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2/24/25. A day to celebrate. I’ll be heading over to the Arby’s on state route 79 in Heath and ordering these bad boys from that ill -tempered teenager in the drive through who mocked me for trying to order them a year after they were removed from the menu. Who’s the idiot now, Tristan? I’m not the one wearing a visor backwards in February in Ohio.

If Dax and Myles Murphy were linchpins for the defense, this whole scenario would look different. Dax would be entering the year before his club option decision was looming and the team trying to figure out how to pay him. Myles Murphy would make the Trey situation look much different and have the team to looking for his replacement in the draft, without thought of paying him market money. Even if the light goes on for Myles this year, they have him locked up for three seasons including the option year. Since that is not the case, they could afford to pay both Chase and Tee, because, well… who else are you going to pay?

No, no, I didn't take it that way at all. What federal agencies still exist come end of the year remains to be seen. Clearly, I'm an advocate for Veterans and always will be.

I’m just glad to get a damned guard, and Patrick’s track record looks pretty decent. Now sign Scherff anyway.

“We’re going to score 75 points a game… and we’re going to have to.” LMAO !! So true.

From the Colts board. With that many teams and it doesn't even mention Eagles that were rumored "monitoring". Stick with the ridiculous trade package as long as you can especially when its rumored the Bengals have a $30m offer on the table. What's the point of trading Trey for compensatory pick value? Let him sit out and take a chance at the deadline a team gets desperate if he don't want your $30m.

Hey we are signing everyone now. Money be damned. Let free agency start !!

NFLPA Team Report Card: Category 14: Arby’s accessibility and quality: Cincinnati Bengals - 27th. Unlike some teams that provide Arby’s (Chiefs - unlimited Arby’s any time of day or night. Chargers - Arby’s free at lunch during season), the Bengals have only a coupon system to get Arby’s into the hands of hungry players. Several players complained about a certain zit-faced teenage drive through worker on loan to the Montgomery Road location from an Arby’s in Heath, Ohio. “This youngster argued with me about my coupon, but worst of all, he was very rude to several late middle-age customers who just weren’t familiar with Arby’s’s current menu,” said one player. Another Bengal player added, “If I hit on some of my incentive bonuses this year I’m going to hire a hitman to kill this pimply-faced teenager from the Montgomery road drive through. That’ll teach him to respect his elders. And to accept the coupon Mike gave me even though it says ‘Expires 9/2018”.

Yeah, when lunch on the first day of camp rolls around I’m sure he’ll see to it that all those burgers come with extra pubes.

Looking forward to taking care of the Trey Hendrickson extension so we can shift focus to next year’s Trey Hendrickson contract dispute.

Here's to hoping he earns a starting role.

My absolute dream pick at 17 would be OT Armand Membou, whose short-ish arms means he will probably play OG in he NFL 9.82 RAS https://ras.football/ras-information/?PlayerID=27170&ovl=Combine

Many would like it to go away, but anyone truly holding that opinion doesn't understand that demographic and what pushing all of them into an already bloated civilian medical situation would do to them. Nothing like waiting 12 months to get in to see specialty providers. This is a topic for another forum though, so I will cease and desist. Looking at the schedule, the opponents and what they have done to this point, I'd like to bump my prediction to 11-6. I think the offense remains lethal and have faith Golden gets the defense to middle of the road. Give me the 16th ranked defense Golden and we might just be back in the championship game and more.

