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We don’t need Myles, we already have Myles at home.

Drafting Burrow, Chase, and Higgins isn’t archaic. It’s the way they manage the cap, employ the smallest scouting dept in the league, make their coaches do the jobs of the aforementioned never hired scout/personnel guys, refuse to hire a non-family member GM, etc. I could go on, but I think we all recognize the self-defeating methods the Bengals have used for the past 35 years.

If Myles actually gets traded it would be great for both him, and for the Browns. Therefore it will never happen. Having Myles obviously is not enough for them to win. They need a qb. But since Truckstop Elon owns the Browns they will continue to be a football version of the Cybertruck - unwanted, stuck in the mud somewhere, and falling apart.

Maybe Hartline will get the OC job. His recruiting alone would justify it.

A little off topic, but damn, now Chip Kelly is leaving the OSU staff. That place is emptying out. Guys will try to pick off our good players now, use all this coaching change as leverage. If you are reading this Jeremiah Smith, stay at OSU. The buckeyes have like 4 or 5 guys in the nfl who are number one receivers on their teams.

First paragraph above - I was referring to Burrow turning the recent years’ Bengals around, the team that, immediately before he arrived, went: 2016 - 6-9 2017 - 7-9 2018 - 6-10 2019 - 2-14 second paragraph above - I don’t think anyone has ever said the FO should be downgraded for drafting or extending Burrow. Not sure who you are arguing with. third paragraph - archaic is what this front office is. Refusal to play cap games, shuffle salary onto signing bonus, backload deals, etc, all modern methods that produce good teams but take a lot of work, flexibility, and willingness to adapt. None of those qualities describe the Brown family FO. Do those methods work? Pretty much every good team employs them. We lost a Super Bowl to a team that went all in using all the cap shenanigans they could. I like Mike Brown, I respect him. I admire him. But his tenure as our defacto GM was a disaster (for the fans, it was successful regarding Brown family goals), and his daughter as our defacto GM employs most of the same strategies and it is not going much better. Watching this roster degrade since the Super Bowl has been depressing.

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.