HoosierCat

Dude you’re a bengals fan. Brain damage is assumed,

Perine might have gone all the way there if the KC oline had held up a second longer

Perine gets 10…

Bs roughing call

True but he’s running like a mofo too. Gotta spy him every play.

Mahomes also sucks

Ravens suck

Oh thanks cob for the thread down on the nfl board. Just merged it here since there’s like five of us and no one looks anyplace but here lol.

Ok he catches another pass and we get Tay Tay, better nbc!

Kelce caught a pass and there was no Taylor Swift reaction shot, fukking bullshit!

I just tuned in, missed Q1 because of the rain delay, first thing I heard was Collinworth and it was instant nails on a chalkboard.

Chase practiced again today. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2024/09/05/jamarr-chase-contract-cincinnati-bengals-new-england-patriots/75088105007/

Wanted to drop this here because it’s got some numbers I had not seen before. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/05/rising-nfl-valuations-massive-returns-for-owners.html

Prisco thinks the Bengals are the only team in the division to come out of week 1 with a win. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/priscos-week-1-nfl-picks-jordan-love-led-packers-torch-eagles-defense-jaguars-win-shootout-in-miami/

Eh, he’s 23. I remember 23. If I met 23 year old me I’d beat the hell out of him. He was a dumbass. He’s got a good team around him, hopefully he takes advantage of it.

All I’ll say re Chase is that I almost hope he doesn’t play, because if they need Chase to beat a nine and a half point underdog at home, then we can shut this site down and focus on yard work and home improvement projects on Sundays.

Not sure what if any work he did but Mims was at practice today as well.

Bengals/Pats gets the CBS B-team, Ian Eagle and Charles Davis.

Yeah, they could use it to solve their "cash on hand" issues, but since a PE investment would be a one-time infusion versus an ongoing revenue stream, it would get depleted pretty quickly. I think the team would be on strong ground if it argued that PE money should be devoted to the capital budget versus the operational budget. Businesses that try to fund operations through one-time sources generally find that it's a bad plan.

I agree, it would be very unlike Mike to let anyone else in the door. But ultimately he may not have a choice. One thing that immediately occurred me when this news came out was that it just became a lot harder for the Bengals to argue they need $300-400-500 million or whatever in taxpayer money to upgrade the stadium. If anything, I think that's where the "no" came from: the NFL just kneecapped him in his stadium negotiations with the county.

Yeah, saw that. Apparently he's dealing with PTSD related to him shooting a guy during a robbery attempt back in 2018. I hope he gets the help he needs.

It's possible I suppose but it's kind of challenging fitting many more in. For example, San Antonio, Austin and Fort Worth are all among the top 12 cities by population, but I don't think Jerrah or the McNairs would be very keen on three more Texas teams. San Diego is the 8th-largest city in the US and just lost its team. Would San Jose, being NoCal, fare any better than SoCal SD? I dunno. How about Columbus? I'm gonna bet Mike sees that as his (and, no doubt grudgingly, the Buckeyes') territory. Omaha? Salt Lake City? Des Moines? Man, if you thought it used to be hard to get FAs to sign in Cincy, wait until you get a call from f**king Omaha. Trust me, I've been there.

Related: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/03/soaring-sports-team-values-pressure-owners-on-taxes-succession.html

The Brown family owns almost all of the team, iirc. I think there’s a couple percent held by some old friend of the family, but for all intents and purposes they own the whole shebang. I’ve seen the family’s net worth estimated in the $2.1 billion range. How much of that is liquid is anyone’s guess. Yeah, Mike spent the 90s buying back “shares” that Paul sold before his death as a scheme to avoid paying estate taxes. This let them pretend to be corporation, but the shares had to be sold back to the Brown family at a set price within a few years of Paul’s death. The IRS sued, of course, and the judge in the case ruled that it absolutely was a tax scam, but unfortunately for them was not actually illegal at the time. Some of the shareholders also sued, saying the set price didn’t reflect the increased value of the team, which was true, but that too got thrown out and they had to sell them back at the pre set price. And of course, Mike famously paid himself and his family members handsomely during the 90s, lots of fat salaries and bonuses while the team burned. NFL definitely wants to expand. Mexico City and London seem the two most likely spots to me right now.

Also Trent Brown getting the opening day start. I’m fully confident in him, but hope Mims’ injury is a fluke and not a taste of things to come.