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Yes, any talk of who the Bengals might bring in to replace Zac (They won't) is an absolute waste of time. To start rattling off big names is an even bigger waste of time. Hey, here's an idea... Lets have a conversation about how many top of the market free agents the Bengals are going to bring in during the off season. God knows that's time well spent. I'm banking on at least 3, with a probable trade of Khalil Herbert for Myles Garrett as well. Probably trade our 6th and 7th rounders to get back into the first round too. Fucking stupid...

No, at this point in the season, they need to be playing these guys. You have to see if there’s any chance in righting the ship. I’m all about it TJ.

Merging with other open threads

For a 4-7 team, that could very well be 9-2, THIS . . . . . . is very hard to swallow! https://www.espn.com/nfl/qbr

All of the following need more in-game non-special-team snaps (and yes, Army, I know you think of some of these guys as busts) Browning Murphy Ossai Every single one of the 2024 draft picks, except Mims and those who are injured, and especially Jenkins, Lee, and Burton MOO-MAA Chuck Sizzle DJ Ivey Tufele Money Mac has fallen off a cliff. New nickname: McShank. Love the guy for what he has done for us in the past, but buh bye and sorry. Gonna need to draft a K in 2025

I’ve thought about how much respect Belichick shows the Brown family. If there is one person that could actually make our drafting worse, it’s Bellichick.

Gave this just a little more thought and then found a video clip that does a better job explaining where exactly we are as Bengals fans. For your watching and listening pleasure... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bex5LyzbbBE

With a tip of the hat to stripes… SMOKE CRACK

His curse is the uniform he wore.

Willy survives the cutdown to 25. https://www.local12.com/sports/bengals/3-former-cincinnati-bengals-local-prep-standout-are-semifinalists-pro-football-hall-fame-class-2025-finalist-2023-2024-luke-kuechly-saint-xavier-high-school-james-harrison-richmond-webb One more cut to 15 to come before voting.

See... no hope. It's a good thing my father brainwashed me at a young age to be a die hard fan of the hometown team. Minus that, I would have left decades ago. If it wasn't for my son and his love of the Texans, all of my rooting would still be the Bengals alone. Now I'm about a 60/40 clip that still leans the Bengals way. That has narrowed through the years. I have been to Houston twice this year for games and my son and I went to Indy for that game. Might still get to one more before it's all said and done. I only went to the Bengals/Commanders game this year and have no plans to attend any more. I don't buy Bengals gear any more, with the last time being a Bengals Burrow jersey a couple years back. They just seem to fuck it up and ruin my enjoyment of pro football more often than not. It's really quite old...

None. See: https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/andrew-whitworth-bengals-offer Whitworth was entering a contract year and coming off one of his best seasons in 2014. He asked for an extension, but the front office was silent and didn't communicate with him about their plans to select his replacement early in the draft. Whitworth voiced his displeasure in an interview shortly after the draft, which led to Katie and Troy Blackburn doubling down on their mistake to take Ogbuehi and Fisher. “After I went out in the media and said there wasn’t any communication, they [Katie and Troy Blackburn] brought me in the next week and said ‘we’re going to move forward with these two guys and we think you’re done,'" Whitworth said on Willie Anderson's Instagram. Bengals owner Mike Brown stepped in during the 2015 season. Cincinnati was 2-0 and on their way to an 8-0 start. He made the decision to keep 'Big Whit' around for at least one more year. “Midseason of that year, Mike (Brown) and I ended up sitting down as we always did usually to talk ball," Whitworth said. "He decided... him — not anybody else — Mike decided on his own that he wanted me to stick around another year so he ended up giving me a one-year extension, just between him and I.” Whitworth agreed to a one-year, $9 million extension. The Bengals would keep their leader through the 2016 season, but the damage was already done. As Whitworth entered free agency for the first time in his career, he knew the Blackburns would be the ones negotiating his deal with the Bengals. "I was not as angry when that went down because really it all went down two years before," Whitworth said. "It wasn’t that I wouldn’t have taken a Bengals deal to come back. The Bengals offered me 50 percent, 60 percent of what every team in the league offered me.

There's always hope ?? "Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."

after MB passes on, Katie starts changing the way the franchise starts doing things since her dad is no longer around to offend?

Glad a prerequisite for earning your way back onto the field when you play like shit and are a main contributor for the loss is to cheer like nobody's business. Nothing says, I've learned my lesson and won't fuck up any more like clapping your hands together. I'm going to have to remember that the next time Mrs. ArmyBengal has a good reason to be pissed off at me. Knowing is half the battle. Thanks Lou !!

So Zac says we’re close, no changes. Mike Brown found his ultimate coach, he’ll be here forever.

Well, that’s all in the past now after he cheered real good on the sideline. Fire Lou.

No talk of Anarumo’s decision to bench CTB? Apparently he’s fucking up. Pinned both the Chargers first two TD’s on him.

Picked up a db.

Love seeing Mixon do so well. However, I think it’s more a product of being somewhere new. Demeco Ryans is a hell of a head coach. They have weapons on both offense and defense. However, the Texans O-line is far from stellar. Tunsil is a penalty machine at LT, they have made more than a handful of changes on the interior and benched a first round player as well. They are less than the model of an ideal O-Line. Mixon is just on his game. Happy for him.

Jets fire GM. Wish we could do that. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/42487178/sources-jets-fire-gm-joe-douglas-amid-woeful-season

Two out of the last three years, they’ve blown up the run game during the bye and pivoted to another scheme/style. Jeez, it’s badly needed over the next couple of weeks.

So, what’s the thinking down at good ol’ PBS this week? Seriously, that’s Zac’s plan. We’re just one play away. Every week. That doesn’t happen. Consistently. Stay the course! What we’re doing isn’t working and by God we’re gonna keep doing it! That’s the answer! Sigh. Remember, the FO is paying $4.5 million a year for this guy. Through 2026.

OBj and Mims are fine. Karras is wearing down but is still serviceable, and Lee behind him is promising. The problem is at guard. Volson is sub-replacement level and Cappa is a shell of his former self, no idea what happened there. Given that we are now down to evaluation time, they should bench Volson, slide Karras to G and insert Lee so we can see if he can be the center of the future. ETA in addition to getting Lee into the lineup I agree with all of Jason’s suggestions here: https://www.cincyjungle.com/2024/11/19/24299897/2024-bengals-season-salvage-wreckage

Just shows what Mixon can be behind a semi competent OL. Highlights what an absolutely horrendous job Pollack has been doing. Is there even one of our OL that would be regarded as top half of the league in their position?