Bengals Jungle

John Mara: NFL �evolving toward� eliminating kickoffs

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:08:00 -0600

The NFL�s decision last year to move kickoffs from the 30-yard line to the 35 may have been the first step toward moving kickoffs out of football completely.
That�s the word from Giants owner John Mara, a Competition Committee member who says the conversations have already started about potentially taking the play that has started every football game in history out of the league for good.
�We had a lot of discussions about whether we should eliminate it and if we did what we could do in its place,� Mara told Giants.com. �There�s no consensus on it right now, but I could see the day in the future where that play could be taken out of the game. You see it evolving toward that.�
Mara says the Competition Committee�s top priority is player

Change in horse-collar rule had very limited support

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:06:00 -0600

Giants co-owner John Mara, a member of the Competition Committee, recently explained to Michael Eisen of Giants.com the ongoing efforts to make the game safer. Many believe, probably accurately, that the NFL has been significantly influenced in this regard by a rash of lawsuits arising from the days when the NFL wasn�t doing much to make the game safer.
With nearly 1,200 former players and counting filing civil complaints arising from the alleged health effects of concussions, the NFL is paying attention.
But safety concerns have their limits. Specifically, they could be limited to those areas that give rise to potential liability.
For example, an effort to expand the horse-collar rule to include quarterbacks who are in the pocket failed

Just one day away/ free agency.

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:55:00 -0600

by Larry S.

Well here we are with the start of free agency. The Bengals start the off-season with about 25 free agent's. Of those free agents only one has signed a contract so far. That being fullback Chris Pressley. The Bengals still have two days to sign the other 24. But it looks very slim that they will sign many of them, my guess is they will sign 10 at the most. Possible signings is Fanene, Ruckers, Jennings, Johnson, Lawson, Sims, Jones, Williams, Nelson and Livings.

The Bengals lead the league in cap space with $49.9 million dollars. As it stands now it looks like the Bengals will head in a different direction with free agency this year. Usually it is sign your own, but this year it looks like they may be going