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The Bengals and Giants Join FSB
Published 12/10/2007 by Kim at Predominantly Orange | A Blog For Denver Broncos Fans
... FSB The Broncos’ Naked Bootleg Mystery Man Who Kept Henry Around America’s Team Joins FSB Categories Archives Recent Comments thelandryhat : lol. weird one here. Bo Vandy : ugh, you just assured me serious... Arrowhead Addict : Amazing list. I’m just... thelandryhat : Leave Romo alone!:) CoreyO : So you’re a hater….... Fan-Sided Blogs AFC EAST Buffalo Bills Miami Dolphins AFC NORTH Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals Pittsburgh Steelers AFC SOUTH Indianapolis Colts AFC West ...

Two New Fan-Sided Sites
Published 12/10/2007 by Brian Miller at Phin Phanatic | A Blog For Miami Dolphins Fans. We're not just Phans, we're Phanatics.
The Fan-Sided Blog Network has added two more sites to the family of growing NFL blogs.  You can view all of the sites on the left hand menu. While a veteran of the Sports Blog Community, this is the first time  StripeHype ...

Two New Members of the Family
Published 12/10/2007 by Sec119RayJay at The Pewter Plank | A Blog For Tampa Bay Buccaneers Fans
... Two New Members of the Family Game Preview The Gruden Bandwagon is Full Gary NFC Faves Join the Team Categories Archives Recent Comments Inside the Iggles : Garcia is a tough dude. He... Sec119RayJay : Didn’t say he was a... danzinski : My car has wheels too. Unfortunately... Ernie : I’ve also heard Justin Fargas and... Fan-Sided Blogs AFC EAST Buffalo Bills Miami Dolphins AFC NORTH Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals Pittsburgh Steelers AFC SOUTH Indianapolis Colts AFC West ...

FSB Launches Two New Sites
Published 12/10/2007 by Adam at Arrowhead Addict | A Kansas City Chiefs Sports Blog
The Fan-Sided Blogs network won’t stop, can’t stop… Two new blogs! Pretty soon here we will have every NFL team covered , which will allow us to do all kinds of info swapping. That will allow us to serve all you Arrowhead Addicts like few other sites can! Stripe Hype is our new Cincinnati Bengals blog , a team we were actually fortunate enough to beat this year. Bo Vandy , MVN blogging vet, is the head honcho over there, so go drop in for a visit. He covers the ...

Two New Fan-Sided Blogs!
Published 12/11/2007 by danzinski at The Viking Age | A Blog For Minnesota Vikings Fans
The Fan-Sided Blogs network is growing by leaps and bounds. Today I’m happy to introduce to Viking Age readers a pair of new sites: Stripe Hype , a blog all about the Cincinnati Bengals; and ...

A Bengal and Giant Invade Fansided
Published 12/11/2007 by thelandryhat at The Landry Hat | A Dallas Cowboys Blog
The NFL fansided network has added two new blogs this week. A jolly Ho Ho to Bo Vandy at stripehype.com and Neil at gmenhq.com. Neil is a die-hard Giants fan from Southern Connecticut, but he goes to college in Cheaterville, Massachusetts, home to the New England Cheatriots fans. He’s a journalist like me, and has some strong blogging experience. I cannot stand his team, his coach or his players. I do like him, though. But I can’t be too nice to him here. I just want to say I respect him, but his team is dead meat for many years to come. And Jeremy Shockey is a little ...

Two New Sites
Published 12/11/2007 by Christopher Perales at Just Blog Baby | A Blog For Oakland Raiders Fans
I’d like to announce the addition of two new Fan-Sided Blogs .  The first site will be dedicated to Cincinnati Bungals Bengals fans.  I gotta take a shot at a team that’s signed more felons in the last three years than the Raiders have in the last 40.  I don’t even want to think about how opposing fans and critics would’ve attacked the Oakland Raiders franchise if they were the ones who signed the miscreants I speak of.  Carson Palmer and Chad Johnson are too good to be apart of such a mediocre team.  I like what the Bengals were doing a couple years ...

New Bengals and Giants Blogs!
Published 12/11/2007 by Adam at Naptown's Finest | A Blog for Indianapolis Colts Fans
Stripe Hype is our new Cincinnati Bengals blog . Bo Vandy , MVN blogging vet, is the lead blogger over there, so be sure to stop by and check out his viewpoints on the wacky Bengals. ...

