Cincinnati Bengals: 2010 Comedy Tour Reaches New High

The Cincinnati Bengals are now a comedy act. The Abbott and Costello of the NFL.

How can a team blow a 28-7 lead at home, to a 1-8 Buffalo Bills team? For the first time in NFL history, a team has trailed by 17 or more at halftime and come back to win by 18 or more.

How can an allegedly "stout" defense allow Ryan "Crazy Legs" Fitzpatrick to lead his team to 35-second half points?

How in the world does Fitzpatrick throw FOUR touchdowns?

How can Chad Ochocinco only have three receptions when he was in single coverage for most of the afternoon?

Why is Marvin Lewis kicking a field goal with a no-name kicker down 11 with about five minutes to play?

How does Cedric Benson have another fumble?

Why has Bobbie Williams turned into a holding machine?

Why does Carson Palmer look like he is playing to get cut and escape the wrath of the Bengals?

Why have the Bengals lost 10 straight to the Bills, a team that hasn't made the playoffs since 2000?

There are way too many questions and zero answers.

The offense has taken a beating this year for underachieving with so much "talent." Well 10 games into the season the most reliable receiver is Jordan Shipley, a rookie third-round pick. Benson has a huge case of fumblitis that is losing him millions of dollars in free agency.

Jordan Palmer looked better than his big brother on Sunday. That is behind laughable.

The real head scratcher lies on the defensive side of the ball.

A top five defense brings back all 11 starters. Sounds like the unit will be playing at the same level this year right?

Not even close.

The lack of pressure on the QB is a joke. The name "Domato Peko" and the word "sack" have never been used together. Robert Geathers was washed up in 2008.

The linebackers are over pursuing everything. Dhani Jones may be able to tackle the globe, but he can't catch a speedy running back. Rey Maualuga puts forth a lot of effort but the reason he dropped to the second round in the '09 is showing up regularly. He runs around like a chicken with his head cut off, he doesn't fill the proper gaps at times and he is forced out of a play way too often.

The secondary is solid. The tandem of Leon Hall and Johnathan Joseph is one of the best in the league. The aging safeties have been decent enough. But you can't cover receivers for six to eight seconds on every play. Good QBs have been having field days against the Bengals.

The Bengals 2010 comedy tour continues in front of a national audience on Thanksgiving night against the Jets. The storyline should be about the Bengals exacting revenge on the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last January. Instead, it's can the Bengals even score a TD on the stellar Jets D?

Charlie Chaplin would be proud of the Bengals. They are cracking up NFL fans all across the country.