ArmyBengal

Yes, very happy with the Cook signing. Makes up for not trading for Fitzpatrick. We need a DE or two. Maybe three including the draft.

Do the Bengals know he's going to turn 30 at the beginning of the season? Does JFM know the Bengals don't hand out guarantees to old fuckers?

Ladies and gentleman, I give you an example of someone that isn't aware of the pivot technique. Poor soul

Unfortunately Billy passed away more than a handful of years ago. He is certainly missed on the board.

If the Bengals were smart, they would trade away all their players currently no longer playing on their rookie deal for more picks and then have a team full of rookie deal players. That way moving forward, as Hoosier has suggested, the Bengals will never again have to worry about overpaying for a player on their next contract or overpaying free agents. Rookie Deal- Bring him on 2nd Contract- Too expensive 3rd Contract- Too expensive 4th Contract- Too old

Watch him be the one the Bengals get. He was literally one of the guys I suggested would get paid far more than their talent suggests. The other teams know that and stay away. The Bengals are hot in pursuit !!

Oh hell, nice to have you back. I remember a lot of the older guys. Glad you found your way back. In my younger days, I didn't mistake Prophecy and Pharmacy.

And I don't know what it is, outside of age, but whenever I see your screen name "Prophecy"... I read "Pharmacy". Maybe I should pivot to the eye doctor !!

No worries Prophecy, this is what pivoting looks like. Nothing to see here. Literally

For awareness purposes, our current starting DE's are Myles Murphy and Shemar Stewart. Cam Sample and Cedric Johnson are the backups.

Honestly, I have to admit there's a part of me that hopes they do nothing just to watch the reaction from Ja'Marr, Joe and everyone else. The whole thing would just implode. It would actually be glorious to watch it all unfold and Mike sitting there having no idea what the fuck was going on. You know... like normal.

But wait, we build through the draft. Don't the Jets know what we are doing?

That's big coin for Phillips

Hey Bengals it's 12:30pm... Do you know where your free agents are?

Here you go, the Bengals wouldn't muster up a 7th round pick for safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, so the Jets did. I mean we have two 7th round picks this year. Get Bryan Cook and I won't look down on that miss.

Yeah, pivot to a less expensive and less impactful player. RUN IT BACK IN 2026 !!! Pivot motherfuckers !!!

Yeah, Rashan Gary was one of the big names discussed the Bengals supposedly were REALLY interested in. Like I said, the players have to want to come here too.

Also, it doesn’t help when Ja’Marr has a fit about why the Bengals let Crosby go to the Ravens. Clearly Ja’Marr knows the defense needs to improve and that reads that the team isn’t as all in as it leads to believe.

The Bengals seem to forget that free agency includes the caveat of the player “wanting” to play for them. They win the “most visits” battle but that because players are trying to drive up their price.

Another thing to point out is this is another situation where you have to do well drafting if your philosophy is to build through the draft. It makes adding players at high prices, especially when considering giving up picks, more challenging. This organization simply fails at many levels when it comes to building a roster.

Yeah the Bengals were interested. Interested in making people believe they were interested. They weren’t…

More amusing is JaMarr thinking Crosby would help this abortion of a defense. I mean he’s on the damn team.

Look at the depth chart for the Ravens defense BEFORE they added Crosby. While they didn’t sport a top 10 defense, at least they had players at all levels. Them giving up 2 firsts for Crosby made sense. They will be a very hard beat in 2026 if they all stay healthy. Have to be favorites for the AFCN crown at this point and it’s not close. Now look at the Bengals defense and tell me what adding Crosby and giving two picks would have gotten us. Due to the absolute void of talent, they would have had to tag Trey to keep him around and they still would probably suck AND they would have given up two 1st’s. That trade might have crippled what’s left of Burrow’s career. I’m glad the Ravens don’t have first rounders this and next year but I think they are closer to competing for a Super Bowl than we are. We suck.

Just posted something similar in the other thread COB. Couldn't agree more with your take on the family way.