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Thanks for explaining how contracts work. Your depiction of the FO thought process is incredibly accurate. Throw a number at a player, take it or leave it. No spirit. No enthusiasm. No excitement at the prospect of keeping an important player. After all, it’s a zero sum game. If Jessie Bates won’t take our offer, which is below the market, we’ll split that money up amongst 3 youngsters who will do his job at an equal level. Right? Right? What, it didn’t work? You’re fired, Lou Anarumo. In case no one has noticed, it’s not just fans who are getting worked up over the front office’s archaic way of doing business, it’s also the 275 million dollar quarterback who is pretty much solely responsible for turning this franchise around. They should listen to Burrow, he seems to have a good grasp on what winning football team should look like.

I’m a consultant in the food industry. My latest report: the teenager working the drive through window at the Arby’s on State Route 79 in Heath, Ohio, should refrain from mocking the customers who haven’t kept up with Arby’s menu changes and don’t know that they haven’t sold potato cakes in a couple years.

Typical wall of words from bengals management. They won’t work hard. They won’t adapt and change. Clearly Tobin is sending the signals: the bengals’ way or the highway (hint: it’s almost always the highway).

On one hand it’s amazing the tight end injuries we’ve had to deal with through the years. But on the other hand it’s most teams. Tight end is a brutal position, these dudes basically get their bodies destroyed.

Agreed, not sure there was a matchup I wanted less than Eagles/Chiefs. I’ll watch it, not sure why.

First concert - 14 years old, 1977, World Series of rock in Cleveland stadium, in order it was Rick Derringer, J Geils Band, Bob Seger, and Peter Frampton. Last concert - few years ago in Columbus, farewell tour for Slayer, openers were Ministry (worst band I’ve ever heard), Phil Anselmo trying to sing some Pantera, and Primus.

The Niners hired Robert Saleh as their new DC. Sad for them that they had to hire a guy who didn’t even rate an interview with us.

Good news: I just saw him down at the Stud Pass Rusher store. He was pushing a shopping cart around. Bad news: Mike was with him, I heard him say we don’t need anything here, we have Myles Murphy at home.

No more training camp shots of guys walking in front of the concrete plant. This kind of ambiance doesn’t grow on trees.

Horrible news - they are going to demolish the concrete plant that sits directly to the south of our practice field.

Per Dehner - “Golden truly never left Cincinnati. When he coached linebackers in 2020-21 he bought a house on the same street as Taylor. They were neighbors, and his three children were in Cincinnati high schools. Golden took the job in South Bend after the Super Bowl, but he didn’t sell his house or move his family. He stayed neighbors and close friends with Taylor despite spending most of his time in-season at Notre Dame.”

Like extending Chase. They should be happy to get him on a long term deal. He should be happy to get a long extension here with Burrow et al. I think in a vacuum, both parties want it and would be happy with it. But instead, as it always seems to with this management team, it turns into an acrimonious shit show.

That was a really long DC search for it not to even be a search. Getting a new DC and a new O line coach should be kind of exciting. I don’t know what it is about them, but the Brown family sucks the fun out of everything.

Pam Landy? She’s standing right next to you. (Skrillex drop).

Signing Grandy was a lot of work. The Dark Triad will take a couple well-deserved weeks off.

Mark Andrews can walk home.

Man I can’t believe that PI call on the Ravens on that last drive. Terrible.

Death penalty for decided on thousands of airings for that charred duck at the Oregon tailgate ad. Also, the main character in that ad is wearing a bad wig.

Bad Lamar makes an appearance, throws a ridiculous pick.

Ravens right out of the gate. 7-0, first drive goes the distance. Lamar looks sharp.

So true. The Texans got robbed in that game.

Turns out the Rams Eagles game was actually good. Ready for this bills ravens divisional game. We won this exact game two years ago.

Yep, the team I most wanted to lose went out and won (helped by the officials), and the team I most wanted to win went out and lost. Not a great year for me and the NFL, from the Bengals on down. Maybe it’s the universe forcing a trade off, we get the buckeyes in the national title game, but we don’t get anything else.

They don’t need to play the 4th quarter, the league is giving it to the Chiefs. Just bring on the lions game.

Robbed on a crucial spot. Wake the fuck up.