Arkansas Bengal Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Beyonce, Sam Smith tunes ease Bengals on practice fields October, 23, 2014 Oct 23 2:35 PM ET By Coley Harvey | ESPN.com CINCINNATI -- The Cincinnati Bengals are desperate to change the mostly bad vibes that exist around them this week. It seems they have been thinking a few good vibrations would help. For the first time since Marvin Lewis became head coach 12 years ago, the Bengals played music at the start of practice Thursday afternoon, in an apparent act of trying to keep the players loose in the middle of what has been arguably the most challenging week of the season. Last Sunday, the Bengals dropped a game 27-0 at Indianapolis in which their offense failed to cross midfield for more than 48 minutes, and one in which they converted just one third down. The loss came on the heels of another loss that was followed up by a tie. The 0-2-1 record since the Bengals' Week 4 bye has made their undefeated 3-0 start look like an aberration. They are focused this week on proving that it wasn't. One way they have attempted to do that was to put players at ease by blasting music from Cincinnati radio station 101.1 "The Wiz" FM over a set of speakers set up on the field. The speakers normally are brought out during weeks the Bengals are going on the road to simulate crowd noise. On this day, four days before their home game against the Baltimore Ravens, the Bengals had music coming from the speakers. During the half-hour corridor when practice was open, several songs played. The most notable were Beyonce's "Partition," "Latch," from Disclosure and Sam Smith, and T.I.'s "All about the money." As the tunes blared across the practice fields during stretching and position-specific drills, several players were seen nodding their heads and bouncing. They certainly looked looser than they have been all week. Earlier this week, in an interview with ESPN.com, defensive end Wallace Gilberry said he's felt like the fun had been zapped from the team since its winless streak began. "We're not having fun," Gilberry said. "Guys are trying too much, and when you're trying too much, it causes tension -- not within the group, but tension in what you're doing. We've just got to get back to having fun. Having fun and flying around and just making plays." http://espn.go.com/blog/cincinnati-bengals/post/_/id/12561/bengals-beyonce-sam-smith-music-nfl-practice-fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_dish Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 They played girl music because that's what they've been playing like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A.B. Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 lol fucking christ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|schotzee| Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Give Marv credit, at least he's trying something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HairOnFire Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 A team with real championship goals would play Katy Perry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooky Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 "All About the Money" works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnbengal Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 not to get off topic or anything but Schotzee wow who is that in your sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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