Kirk Herbstreit Calls Bengals 'The Great Abyss' but Means It in a Good Way

At least it wasn't Lee Corso, I guess. In today's Dayton Daily News, the very handsome Kirk Herbstreit unloaded on the Bengals for any number of reasons, all in an effort to make the point that USC's Sedrick Ellis wouldn't be a good fit in Cincinnati because he has great character.

"I don't know if he fits in Cincinnati because he's too good a character. And yet, is he going to fall into the great abyss of the Cincinnati Bengals or is he going to be able to overcome that?"

Herbstreit was just getting started, apparently. He also had some choice nuggets for how the team has handled the Ocho Cinco fiasco:

"It's an embarrassment to this point ... I've been a Bengals fan my entire life, and I really feel at this point - I'm a big Marvin Lewis supporter and fan - but I think he and the staff have created the situation that they're in with Chad Johnson.

"I don't feel pity. I don't feel sorry for them. They kind of had rules for the team and then rules for Chad. This is where you are. Everybody has to be treated the same. In my opinion, this team is back to where we were four or five years ago."

Now all that's left to do is hire Dick LeBeau, trade for Jon Kitna, and get Corey Dillon out of retirement. Commence slow-motion train wreck.