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Man OU is kicking Miami all over the place up at Ford Field.

You surely recognize the appeal this has to the Brown family. Cut loose of the guy who needs paid like a top player in the league, replace him with draft picks who will be on their price controlled rookie deal for 4 years. One small hole in this logic - the really good player doesn’t play for your team anymore. I will draw up a Venn diagram of the pros and cons, see what gets overlapped.

The Draft - Before we worry about what deck chair we’re going to draft to put on the Titanic, we should just face reality. It doesn’t matter. The only thing that’s going to change this thing is new coaches. We’ve seen squads do huge turnarounds with new coordinators. That’s our only hope. We need a DC for the ages! Zac’s not getting fired. But maybe they’ll make him give up play calling. In-game strategy is fucked around this place. He needs to get better at that, focus on that, and let someone else focus on calling the plays. Honestly I know it’s a throwback thing but Burrow would probably do a better job. The game is too complicated and moves too fast these days for a qb to do it, but if I see them go shotgun with guys spread on both sides on 4th and 1 again I’ll be even less responsible for my actions than I normally am.

Cade York Appreciation Post: never heard of him

Mims is a bright spot for sure. Love watching him play, dude looks huge even out there with nfl line players.

I really don’t care if we lose this game. Two old ass owners who’ve stubbornly stuck to their outdated ways as the game passed them by. They’ll probably both find a way to lose.

Cody Ford starting at guard, Volson moving to a depth role which is where he should have been all along.

Brown family loves signing FA guys on “prove it” deals. But if the guy plays well and proves it, goodbye. And that philosophy applies to most of their draft picks. Be mediocre, get a second deal. Ball out, goodbye.

Is this correct or did you mean to say sign Chase?

Really an accurate comparison. Early Super Bowl loss, years pass with great qb with great receivers. Nothingness.

Wicked takedown of Mike by a writer in the Enquirer. Among other things, he wrote: “The Cincinnati Bengals lost 27-6 to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday afternoon That's the staffing number difference between the football personnel departments of the franchises. The Steelers have 21 more people evaluating prospective future draft picks and free agents than the Bengals.”

Thinking about getting a couple outfits like Elvis used to wear. Kind of like a cape thing, seriously popped collar. Going to be looking good as a 62-year-old headed down to the IGA to get some black beans and ground turkey! Also some milk.

Dehner just posted an absolute takedown of the defense. Said no one should be safe, Lou must go. Also mentioned the following : (Quoting his article) “Nine of the Bengals’ last 11 top-100 picks came on the defensive side. They aren’t developing. Find a name on the list that has made a positive career progression this year. Maybe two. • 2024 Kris Jenkins (No. 46 pick) • 2024 McKinnley Jackson (97) • 2023 Myles Murphy (28) • 2023 DJ Turner (60) • 2023 Jordan Battle (95) • 2022 Dax Hill (30) • 2022 Cam Taylor-Britt (60) • 2022 Zach Carter (95) • 2021 Joseph Ossai (69) They must get more out of the young players. For two years, that hasn’t happened. Name a young defensive player you confidently build around. Name a defensive player that you confidently slot in as a starter in 2025. The list is on one hand and it’s not offering a high-five.” 9 out of 11 of our highest picks? Find me a bridge from which to jump. This kind of drafting, done in long chunks, cripples organizations like the Bengals. Remember our run on offensive linemen? Wrecked our line for years. He also mentioned our free agents this year, Von Bell, Sheldon Rankins, and Geno Stone. You would almost have to try to whiff so bad on so many draft picks and free agents. Systemic failure from top to bottom.

It truly feels like we’re headed into a ‘90s style slump. Missing badly on draft picks, mentally weak team, bad coaching, losing the physical battle at the line, getting invited behind woodsheds by cranky old-timers. The whole thing. We are not serving Gary Reasons.

Fencman, this is a five star review of the bengals. You are the man.

This franchise can’t be fixed. A culture emerged during the 90s when Mike was desperately hoarding money to buy out all the minority owners, a culture that valued fiscal austerity over everything else. That culture is woven into the fabric of the bengals. Sell the team.

Zac Taylor master class. Use all your timeouts early so you can’t stop the clock while the other team is salting the game away.

Mike Brown accepts mediocrity. Zac Taylor embodies mediocrity.

Fire Zac Taylor. This team is never ready to play. He’s just not a head coach. If he wants to call plays so badly and burnish his reputation as some sort of offensive savant, let him get a job as an OC somewhere.

Mike knows so much more than everyone else about football, he’ll see that change is futile. Run the whole staff back.

Our tackle set up for a short drop, our QB took a deep drop, their end just ran around our guy. New coaching staff needed.

Why do you throw on 3rd and 1 when you need to run the clock? You are in a last possession situation. Zac Taylor absolutely has no feel for momentum or situational football. It’s why he loses close games.

There’s our Russel Wilson!

Active: Colleen Wolf on the NFL Network. Best sports journalist ever.

Well things are officially not going my way these days. That buckeye game was just another load of shit on the shit pile. TJ Watt is probably setting a world record for steroid consumption this week and will drop about 50 sacks on us tomorrow. Jesus fucking Christ.