Quick Hits (the downward spiral version)
Published 12/11/2007 by Chris Kolb at KC Chiefs Fanatic
... fantastic breakdown of the Chiefs offensive prowess (or complete lack thereof) so far this season. Evidently the Chiefs offense has completely regressed to the point of being worse than an 8th grade girls powder puff team… More on that later. Those crazy guys at Arrowhead Addict have been working overtime to launch not only one but two new blogs in the Fan-Sided Network, so head on over and check them out. The two new blogs are focused on the Bengals and the Giants, so I’m sure they’ll talk a lot ...

Bengals, Giants Join Fan-Sided
Published 12/12/2007 by Ian at Inside the Iggles | A Blog For Philadelphia Eagles Fans
ITI would like to welcome the new Cincinnati Bengals blog called Stripe Hype . The lead blogger is Bo Vandy , and here is a little something about him: While a veteran of the Sports Blog Community, this is the first time Stripe Hype lead blogger Bo Vandy has been able to write about his beloved Bengals. Why the Bengals you ask? Because in 1989 as a young child, Bo was enamored with the striped helmets, and player names like Boomer and Ickey . Since then Bo has had to suffer through miserable season after miserable season, but has remained loyal, to a fault. You can ...

Newest Additions to FSB
Published 12/12/2007 by Mike Duggan at Raising Zona | A Blog For Arizona Cardinals Fans
Well boys and girls, our sports network of blog sites just keeps getting bigger and bigger. We’ve launched three new sites over the past week as we continue our quest to be your one stop shop for all your football addiction needs. StripeHype - A Cincinnati Bengals Blog Our lead blogger for the newly launched Bengals forum is Bo Vandy. While a veteran of the Sports Blog Community, this is the first time Bo has been able to write about his beloved Bengals. Why the Bengals you ask? Because in 1989 as a young child, Bo was enamored with the striped helmets, and player names like ...

Jim Johnson is Drinking the Kool Aid
Published 1/27/2008 by Ian at Inside the Iggles | A Blog For Philadelphia Eagles Fans
... they play the run and the pass. That was probably the biggest thing I’ve seen over the last year or two. I have a lot of confidence in our linebackers getting better.” The LBs were good against the run and better than past linebackers on this team, but they still did not make enough plays. all of the LBs combined finished the season with 3 sacks 2 Ints, and 1 FF. That’s pretty pathetic to finish the season with such low numbers. Heck Dhani Stinkin Jones forced more fumbles on the Bengals than all of the Eagles LBs combined. Johnson better pray they get better. Johnson ...

The Landry Hat on Cat Crave Radio
Published 3/17/2008 by thelandryhat at The Landry Hat | A Dallas Cowboys Blog
Hey folks, I joined the Cat Crave Saturday for some draft talk. Stripe Hype joined me and PhinPhanatic had his own program with the Cat Crave. All of us are part of the fansided.com network, and we are all amazing bloggers. The program came out really well, and it is actually a decent listen. So, check it out here . If you just want to jump to my part, it is 12 minute 30 second mark. Let me know what you think.

Sport Projections: 2008 NFL Blogger Mock Draft
Published 3/25/2008 by JScott <info@bucem.com> at Buc 'Em: Front Page Posts
... 9 Cincinnati Derrick Harvey DE Florida stripehype.com With Justin Smith headed out of town (thankfully with his 2 sacks and 8 million cap hit), Cincinnati will be looking for an ...

Mock Draft 6.0
Published 3/25/2008 by Brian Miller at Phin Phanatic | A Blog For Miami Dolphins Fans. We're not just Phans, we're Phanatics.
... - Jeff Otah - OT - Pitt:  Surprise!  The Ravens have been told to not expect J. Ogden back this year as he contemplates retirement.  The loss of Ogden will leave a tackle spot vacant and with this QB class being level after Matt Ryan, the Ravens will need to address their line.  This is a little high for Otah who I recently had going in the mid-teens.  I still think that Ryan Clady will fall a bit further and Chris Williams has not yet climbed up this high. 9. Cincinnati Bengals - Glenn Dorsey - DT - LSU:  The once consensus number 1 overall pick has fallen and may fall ...

