1. Cornerback: The team got a stud in 2006 first-rounder Johnathan Joseph. It needs another to push and replace the unpredictable Deltha O'Neal.

2. Defensive tackle: This is likely Sam Adams' last hurrah. John Thornton and Michael Myers aren't getting any younger. Youth must be served.

3. Safety: A big, nasty hitter with great range and ball-hawking skills is needed to help shut down the run and punish receivers over the middle.

The Bengals are thinking about Big D. As in, DEEE-FENSE.

They spent their past two first-round draft picks on outside linebacker David Pollack and cornerback Johnathan Joseph.

With needs at every defensive position, the club likely will stick to that side of the ball with the 18th pick in the NFL draft on Saturday.

The Cincinnati Bengals have released a statement on the suspension of Chris Henry for eight games:

"The Bengals have been notified by the office of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that WR Chris Henry has been suspended without pay for the first eight regular season games of 2007, for violating NFL policies.

Under league policy, the Bengals may elect to have Henry participate in normal offseason activities, as well as preseason activities and preseason games.

His suspension will begin on Mon., Sept. 3, the start of the practice week for Cincinnati’s Sept. 10 regular season opener.

During the suspension, he will be held out of practices as well as Games 1-8.

He will be allowed to attend meetings and to work out individually at team facilities.
 
He will be eligible to rejoin the Bengals’ active roster on the Monday following Game 8.

During the suspension, he will be placed on Reserve/Suspended by Commissioner, and will not count against the team’s 53-player roster limit.

“We support the Commissioner’s ruling,” said Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis, “and while we regret the circumstances that called for it, it’s good for both Chris and the Bengals to have the matter resolved. Our team will move forward, and now it is up to Chris to acquire a more mature understanding of his responsibilities as a player for the Bengals and a representative of the NFL.”

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The Bengals have gone from being one of the worst sports franchises in the history of sports to an 8 and 8 team.  In other words average.  Now I know they made the playoffs two years ago, but after the let down last year which saw them lose the division title and not make the playoffs, I think it is safe to say that the Bengals have been an average team for the most part under Marvin Lewis’s reign. 

That makes the 2007 season a critical year for this franchise, the players, and the Coaches.  The Bengals are going to show which of the two teams they really are.  The 8 and 8 average team who gave up the division title or the up and coming potential powerhouse playoff team we saw in 2005.

{mosimage}Chris Henry’s hours are long these days.  The young, talented, and troubled Bengals receiver will find out sometime next week his fait as a Bengals and an NFL Football Player.   After meeting with the NFL Commissioner last week Henry felt the meeting went well.  He apologized for his actions and was focused on making the change. 

No one has ever questioned Henry’s potential as a big time receiver in the NFL.  He simply has not given fans the chance to embrace him.  Henry, a talented but troubled third-year wide receiver, was arrested four times from December 2005 through June 2006.
Marvin Frazier, Henrys agent, said Thursday he and Henry were given a time frame of 7-10 days during their Tuesday meeting in New York with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.