From: saji@thor.ece.uc.edu (Sandeep  Aji)
Subject: What about Boomer ??? (was Re: Bengals beat Bears)
Originator: saji@thor.ece.uc.edu
Organization: Unversity of Cincinnati, ECE Dept
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 16:44:28 GMT



|> > he makes *poor* choices.  Pickens with his *fantastic* grab did that work
|> > on the TD.  Esiason just threw it up there.  Any Soph. QB out of college
|> > could have done that.  Esiasion doesn't throw to Pickens *nearly* enough.
|> > He throws to this *idiot* Query.  I'm not impressed with him at all.  And
|> > he throws to Brennan *way* too much.  He needs to throw more to Holman

     Agreed any soph QB can throw 30 yards at exactly 7'2" accurately, in fact
     couple of guys I play with can also throw that, but the question here is 
     how many can do that on 4rth and 23 and a min. left in the game and one has
     been sacked few plays back. I don't think many can do that. 

|> > who is an *excellent* player.  One of the best TE's in the business and 
|> > to McGee who he doesn't throw to nearly enough.  Another thing he needs
|> > to do is get away from this stupid screen pass.  He throws way too many
|> > of them.  people say that he's a good QB and throws these long passes 
|> > when that's *not* true.  He throws a little 5 yard pass and the Reciever
|> > runs the rest of the way.  Ok, I'm done.. Flame Me Esiason lovers.
|> > 
|> > Alex

    
    Boomer has lost confidence in Holman since last year. Last year Holman dropped
    lots of easy passes. That made the Bengals change their offense and they 
    stopped going to one of their most effective play. In fact in 1990 Holman was
    the receiver with most yardage till almost the end of the season. Also the 
    crucial fumble against the oilers in their 10 in the first game last year 
    didn't help Holman's status as far as the offense goes. Moreover we now have a
    TE Craig Thompson who can catch like any receiver and block like a TE, so 
    look for Boomer to go to him more often. In last Sunday's game too Holman 
    missed an easy TD, but luckily for him he caught that 18 yarder in the 
    last OT drive which set up the winning FG.

     As far as why he throws only 5 yard passes and not the 40-45 yard which
    Bengal Fans are used to ....... blame Dave Shula as he is the play caller. 
    I haven't seen the Bengal receivers get open like say Bills or KC rcvrs. 
    Do not expect to see 40 - 50 yard completions with Dave Shula around. 

|> 
|> 	Alright, let me first say, I don't think Boomer is nearly as good as 
|> he thinks he is.  Even back in '88, when Boomer had an off game, his comments 
|> would be something like, "yeah, the line didn't block real well, and the 
|> receivers dropped a lot of my passes, but I still played really great." 
|> 

   I agree that Boomer is not one of the best QB's in the NFL, but that is not
   what I care about. He is the best QB for the Bengals as of now. And he 
   shouldn't be taking all that flak when we rank 28th defensively and have 
   allowed 2 special teams TD (or maybe more). 


   Before the start of the season, I had predicted (did not post it though) that
   Bengals would be 4-5 after week 10. I had thought they would win against GB 
   and lose to the Bears. But a late win in Chicago is always welcome. Lets 
   hope that the loss in GB doesn't come back to haunt the Bengals when they 
   think of playoffs :-)

   Aji


   Go Boomer !!!

   Go Bengals beat the Jets.

|> -- 
|> Larry Signorile                               signoril@sun1.is.battelle.org
|> Columbus, Ohio
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  | 	Sandeep A. Aji			| saji@thor.ece.uc.edu      |
  |     University of Cincinnati   	| saji@hagar.ece.uc.edu     |
  |        FINAL FOUR 1992              | 	                    |
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