Stlvinnie's 2008 NFL Mock Draft
Published 4/1/2008 by stlvinnie at St. Louis Rams Blog
... 9. Cincinnati Bengals - Glenn Dorsey DT, LSU - It is the Bengals lucky day ...

Mock Draft 7.0
Published 4/12/2008 by Brian Miller at Phin Phanatic | A Blog For Miami Dolphins Fans. We're not just Phans, we're Phanatics.
... - Sedrick Ellis - DT - USC:  The Ravens want a QB, Matt Ryan is gone and this is a little too high for Brohm now.  Two things will happen here, the Ravens will go with BPA Ellis or they will trade up with KC.  A very likely scenario. Cincinnati Bengals Draft Logo 9. ...

04/14 Morning Minute- Draft Contest, WFNY on tv and Cavs recap
Published 4/14/2008 by Rick at WaitingForNextYear
... , and Stripe Hype.com are all in so far for their teams. If you are an NFL blogger and want to pick for a team, send me an email. Did you say something about being on tv? Yeah, I’m going to be in studio Wednesday for More Sports and Les Levine. It’s on the North East Ohio Network on Time Warner Cable. The show starts at 6pm, with replays at 11pm. I guess I’ll be talking about the site and taking calls as well, so please WFNY fans call in and join the conversation. Nice concise ...

NFL Draft Contest
Published 4/24/2008 by Rick at WaitingForNextYear
... is in, and waiting until the deadline to get their picks to us. (We went back and forth on whether or not to allow them to list Long, but in the end decided they could. Come on, they had to watch the Dolphins all last year.) Dave from Stripe Hype , a Bengal site is in. (By the way, I noticed Dave and a few other mock drafts have Sedrick Ellis falling to the Bengals at 9. That would be very fortunate for them I think.) ...

Stripe Hype Under Seige
Published 5/6/2008 by dwagner at Riggo's Rag | A Blog For Washington Redskins Fans
Our fellow Fan-Sided bloggers at Striphype have been threatened with a law suit by their very own Bengals.  In one of the strangest moves by a team I’ve seen, the Bengals are saying that a web site devoted to promoting their team in a loving fashion is violating copyright by among other things trying to give away a jersey to fans and by using pictures that the Bengals don’t own copyright to themselves. ...

The Bengals have embraced bloggers of all ...
Published 5/6/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
The Bengals have embraced bloggers of all different, uh, stripes. [StripeHype] ...

StripeHype.com Blog Says Cincinnati Bengals Threatened a Lawsuit Over Images
Published 5/6/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
Filed under: Bengals, NFL Media Watch, Cincinnati, BlogsThe Cincinnati Bengals blog stripehype.com reports today that the Bengals have threatened its parent company, the fansided.com blog network, with a lawsuit over what the team says is improper use of copyrighted images. Says the blogger at stripehype: we've been asking for access for months as a media outlet to be able to interview players, take our own photos, etc. We've been turned down, stating that the Bengals "do not issue credentials to ...

StripeHype.com Blog Says Cincinnati Bengals Threatened a Lawsuit Over Images
Published 5/6/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
Filed under: Bengals, NFL Media Watch, Cincinnati, BlogsThe Cincinnati Bengals blog stripehype.com reports today that the Bengals have threatened its parent company, the fansided.com blog network, with a lawsuit over what the team says is improper use of copyrighted images. Says the blogger at stripehype: we've been asking for access for months as a media outlet to be able to interview players, take our own photos, etc. We've been turned down, stating that the Bengals "do not issue credentials to ...

StripeHype.com Blog Says Cincinnati Bengals Threatened a Lawsuit Over Images
Published 5/6/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
Filed under: Bengals, NFL Media Watch, Cincinnati, BlogsThe Cincinnati Bengals blog stripehype.com reports today that the Bengals have threatened its parent company, the fansided.com blog network, with a lawsuit over what the team says is improper use of copyrighted images. Says the blogger at stripehype: we've been asking for access for months as a media outlet to be able to interview players, take our own photos, etc. We've been turned down, stating that the Bengals "do not issue credentials to ...

