressed, I know. But it has led to noticeable changes in the national media coverage. Now everybody is giving the Bengals some love, including, of all people, Peter King of Sports Illustrated. It's as if they were a bona fide NFL team or something. Even Bengals old timers are getting attention. Check out this piece from Pro Football Weekly on QB Greg Cook:

http://www.profootballweekly.com/2009/09/25/forgotten-greg-cook-and-the-69-bengals

I'm just kidding about Chris Henry, by the way. Over the long haul, his return is a big net loss.

Things appear to be different the last 2 years, lets hope its not a mirage

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