I think Rapien is a knucklehead and I don't care to listen to him. Him and the other dude don't strike me as any more informed than the average fan. Why listen? I to was hopeful for the two year deal they could move away from and that's what we have with Tee. I love looking at Spotrac once contracts are released, because I like the way they break it all down for you to see. If Tee has two above average seasons in 2025 and 2026, paying him 32m in 2027 will look like chump change. If he doesn't, they can walk away saving money as Tee is shown the door. EXACTLY what I wanted. Same thing (kind of) with Ja'Marr. Except they are "married" to him for 4 seasons and even that is how it's viewed. While there is an out for the Bengals in 2029, there is still savings to be had earlier if something crazy happened. It's about how much savings makes the most sense. I would bet an extension is in play earlier if all is good. Knowing he could play though the 2029 season and still not be 30 years old makes me very happy. I really don't get all the concern with paying both of these guys and it's been said here many times. Who the hell else will they need to cough up big dough to in the next 2-3 seasons? They have guys on their rookie deals and free agents they may or may not decide to keep down the road. There's so much that could change, that it doesn't make any sense to worry about what if's at this point. I'm happy knowing we don't have to worry about these guys for the coming few seasons and maybe more. Chase, Tee and Gisicki signings will ensure this offense will remain fun to watch for some time. Devote resources to Al Golden rebuilding the defense and roll with what you've got. I'm good with that approach. Or we could be the Steelers that are about to put the 2025 season into Rodgers hands. If I'm a Steelers fan, there is nothing about that scenario that would make me excited about the upcoming season.

Winston, Rodgers, Cousins ?? All the same guys at this point. None of which I would want as a QB of my team.

Scherff is, apparently, in no rush to sign anywhere and is taking his time to weigh up multiple options. I think that we sometimes forget that this is a 2 way street.

A bit of a bummer to have less cap space contrary to expectation, but it should ease the load down the road.

Vet. Nothing exciting. But I'd rather go cheap at G vs. cheap on pass rush. So hopefully this a coupled with a Trey return. PFF grades pass the smell test. Although I think those are highly overrated. Don't like that he's coming from low tier QB troubled offenses that aren't know high level passing attacks. Because that's what the Bengals are and that's what he'll be in IF he signs up for duty.

Mina Kimes and Lord Dorkus McBabyface like our receiver extensions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckEiC5G-P6A (begins at 2:25) Who cares, obviously, but it's refreshing to see some positivity.

That's why I don't really get all upset with whatever the numbers are. Much like Burrow signing the contract that made him the highest paid QB in history. That's just something to say, but is always short lived. Truth is, that in a couple of years, those deals will look like bargains simply because the cap and future deals with other players will do nothing but continue to grow. While I wish they would have gotten things done sooner with them, it really is neither here nor there. Tee and Chase will be here for a while with Burrow and the offense should be fun to watch. Just pay Trey already and let Golden get the defense back to middle of the pack. If that happens, we are right back in the thick of Super Bowl contention. I truly believe that and am happy to be able to feel that way about our team. It's a good time to be a Bengals fan.

Sign one (hopefully Scheriff) and draft one (Zabel, Booker, or Jackson)

I noticed there was no mention of free Gatorade. FUCKING EPIC FAIL !!!

Pac has always had a way with words.

Murphy is a real question mark for me. On one hand I want to call him a bust. A team simply cannot draft a guy in the first round and get so little out of them. It hurts this team more because it's on the defensive side of the ball that anticipated him making more of an impact. Then again, he was like the youngest player in the draft a couple years ago and just turned 23. While a big guy, I can't help but wonder how much being so young played into it. That and he hasn't had a massive amount of defensive snaps and not a single start since being drafted. I think development of players also needs to be taken into consideration. He put up 25 reps at the combine. While that's solid, it falls short of what the average lineman should be putting up. Maybe it's mental for him, I don't know, but this is the last year I'm going to keep hope for it to click for him.

Yeah, that was more me not finishing my thought process (Stupid A-G-E) than thinking you didn't understand. I'm 100% good with the interior of the o-line at #17, despite the fact the Bengals don't like to pay those guys if they deserve their 2nd contract. If anything THAT is the reason you do take them in the first round. They could get the 5th year on the club option out of them instead of only 4 years in the other rounds. There are OG's through the first 3-4 rounds that I think would be an improvement over what we got from Cappa. That's such a low threshold to cross that they should be good. Go ahead and pencil in Tyler Booker and I'm good. A late round guy I like is Clay Webb. Thought to be a little undersized at 6'3 and 315lbs. However, he placed as the 2nd most athletic center in the draft and a RAS of 9.17. He was a top rated center and went to Georgia, but simply couldn't crack the lineup and left after 3 seasons. He played OG after he transferred to Jacksonville State. If we were to take two OG's, I like him.