StripeHype.com Blog Says Cincinnati Bengals Threatened a Lawsuit Over Images
Published 5/6/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
Filed under: Bengals, NFL Media Watch, Cincinnati, BlogsThe Cincinnati Bengals blog stripehype.com reports today that the Bengals have threatened its parent company, the fansided.com blog network, with a lawsuit over what the team says is improper use of copyrighted images. Says the blogger at stripehype: we've been asking for access for months as a media outlet to be able to interview players, take our own photos, etc. We've been turned down, stating that the Bengals "do not issue credentials to ...

Don’t hate the player, hate the game.
Published 5/7/2008 by admin@kcchiefsfanatic.com (Chris Kolb) at KC Chiefs Fanatic
... In what is easily the most ridiculous bit of news I’ve heard in a long time, the Cincinnati Bengals blog (StripeHype) for our friends Zach and Adam’s Fan-Sided Blog Network has been threatened with a lawsuit by the team and the NFL itself for copyright violation and trademark infringement. Evidently, it is the team’s and the league’s contention that the images used in the design of the site and in posts violates federal copyright law. ...

MLB vs. Little League Baseball Over Copyright Infringement
Published 6/3/2008 by mhblatt at Juiced Sports Blog*: Writing Enhanced by Flaxseed Oil
... The battle for professional sports league greed rages on. Less than a month after the NFL threatened to sue fan blog Strip Hype for using the Bengals “Orange and Black color scheme,” along with other offenses, Major League Baseball has ...

#18? You Really Think That?
Published 6/17/2008 by DJ at LombardiAve.com | A Blog For Green Bay Packers Fans
... ?  The Cincinnati Bengals at #15?  You are definitely crapping with me now.  The team is in jail.  And they lack an important part of a winning football team: a defense.  The ...

NBA Draft Recap (Picks 1-14)
Published 6/27/2008 by Christopher Perales at Just Blog Baby | A Blog For Oakland Raiders Fans
... 9. Charlotte Bobcats - D.J. Augustin- PG - Texas:  Raymond Felton has more talent than Augustin, and has not had the chance to lead a well coached team.  ...

Does Rank Really Matter?
Published 7/10/2008 by Brian Miller at Phin Phanatic | A Blog For Miami Dolphins Fans. We're not just Phans, we're Phanatics.
... goes so do the Panthers. Jim Zorn?  Really?  Was Jay Cutler a product of diabetes or did it really matter? Matt Schaub did not look all that impressive for the price the Texans paid.  Time for the Texans to stop being an expansion team. Amazing that NFL teams can be so bad that the Cardinals are ranked higher. Can TJ, Chad, and Carson finally put something together? ...

The Favre Files: July 14, 2008
Published 7/15/2008 by DJ at LombardiAve.com | A Blog For Green Bay Packers Fans
Due to the fact that mainstream media outlets are now covering this story, the links here are now exclusive the Fan-Sided Blog Network because I’m that lazy. Hijacking Lambeau by The Dirty Bird, Blogging Dirty Favre Rumor Number 7,397,204 by John White, Cat Crave Nicely Played, Mr. Favre by David, Stripe Hype Childress Talks Favre…Kind Of by danzinski, The Viking ...

Former Brown Hits Pay-dirt
Published 7/25/2008 by chrisslocombe at Dawg Pound Daily | A Blog For Cleveland Browns Fans
... Personally I have always thought Bodden to be a good CB, but not a top-tier one, and with his injury history, an average of $6.75 million/season seems a bit lofty to me. This is the guy who is only known for being mentioned by Bengals WR Chad Johnson in a post-game interview, ...

Jimmy Kimmel Gives Adrian Peterson Too Much Credit
Published 7/27/2008 by DJ at LombardiAve.com | A Blog For Green Bay Packers Fans
... . Lewis set the record with 295 yards, surpassing Cincinnati Bengals running back Corey Dillon’s record of I’m-going-to-say-about-270-some-yards (please correct me). Breaking a hallowed record by 20-some yards is pretty good. If Peterson “smashed” or “crushed” Lewis’ record he must have really done a number on it. Oh wait, he rushed for 296 yards. One more measly yard. DirecTV must be rather desperate to introduce these types of exaggerations into their commercials. ...

