Prophecy

Passed up some good LB's, CB's, a Safety (McNeil-Warren) and Olinemen for more Dline. This front office needs to either pick or sign good players and stop wasting resources on the same damn position. Who are they going to play at DE? Their 1st Rd pick from 3 years ago Myles Murphy? Their 1st Rd pick last year Shemar Stewart? Mafe, who they just gave $20 million a year? You gonna pay a guy $20M to be a rotational piece? Or the 2nd Rd Pick this year? How about DT? The guy you traded a 1st Rd pick for? The 2nd Rd Pick from 2 years ago? The guy (Hill) you gave a 3 year $33M contract to a year ago? Or the guy (Allen) you gave a 2 yr $25 million deal? Maybe TJ Slaton? 3rd Rd picl McKinley Jackson? I'm sure these young players will improve greatly with the 10-15 snaps they'll see a game. BRILLIANT!!! My point is, they spent way too much money and draft capital on the Dline. Their Oline has ZERO depth, and they only have 2 damn LB's who have problems tackling. Why improve on starters and get better, when you can just draft and sign more rotational Dlinemen? Screw it, draft some more Dlineman with your next few picks. Roster 15 of them. Apparently thats the only side of the trenches that matters. Heaven forbid something happen to one of the Olinemen... Burrow is screwed. No knock on Howell, he seems decent, but they are running out of money and premium draft picks and still need LB help, a Nickle CB and Oline depth/replacements. Karras needs replacing.

ALL IN....Trade up for Jermod McCoy!!!

Damn. Caleb Downs would have been available at #10. Still happy with Dexter Lawrence, but damn....

Here's an offseason question? Why the F*ck dont the Bengals reach out to every recently retired DE to bring them in for a month in the offseason to coach up Shemar Stewart? Invest in your damn investment! While some guys like Jason Taylor (U of Miami) and Dwight Freeney (Syracuse) may have obligations with some schools (i believe they can still do individual coaching) there are guys like Jared Allen practicing Curling, and as far as I know, the original "Freak" Jevon Kearse is mentoring kids in Florida. Fly them out, give them $50k-$100k for a month or two to just show Stewart (and Myles) some techniques and tips? No offense to Bengals Dline coach Jerry Montgomery, but he was a DT who didn't know jack about playing DE. These kids need a mentor with proven success at the position!

The only 2 players I really wanted at #10 were Sonny Styles and Caleb Downs. Since it looks like both probably wouldn't be available, Sexy Dexy is a better "get" for the Bengals. Didn't want another CB there (I want our 2 extended) or a DE with the shortest arms of any 1st Rd pick in 20 years, as i don't have any faith in the coaching staff to develop him and show him how to overcome that at the NFL level. 1st Rd Grade A (if Styles and Downs both end up being gone by 10, this turns into an A+)

Would be more entertaining if they hired Omar Epps to do a Mike Tomlin impersonation.

Agreed. This also HUGELY helps LB's Barrett Carter and Demetrius Knight.

Lawrence is better than anyone they would have drafted at 10. Really like it. My question is, how much do the Bengals have to eat, to cut Johnathan Allen now? Don't need him.

I'll admit, when i saw that Dexter Lawrence wanted a trade, I immediately thought, get on the damn phone!!! Then reality sunk in and I realized, that even if they did give up some picks, they would NEVER give him the new contract he is looking for. They would try and make him play out the 2 years left. Also, Mikey and family dont guarantee anything more than the 1st year, and the reason why Sexy Dexy wants a trade is because he wants a new market rate deal with guaranteed money (his deal has no guarantees left).

This is what "All In" looks like.

Good. Didn't want Josh Johnson as option #2 if something went wrong.

The BEST Punter, is the one you hardly ever have to use. -Confucious

Word out of Buffalo is, he is still trying to sign the contract. Apparently, he tried to grab a pen off the table to sign, but failed to wrap it up, whiffed, and fell to the floor. Got juked by a BIC

I dont want to turn this into the draft thread either, but I believe Styles fits what the Bengals still need the most. The size and numbers seem similar between him and Reese, but I'll take Styles who was credited with only 2 missed tackles all last season (Hell, Knight and Barrett had more than 2 missed tackles each game) and a converted Safety who is excellent in coverage. Thats one of the biggest holes in the defense, and has been my fantasy football cheat code for the last couple of years (Streaming any TE playing against the Bengals, even a 2nd string TE) I'd trade up for him, but the Bengals wouldn't.

Allen might help. Hard to get excited about it, but I fully understand that the Bengals will never get top tier guys because these cheap fu*ks still never want to guarantee anything more than the 1st year of a contract. Top players want security.

Good extension. I'd rather have continuity along the Oline and Brown is at least average. Potentially having 3 starters on the Oline as free agents next offseason worried me. Still should have given Risner 2 or 3 years, but it is what it is.

I hope you're right, but after the past couple of offseasons, he has some built up animosity, so he will have that extra drive for at least 2 games a season. Can't discount anger as motivation.

I think you have to draft best OT available at #10. Need a Brown replacement next year, but also someone who can step in if there is an injury because Bengals have no depth at Tackle and play in a division with Killer Pass Rushers. #ProtectJoeBurrow

4 years $112 m (could go up to $120m with incentives) Trey used to abuse Orlando Brown when Brown was in KC. I'm sure he will again. Poor Burrow.

While I don't think Downs would make it past KC at #9 espcially after losing Cook, unless they go CB for a McDuffie replacement, I agree and still jump on Caleb Downs. A Secondary of Turner, Hill, Cook & Downs looks game changing.

JFM signing with the Titans 3 years $63m with $42m guaranteed All while Mikey's taking his afternoon nap

Damn. Sorry to hear. RIP Billy. Always liked his takes. Was a good guy.

Thanks. Glad to be back. I see a lot of familiar names i remember from the past. You, Hoosier, TJJackson, Volcom, COB and many more. One guy i havent seen since I've been back (hope he's still ok) is BengalszoneBilly?

This would be how things would play out if the Bengals had a Real GM. Imaginary GM: Hey Mike, we can get Rashan Gary for a 4th RD pick. Mike Brown: But then we'd have to pay him, right? Imaginary GM: Hey Mike, we can get Minkah Fitzpatrick for a 7th Rd Pick. Mike Brown: But then we'd have to pay him, right?

Mikey's going to bring up a vote in the next owner's meeting, to ban guaranteeing more than the 1st year of a contract.