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9 years ago today Harambe was assassinated at the Cincinnati Zoo. The Bengals need to honor Harambe by including him in the Ring of Honor. I would also fully be on board with a team name and logo change. The Cincinnati Harambe. (Yes, singular). Obviously the logo is a huge badass silverback gorilla. I know too much marketing, etc has gone into building the bengals brand to consider a change, and the nfl is loathe to make any changes to their money machine. But if we were in a parallel universe where Mike could look beyond the beads on his abacus and the dollar signs they represent, this move would be a huge public relations coup. We’d basically get constant media coverage for about a year. Uniform change - National story. Stadium changes - National story. Logo contest - National story. Positive feedback from animal rights groups - National story. This seems far fetched but I would support it. These NFL team names are played out and stale. The bears and lions? Who gives a fuck.

Guess what, I have eyes and ears. I can assess the bengals’ FO on my own. I’m not getting trolled or fooled by someone’s reporting. Also in this instance, they’ve just reported the facts. These aren’t opinion hit pieces. The fact is they can’t get their first round draft pick signed and it’s due to their changing of a customary term that has been in the last two first rounders contracts. No one is trolling, the facts are getting reported. The bengals are in an entertainment business. And it’s a business in which perception becomes reality, whether we like it or not. So the FO consistently not caring about the optics of their latest fucked up attempt to “win” every negotiation absolutely hurts the team. You put it very accurately when you said they like to lawyer. It’s not really a verb but it truly describes their behavior. They’re screwing up the team culture and the team dynamics. They did it last year and they’re doing it again.

That’s me booked for Thursday night vs. Shitsburgh in October. Will need to practice drinking between now and then

If I remember correctly early 2022 there was bunch of talk about Cover 2 issues. Then about the Ravens game on the road he started tossing it underneath they had to punt a couple times but then Hurst, Perine and company started converting. The offense started ramping up from there. Last year aside from the fumbles. Joe not taking easy dump offs for maybe conversions or more swung that game into a game flow situation the Pats needed to pull the upset. He could probably benefit from live reps not controlled by practice even if against Colt back ups and throwing to back ups.

I do agree with amphar’s point about Joe needing to be more patient and willing to take what the defense is giving him.

What's up Bengals fans? I'm a buffalo bills fan looking for good NFL discussions and fun sports talk. Just wanted to start this account to tell you guys you're my pick to represent the AFC and win the Superbowl. I wanted to start an account to also follow my pick and just to make some new online friends during the off-season to help pass the time. I think you guys have all the pieces, and believe a lot of your younger talent on defense will step up. The Bengals don't really need a great defense to win it all, just some solid improvements. Guys like dj Turner, dax hill, the young linebackers drafted , jenkins at DT and obviously Stewart should bolster the defensive unit. Cam Taylor Britt is a top cb and one of my favorite players going back to his career at Nebraska The oline if healthy is talented at tackle and obviously the wr unit is the best in the NFL. Jamar Chase is the best non QB player in the NFL I also think burrow has been the best qb in the NFL since 21 and is very reminiscent of Brady / Montana. Allen reminds me more of Elway/ Big Ben Anyway just wanted to say I love NFL football and respect your team a ton. I was really hoping we didn't have to face you guys in the wildcard lol. I think we would've had to score 40 plus. I was way more nervous about you guys than the Ravens. Hopefully we see you guys in the AFC championship and the best team wins

Most of the "hot take" generators survive off agent leaks. Thus they are going to protect that critical piece of their business. Its never been clearer than this Bengals offseason. 1. Bengal place franchise tag on Higgins - a smart predictable move. Keeps Tee on the roster at a min. They were franchise tag shamed by every "hot take" factory. Everyone. It destroys lockeroom, they'll never get extension blah, blah, blah. 2. J'mar Chase - the more crazy "hot takes". Bengals were actually proactive. Entering discussions a year earlier when compared to JJ and Lamb. Almost got it done. Then did get it done months before JJ/Lamb in the same year. All it was; "this is going to cost them $40m." Blown cap because they stalled. Can't get a FA guard because deal isn't done. Horrible takes. 3. Trey Hendrickson - OMG. Bengals asked for a lot of draft capital for the NFL's sack leader and their best defender. Trade shamed. This ALL plays right into the negative nelly fan. Being trolled. Fits right in their POV. As it relates to Trey. At some point it would be interesting for one of these "hot take" factories to ask WTF is wrong with you Trey? Don't like money? Don't like winning? There's a track record of the leagues best getting things done with the Bengals. You've got rumored $28m-$32m on the table. Oh, it has to be 100% a win for you? You'll gamble your best chance at Superbowl over terms and conditions? Fans are unlikely to get that because as soon as they do there goes the leaked info and interview access for their pod cast etc.