Camp Battle Heats Up
Published 8/15/2008 by DJ at LombardiAve.com | A Blog For Green Bay Packers Fans
... According to coaches, Jackson is supposed to be the third-down back, but has shown trouble picking up the blitz in practice and in Monday’s preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals.  Herron and Morency have both shown they can pick up the blitz, but their overall skill set is not near Jackson’s.  Herron missed all of 2007 with a knee injury while Morency was primarily a pass blocker in 2007.  I did not expect Herron to be re-signed this offseason, but Ted Thompson sees something in him. ...

Pregame linkage: Detroit Lions at Cincinnati Bengals
Published 8/17/2008 by Big Al at SideLion Report | A Blog For Detroit Lions Fans
... For the opposition POV, head over to Fan Sided’s Bengals blog, Stripe Hype. They aren’t too concerned about ...

Gameday thread: Detroit Lions (1-0) at Cincinnati Bengals (1-0)
Published 8/17/2008 by Big Al at SideLion Report | A Blog For Detroit Lions Fans
... Stadium: Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, OH Television: WWJ-TV 62/CBS Play-By-Play: Gus Johnson Color: Desmond Howard Sidelines: Matt Shepard Lions Radio Network: 97.1 FM The Ticket (WXYT-FM) Play-By-Play: Dan Miller Color: Jim Brandstatter Sidelines: Tony Ortiz 2008 Preseason Records: Lions, 1-0; Bengals 1-0 2007 Records: Lions, 7-9; Giants 7-9 Point Spread: Lions +3.5, O/U 35, as per BetUS Fan Sided’s Opposition Blog: Stripe Hype Big Al’s “10 things I’m watching, ...

Intriguing Possibility
Published 8/30/2008 by danzinski at The Viking Age | A Blog For Minnesota Vikings Fans
... Here’s one for all the Ryan Cook haters:  PFT reports that the Bengals and former All-Pro right tackle Willie Anderson ...

Booty Over Bollinger; Bengals Cut Anderson
Published 8/30/2008 by danzinski at The Viking Age | A Blog For Minnesota Vikings Fans
... Booty bandwagon (everything with “Booty” in front of it naturally becomes dirty doesn’t it?).  Bollinger would’ve given you a tiny bit more insurance behind Tarvaris Jackson and Gus Frerotte, but even with him on the roster, it’s likely the team would’ve fished around for someone else in the event their top 2 QBs went down.  Booty is a project at best. Earlier I reported on the situation between the Bengals and former Pro Bowl right tackle Willie Anderson.  That situation got resolved ...

Kleptomaniac
Published 9/3/2008 by danzinski at The Viking Age | A Blog For Minnesota Vikings Fans
A hilarious story via PFT:  Former Bengals running back Rudi Johnson was visiting the Detroit Lions hoping to land a job toting the rock.  Johnson apparently went straight from the airport to a meeting with Matt Millen, and had to leave his bags outside Millen’s office (which, contrary to belief, is not located in the back of an Arby’s).  As if having to meet with Matt Millen weren’t bad enough, when Johnson left the office he discovered the bags and everything in them were missing.  Millen and Johnson searched in vain for the stuff, and Millen ...

Fan-Sided Blogger Team Rankings
Published 9/6/2008 by AZScott at Raising Zona | A Blog For Arizona Cardinals Fans
... , Cincinnati and New York Giants.  That does show that many consider Arizona as improved, but still have work to do in order to earn more respect. ...

Fan-Sided Blogger Team Rankings
Published 9/6/2008 by RaisingZona at AZ Sports Hub - Arizona's Destination for Sports - Blogs - Podcasts - Forums
... , Cincinnati and New York Giants.  That does show that many consider Arizona as improved, but still have work to do in order to earn more respect. ...

Week 3 Preview: Bengals @ Giants
Published 22 days ago by Neil Keefe at G-Men Headquarters | A Blog For New York Giants Fans
... With the Giants and Bengals set to take the field on Sunday in Week 3, I was able to ask David Wellman of Stripe Hype some questions about the match-up and get his take on the Cincinnati Bengals this season. ...

Top Five/Bottom Five
Published 22 days ago by AZScott at Raising Zona | A Blog For Arizona Cardinals Fans
... 5. Cincinnati Bengals.  Not a tough call, really.  Carson Palmer has produced zero offense.  Ocho Cinco Uno Tres La Cuccaracha, I don’t care what his name is, isn’t producing either.  4 wins?  Maybe 5? ...

