Maualuga and Richardson Sparking The Flame for The Ohio Cup Part 1

This weekend is the first round of the battle of Ohio between our Cincinnati Bengals and the Cleveland Browns. For the most part this game has been everything but a battle, it been lopsided in the Bengals favorite. However, this is still a battle and it still a rivalry even though the two team in the battle struggle to even be relevant on a consistent basis. The game this Sunday has yet to sell out, probably won't and fans honestly don't have much to look forward to except, one of these team will get in the win column and take part 1 of a 2 part battle for the Ohio cup. Two players decide they wanted to spark a flame and heat the rivalry up a little bit, those two guys benn Bengals linebacker Rey Maualuga and Cleveland Browns top pic Trent Richardson. Maualuga stated early this week after watching film, " “He can run you over and you can miss a tackle, at the same time, from what we’ve seen he didn’t do nothing spectacular,” Maualuga said, via CBSSports.com. “From running screens, missing passes, trying to find a hole when he’s running the ball. He just didn’t do anything spectacular from what I’ve seen. I’m pretty sure he’s going to want to get after it once he plays us.” The comments made their way to Richardson, who told Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer that they were “very encouraging.”

“When somebody wants to talk mess, I mean, hey, that’s them. I let my game speak for

itself, so if they want to see how mad I am, or how upset they got me about the comment, you’ll see Sunday,” Richardson said. The funny thing about all this to me is, neither one of these guys should be saying anything. Not only did both their teams take an L this past week, but they both played horribly. Maualuga played by far his worst game in his Bengal career, getting pancaked and at times simply looking like he was ducking and dodging Ray Rice. Richardson had a fairly disappointing debut performance against the Eagles with 39 yards on 19 carries. The highlight of his day was when he ran over the top of Eagles safety Kurt Coleman, knocking his helmet off and 5 yards backwards. Which is probably the reason this story got as much attention as it did. I know I hope the time come, in this weekend game, where they meet in the gap and Maualuaga is the only thing between Richardson and his first career touchdown. I guess the real question is, who would you put your money on if that the opportunity present itself, or if that scenario actually come true?!?!?!? John G. Dunn II jgdunn.blogspot.com