Yeah, he should not lose sight of the fact he's not 25-28 any longer. Or the fact he signed the last deal offered to him. It's one thing to bet on yourself and lose. It's another to NOT bet on yourself, win, and still lose.

33% Burrow 33% Burton being a dipshit 33% crappy free agents 1% Stripes on bengalszone.com (I did this)

The point I was trying to make was, I'm not sure the DE we can hope to get in the 1st is going to be significantly better than the DE we can get in the 2nd round. If that's the case, #17 can really be an open book for BPA within reason.

I've always held out hope for Kirkland, as once upon a time (prior to injury) he was a top end OT prospect. Not sure if that ever comes to fruition for him but not willing to play wait and see. That would be a welcomed problem for the o-line to have.

I am willing to bet whatever good money I have (spoiler: I have none) that Kirkland will play a significant role this year At 6'7" he'd be one of the tallest OGs ever, but still

bEnGalS R CheAP!!!

Big moment for the franchise. Rival fans, media won't eat crow but ever since the Bengals beat the Chiefs in 2021 they've been saying the Bengals couldn't (poverty franchise) or wouldn't (cheap franchise) get this done. Now they all can suck it and pivot to Bengals shouldn't (not a smart franchise) get this done. I think it puts pressure on Trey if they have $30m out there. You really going to be the lone player not to comeback and chase $$$? Best chance to get paid more and win is in Cincinnati. Now Reds get Elly extended and we can be the nexus of the sports world.

Per James Rapien, Extentions being finalised for Jamarr and Tee no figures as of yet or official word from the Bengals.

To be less of a curmudgeon... I said a few years ago that the Bengals had the building blocks in place to model themselves after the Colts of the '00s, and that can still be an extremely apt parallel if/when the two receivers get finished. It's kind of all in place unless they really do trade Hendrickson (when my curmudgeonry will return). Burrow --> Manning Chase --> Harrison Higgins --> Wayne Gesicki --> Clark Hendrickson --> Freeney What they still lack is a secondary enforcer like Bob Sanders and the unbelievable pass-blocking offensive line anchored by Jeff Saturday and Tarik Glenn (and that's just never happening here). You can argue they also lack Tony Dungy and Edgerrin James (though the latter was already gone when they won the Super Bowl). But I think it can still be a championship formula, especially given that Burrow is proving himself to have Manning-like abilities in the regular season without his weird playoff disasters.

Im gonna need this years 3 and next years 1 as well

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t want Trey to go anywhere. If he does, I want the ridiculous offer. Hoosier’s suggestion is about as low as they should entertain.

The asking price in trade talks should be reasonably consistent with the offer in contract talks.

The Bengals are now being "trade" shamed, lol. If Trey is the missing link to the Superbowl and he's deserving of whatever contract he desires. Then the Bengals are justified in asking whatever the hell they want. I've never seen such slanted reporting. Keep in mind this is a league that saw Watson traded with known sex assault issues for 6 picks. Its just fucking noise at this point.

Ossai back on a 1 year deal for 7 million.

So ends the Zack Moss experiment, I suppose.

Perine is back to the Bengals. Mahomes shouldn't have dissed him on the bench.

It's hard to see Starks falling to 49 but this would be an awesome first three picks.

Maybe that private jet for Tee was headed to Heath Ohio for potato cakes from Arby’s?

DK Metcalf to PIT in a trade 5yr, $150 million deal $30 million per Tee is watching.

Hey. My taint has never been evicted.

Gesicki done is great news.

SUPERBOWL

I’ll take OL or DL in the first every year and be happy about it.

If Burton had balled out instead of being a case study of “Is It Just a Personality Disorder or Is It Real Mental Illness” we wouldn’t be in this fix with Tee.

Hmmm LaCanfora had Tee in a patriots uni getting $30m a year just a couple weeks ago. Cruel business. Tee got cut by the Pats before he even signed.