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Yes, the inevitable nihilism arrives. Yes. Let it flow.

Love this thread. Let the hate flow.

So when will you give us the bad news? It’s all true. This is Mike keeping the bengals FO methods and operations stagnant for the last 25 years while the rest of the league innovated and evolved. This is the result. And why should anyone be surprised? Guys in their 70s and 80s aren’t exactly known for malleable, outside the box, thinking. Mike is a traditionalist, he’s incredibly fiscally conservative, and he’s operating in an arena that rewards the opposite. This defense could be fixed. In the nfl defenses are way easier to turn around than offenses. The frustrating thing is we know they won’t do it. Can’t pay a big money vet when a draft pick on his rookie deal can do the job almost as well. In the NFL almost means you missed the tackle and their RB scored. Which is us right now. The jets ran over us. Hamilton County and Cincy should seize the team through eminent domain. We’ll be like the Packers.

Lol.

Ok we’ll be waiting a bit longer to get a good look at Matt Lee. Still have high hopes for this dude.

Me: “well, the season’s shot, Brown family sucks, at least I have Monday Night Football, I wonder who’s playing. /Looks it up, sees that it’s the Chiefs, AGAIN/ Jesus what did I do to deserve this?”

Yea he said he wants someone to step up and be a leader. Unfortunately your leader is usually your best, or close to your best, veteran. None of our veterans are very good. Hendrickson is absolutely not a leader, that’s all I’ll say about him. Jessie Bates and DJ Reader were both leaders, and are undoubtedly leaders on the Falcons and the Lions. I am very encouraged by the play of some of our young linebackers and defensive backs. Defensive ends and defensive linemen are lacking, obviously. Honestly, it’s fixable. It was fixable last off season and the front office did absolutely nothing.

The rest of the league invests in scouting and various up to date methods in all aspects of their football operations. The Brown family does nothing. The gap is widening, we’re falling further behind in all aspects.

Watching the game on cbs was enlightening. These networks overpay for the nfl so they can use it as a platform for their own programming. Network tv viewership drops every year. CBS was shilling their old lady detective show, and a Blake Shelton country singer reality show. No.

The Brown family is eternally reactive, never proactive. They wait until something is absolutely destroyed before they try to address it. They’re always too late.

Taylor will “take responsibility” for this absolute superfund site of a football game. What a hero. BTW, taking “responsibility” in the Brown family business means nothing. No one is responsible for anything.

Murphy is an absolute bust. I can’t believe he’s still playing.

Yea he’s really fallen off. It feels like a huge victory any time he manages to catch a pass.

I’m so done with Taylor. I don’t know what level of incompetence he needs to display to get fired.

We were gashing them with on our run game on the previous series. This was coaching malpractice.

All right, 3 pass plays instead. Fail. Learn how to win football games Taylor you fucking moron.

Ok bengals time for a clock eating drive full of heavy runs.

Uh, lack of pass rush is killing us.

Damn. That was quite a drive.

Their running back is a tank.

Yes! Perine is a beast!

If Flacco were in high school, his football coach would make him run track in the spring.

If you want to stay sane, don’t ever watch Murphy fail to set the edge on that Fields keeper.

Jets defense hits hard, they tackle well. Just the fundamentals, I admire the way they play.

I think Bill Cowher had some CTE roto-rootered out of his brain or something. I can actually understand what he’s mumbling/drooling this year.