ArmyBengal

I remember Stueber from the draft. Picked him in some of my mock drafts late. Don’t have a take on him but I guess. Sucks to lose Dax. I can’t find much to be excited about knowing the defense is not going to get better this year. Hate to say it, but I really believe the season is over. It’s like the Reds. Once you know they’ve hit their potential and it won’t improve, I find it hard to watch. Not sure I even watch. No one cares if I do or don’t but for as mad as I was, I find myself in a state of don’t care. Sad because I was really hopeful for Tee’s last season here.

Agree Hoosier… Burrow ripping the defense isn’t going to help and would probably make it worse. It just would have made ME feel better. I mean, why are they forgetting about how I feel about this? Ok here’s another idea then… Who are the defensive team captains for 2024? Well that would be Sam Hubbard, Vonn Bell and Germaine Pratt, and ADG (although he’s for special teams). How about the next time (and you know it’s coming) they shit the bed, instead of Burrow going out there to answer questions, one of those “Captains” handle that? Bell is called “The General” and was brought back for his leadership. Well Vonn, show some leadership and don’t leave your QB having to answer for you and your defensive teams screw ups. Yes it is what it is.. An absolute abortion of a defense. 2024 in nutshell. Yes, I’m really angry.

Much like Hoosier, I expected a loss so I’m right where I thought I would be. However, the twist now is how I got here. If you told me Burrow was going to go 30-39 passing for nearly 400 yards, 5 TD’s and they score 38 points, that’s a fucking win. Hell that’s a win for damn near ANY team in the league. Then the Bad News Bears defense goes out there and proceeds to give up 41 G*ddamn points and they lose the game. Sorry, but regardless of where I expected to be, this is horseshit. I agree that I thought Burrow was going to throw the D under the bus in his presser. Regardless of being a professional, I think he should have. You send the guy out there who just fucking torched a division rival but took the loss and ask him stupid ass questions about how he feels after that. I would have felt better had he just said, maybe you guys should ask Lou and the defense because me, Chase, Tee and the rest of the offense crushed it, and then walk off the stage. There is no silver lining, feel good, cliche filled verbal masturbation to explain what the fuck just happened today. Make putting up 38 points against the Ravens, while taking the loss make sense and then I will listen.

I have no words for this fucking team. Oh wait, yeah I do. Fuck these guys. Seriously… FUCK THEM. Lou should be fired immediately. Playing for a field goal in overtime was a bitch move. This team is fucking soft. I hate them so much right now. Hey Rehkow, fuck you too.

On our way to do some tailgating in Houston. Rocking my Atkins jersey so this should be a fun day. Fucking WHODEY baby !!

Buh bye Zac

Or the Saints because of Carr, his college QB. You know, before the Raiders broke up that party.

WHAT? Seriously? That's not anything I was expecting to happen. COB... with you being the resident Tribe (that's right I said it) fan, I'm interested in your thoughts? Can't be any worse than some Single A coach they would hire that has great potential.

Watching this Falcons game and they have this safety named Bates. Man is that dude good. Wish we had a guy like that in the secondary.

Good for Yoshi !! Seems like a really good dude.

On a side note of things that will never happen. How great would it be to see Kenny Anderson, Isaac Curtis and Lemar Parrish be the three senior inductees into the Hall this year? Honestly, I would be happy if even one of them made it and we all know how this has played out in the past. Good luck this year gentlemen !!

You know.... CTB, Hill and Turner should be a really nice CB set for this team. Need that group to really bring it, along with the safeties. Hoping Geno Stone might be able to provide some insight to what he knows about the Ravens offense as well. Really wanting to see him go out there and play a good game against his former team.

Oh joy... Chad must not remember that time he tried to block Ray Lewis. Still making good decisions I see.

I've heard Jackson called many things, but savior is not one of them. I'm sure there's a fan out there that is just over the top for the dude though and making comments like that. I don't like or dislike him as a player and honestly I don't know what we have in him at this point and only game snaps will show that. He played a lot of NT at TA&M, but most write ups I saw about him didn't think that was the best way to use him. I did see someone make a silly comparison to Atkins. Atkins should have never fell the to 4th round, but did because of size. Jackson is viewed as an average athlete, with some burst off the line and some nice pass rush moves. Atkins was the most athletic DT in his class. Don't get me wrong, I'm rooting for the young man to be all of Atkins and more. I'm just not betting on that. To be truthful, we don't even need that from him. We just need a slightly above average DT to not be a doormat to opposing offenses. You know... kind of what we have right now.

Well, I will be tuned into both of those games. ArmyBengal Jr. and I are flying down to Houston for the Bills Texans game. Hanging out with my Army buddy who lives down there. Going to be a good time. No worries TJ, I will be wearing my Atkins jersey to the game regardless !!

A DT and DE to come help certainly won't hurt. Murphy needs to show why he was a 1st round pick. Jackson needs to get his big ass in the middle of the line and clog shit up !!

This defense appears as weak as I've seen them in quite some time. They lack an aggressive attitude and there's no one that an opposing offense has to plan for. No difference maker. Trey might be the closest thing they have, but since there's no one else, his impact isn't huge. BJ Hill and Rankins haven't been there. The DT backups provide minimal to no impact. Outside of Trey, there is no pass rush. Hubbard appears done and then no one. I like Pratt and Wilson and ADG, but with the DT's and DE's not doing much, they don't make much of an impact either. The secondary seems completely ineffective. Opposing offensive players seemingly have tons of space to make plays downfield. The defense is going to keep this team from making the post season. I'm watching, but they sure are making it hard. If I'm Burrow, I'd be asking someone else to take the post game interviews. He's in no position to answer for why the defense sucks.

It’s not every year we have a punter leading the league in punting average either. The nickname doesn’t hurt.

I can't help it. Call it the dork in me, but every time I hear the word "Calamities" I think Bilbo Baggins speaking to Smaug the dragon. "The chiefest and greatest of calamities". That scene, whether you like that nerd fest or not, is fun to watch. I rather enjoy all that shit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ2gCi9caL8

It's all yours RICO !!!

Yep much love for Pete. As a youngster during the 70’s, he was baseball to me. Met him a few times and was always good to my family and I. Still have Pete Rose cards and bats from when they would do Bat Day at Riverfront stadium. RIP Hit King !!

I literally have not heard the name Geno Stone since training camp. Actually had to think who was playing next to Vonn Bell.

I think 2025 is going to see a fairly large change in Bengals players. The free agent list has a handful of starters and contributors on it. I think this draft is going to be a really important one to them. All drafts are important but with Burrow now having and Chase probably getting the big money, draft picks are going to have to hit. I can’t even begin and don’t really want to think about the names out there in the draft but have no issue with it being heavy on linemen. D line needs to be addressed multiple times.

They should totally play that song when he comes on to punt.

That's hilarious that you put Rico Suave out there like that, because I heard the announcer say his name during the game and I thought to myself, "Who the hell is he talking about?", as I always thought there was an "N" in his name. "Renkow", not ""Rehkow" and certainly didn't know that's how to pronounce it. When I heard it, Rico Suave was the first thing that came to mind. We got Rico Fuckin' Suave punting for us now. Robbins who? Oh yeah, just another wasted draft pick. What's new? Rock on Rico !!! Not to be confused with Rock in Rio. That's totally different.