Top Five/Bottom Five
Published 22 days ago by RaisingZona at AZ Sports Hub - Arizona's Destination for Sports - Blogs - Podcasts - Forums
... 5. Cincinnati Bengals.  Not a tough call, really.  Carson Palmer has produced zero offense.  Ocho Cinco Uno Tres La Cuccaracha, I don’t care what his name is, isn’t producing either.  4 wins?  Maybe 5? ...

AFC North Breakdown: Week Three
Published 18 days ago by Jarrett at The Ebony Bird | A Blog For Baltimore Ravens Fans
(Jarrett Carter writes for The Ebony Bird, which is FSB’s Ravens blog. Representing the rest of the AFC North are Dawg Pound Daily, Nice Pick Cowher and Stripe Hype.) Week 3 of the 2008 NFL regular season was unkind to the citizens of the AFC North. Two teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens, went into games undefeated on the season, while the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals were still searching for their first tastes of victory. But only one team exhibited enough swag to find its way to a convincing ...

Derek Anderson Gets the Nod on Sunday; The Bungholes Still Suck
Published 15 days ago by stevedimatteo at Dawg Pound Daily | A Blog For Cleveland Browns Fans
... r now.  I cannot say that I disagree with this move.  Let’s give Anderson another shot against the worst franchise in the history of the universe, and if he can’t get it done for a fourth straight game, I think it would be time to mail it in and gear up for the Quinn Era. ...

We Might See Him Yet
Published 14 days ago by danzinski at The Viking Age | A Blog For Minnesota Vikings Fans
... Madieu Williams was signed to a 6-year, $33 million free agent contract this off-season, but the former Bengals safety hasn’t had a chance to bolster the Vikings‘ secondary as was the plan.  Instead, Williams spent all of training camp, the preseason and much of the regular season in a neck brace, having suffered a mysterious injury (no one is yet quite sure what happened).  Now, at least, Williams ...

NFL Week 4 Predictions
Published 13 days ago by Stlvinnie at RAMblin' Fan | A Blog For St. Louis Rams Fans
Every week I will make my NFL gameday predictions. We would love it if you share your opinions, or your own predictions in the comment area or our Fan-Sided forum area. All picks will be straight-up, not against the spread. Good Luck. Cincinnati Bengals Jacksonville Jaguars Carolina Panthers Denver Broncos New Orleans Saints New York Jets Green Bay Packers Tennessee Titans San Diego Chargers Buffalo Bills Dallas Cowboys ...

So What Happens After the Bye?
Published 9 days ago by stevedimatteo at Dawg Pound Daily | A Blog For Cleveland Browns Fans
... coming to town in two Sundays.  Anderson is having a lousy - horrid, awful, etc. - season, and one has to think that the coaching staff is going to have a tight hold on Anderson’s reins.  The Giants are not the Bengals; Crennel had the freedom to leave Anderson in there because losing to Cincinnasty would have been the apocalypse.  That “great” fourth quarter the team had further puts them in a bind, setting up this facade that Anderson has somehow figured it all out.  Let’s see how stellar his first half is under the lights in two weeks.  ...

NFL Week 4 Predictions
Published 4 days ago by stlvinnie (noreply@blogger.com) at St. Louis Rams Blog
Every week I will make my NFL gameday predictions. We would love it if you share your opinions, or your own predictions in the comment area or our Fan-Sided forum area. All picks will be straight-up, not against the spread. We are doing pretty good so far going 31-16. My NFL Week 4 Predictions are below. Good Luck to you. Cincinnati Bengals Jacksonville Jaguars Carolina Panthers Denver Broncos New Orleans Saints New York Jets Green Bay Packers ...

AFC North Breakdown: Week 5
Published 4 days ago by Jarrett at The Ebony Bird | A Blog For Baltimore Ravens Fans
(Jarrett Carter writes for The Ebony Bird, which is FSB’s Ravens blog. Representing the rest of the AFC North are Dawg Pound Daily, Nice Pick Cowher and Stripe Hype.) Week 5 of the 2008 NFL regular season was had two big winners and two big losers in the AFC North. The Pittsburgh Steelers further displayed that they can win the close ones, and the Cleveland Browns showed that bye weeks don’t always mean arrests, tasering incidents, or controversy. But the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals came up short, but the degrees ...