Welcome. Unfortunately, I think until KC is eliminated, they are the deserving favorite. They've beaten ALL 3 obvious contenders multiple times reg and post. Then I think Bills, Ravens, and Bengals are certainly deserving of being labeled lead challengers. I would probably lean towards Baltimore simply because the Bengals defense can't slow Lamar down but they've been in several close one score games. Hopefully the Bengals can flip one this year. Bills are going to be tough. They should be no worse than 2nd seed, IF not 1st seed because that division appears to come up weak this year. I'm hoping Pitt and Clev stumble big time for once but we'll see. Both those teams see competent enough on defense to win a couple division games. So you have to realistically think 2 division losses for the Bengals would be the best to hope for. I do think IF the Bengals get positive returns on some of the young defenders they are then sitting on the leagues best talented team. They've had that in the past under Lewis and never got it done. No way to tell at this point how the young defenders will turn out under new coaching. If they flop it could nose dive the Burrow era just like ending the Boomer days. I am looking forward to that opening Sunday Night Game Bills vs. Ravens.

Sounds good to me. Sitting out the postseason sucks. I expect Buffalo to continue dog-walking their division.

welcome to the forum, Allentown

This is possible, I just think it's just about not losing vs the bad teams early more than whatever extra reps are actually helping in the preseason. Starting 4-2 vs 2-4 is everything with only 17 games. I don't think the Bengals will be screwing around early tho. I think they're going to come out swinging

Maybe, just maybe, Harambe suffered from anxiety and depression. Maybe he viewed that dumb shit kid with dumb shit parents as his way out. Maybe he didn't accept captivity like a champ and was a miserable fucking gorilla who hated life. He grabbed that dumb shit kid and waved him around like, "Go ahead and shoot me fuckers. I DARE YOU" !!! Next thing you know, BAM. Harambe escapes his hellish existence and dies with a smile on his face. Fuck him for taking the easy way out...

Ring of Honor game will be against the Jets on October 26th.

I’m not irritated about what someone else thinks about the Stewart situation. I’m irritated by the fact the Bengals could have totally avoided a situation that is currently going on and gotten their first round pick they themselves noted needs to find a way to close things out when rushing the passer and get home. Cant do that watching the other players on the field. At least not in the same way. Will that move have impact on wins or losses? Maybe, maybe not. As a fan you can’t look at the current situation and think it’s a positive. The odds that it has a negative impact on both player and team swing to the negative with every day he’s not learning the pro game with the team on the field. Hope we can look back and it not be an issue.

What an annoying offseason. It’s just been constant irritation about something. Chase/Higgins. Trey. Hamilton County. Kind of a weird draft. Another TNF game in Baltimore. Stewart’s contract. At least the first one is resolved. Sheesh.

Yes Bengals, it’s you… Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Bengals want to include a phrase that causes a default in the current year to trigger a default in all remaining years. The problem is that the contract signed by last year’s first-round pick, tackle Amarius Mims, does not not include the language that the Bengals are now attempting to insert into Stewart’s deal. And Mims was taken one spot lower in 2024 (No. 18) than Stewart was picked in 2025 (No. 17).

I'd rather not hear anything about contracts to be honest. To start, I have no idea one way or another how an NFL contract is structured. Next, if there was a team to fuck up something simple like a first round contract, I would believe it would be us. These things should almost be copy and paste, with a percentage higher, from last year. Maybe they never heard the saying, "Work smarter, not harder". Fucking UGH !! Get this done Bengals.

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It will probably be said a million time between here and next fall, but again this defense simply needs to get to mid range to be considered wildly successful. There is no expectation of a top 5 defensive and with a potent offense, it’s not even needed. Had the defense been able to stop any of those team even once when we scored 30+ the talk wouldn’t have been about the last wild card slot but rather playing a home playoff game at minimum.

Ultimately the judge of what makes sense will be in the season results. Lou had no shortage of pointing the finger a communication issues, guys not ready etc. Went through cycles of blaming/benching bona fide starting NFL players. Also, Murphy and Battle were buried on the depth chart week 1 of TC. Defense in training camp had the world believing Burrow was washed up (right before a MVP caliber season). Defense played great in shared training camp practices by all reports. Interject game planning etc. They couldn't stop shit with any consistency during the entire season. So maybe there is something to practicing with a purpose not just having extended field trips during OTAs? The health of Burrow during TC has also been an early season factor.