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Furry is EXACTLY the kind of guy the Bengals will bring in and to tell you the truth, I think Furry would do well here, but Henderson wouldn't bother me either...

Sorry I had to chuckle at that :lol:

I agree with you in that I want Crabtree to fall to us at #6. So we can trade down and take a player that actually makes sense for the Bengals. I like to chuckle to...

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For the love of god sign coles before we end up with Ashley Lelie...

I agree with you in that I want Crabtree to fall to us at #6. So we can trade down and take a player that actually makes sense for the Bengals. I like to chuckle to...

Agreed!

If we sign Lelie I am going to be very frustrated. How is the guy still in the league?

Whoever said Coles isn't as good as Henderson is an idiot. I do agree that Henderson is a better deep threat, and he is younger, but he has brick hands.

He is very inconsistent and Coles is a solid veteran that could help develop our youngsters.

I watch the Jets and Saints heavily along with the Colts once the Bengals season is lost (Usually by week 5....lol) and I know that Coles is a better fit for the team.

I wouldn't be opposed to signing Henderson and cutting Henry though, they are very similar type players!

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I do not think anyon said Henderson was a better player than Coles, though I do think long term Henderson would be a better option. Henderson is 6 years younger and would likely be less expensive than the 6 million + per season Coles is rumored to want. I figure Mike brown would love the less expensive part.

Both bring big play ability to the table. Last year, henderson had 32 catches for 732 yards (24.5 yards per catch) with

3 TDS.

If the Bengals do sign Coles, I will not be disappointed as he still has some considerable game left. If Coles would help get the Bengals to the playoffs I would be thrilled. I would just like to see team go a little younger and get a guy whom they could keep long term.

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I do not think anyon said Henderson was a better player than Coles, though I do think long term Henderson would be a better option.

I am not too worried about the long term. I want to win. I am looking at the next two years or so. We already have some young WRs on the roster and always have the opportunity to add more.

Chad and Coles will be a good combo with Caldwell in the slot. Coles can give us a solid option until Caldwell and Simpson are ready to take over...which Caldwell may be ready to do anyway.

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Brad Johansen said on the news that Coles is using the TJ contract as his starting point and is looking for that type of commitment

If that's the case i'll pass and I doubt another team would give him the same contract being that Bengals and Vikings didn't want to give TJ that kind of money

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Brad Johansen said on the news that Coles is using the TJ contract as his starting point and is looking for that type of commitment

Coles < Housh

I'll pass on giving Coles a deal similar to the Housh deal. My guess is that a quality FA WR signing is merely to enable a Chad trade. While I welcome a Chad trade, I don't want to offer a stupid contract to an aging vet just to get it done. Don't act in desperation. Just trade Chad and continue rebuilding.

P.S. As long as we're speculating about FA WR's that are inferior to Housh, Why not the man he replaced in Bobby Engram? He might be a little old, but he has good hands. Look, would you rather have Laveranues Coles at $6 million or Engram at $2 M? Especially when Coles is just as injury prone. I'd say any signing would be a short term stop gap for Simpson and Caldwell's development anyway... so if it's up to me, I say spend less money on WR's and more on other positions of need.

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Brad Johansen said on the news that Coles is using the TJ contract as his starting point and is looking for that type of commitment

There is no way in hell that he gets anywhere close to the same contract as TJ, Laveranues is known to be injury prone plus he doesn't come with the best of reps. Coles went on record questioning his quarterback while the Jet's were trying to make a playoff run, that just something that you don't do.

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Brad Johansen said on the news that Coles is using the TJ contract as his starting point and is looking for that type of commitment

There is no way in hell that he gets anywhere close to the same contract as TJ, Laveranues is known to be injury prone plus he doesn't come with the best of reps. Coles went on record questioning his quarterback while the Jet's were trying to make a playoff run, that just something that you don't do.

Injury Prone? the guys missed games 2 years,3 his rookie season & 4 in 2007.....Vs TJ who's only played 16 games 3 out of 8 seasons....The guy has also shown he can be a 1# WR.......But I do agree that he won't get the same contract as TJ because he's plan B not plan A....just bad reasoning to why he wont....

PS,For those who keep commenting on age Derrick Mason seems to do pretty well for a older WR who was signed past his prime...More so when the guy never had a decent QB till last year with the rookie...

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Lewis just said something is in the works?

He said another signing was imminent, but refused to say it was Coles. They've also been talking to FB's and backup QB's so it's possible that's what he meant.

I'm betting it's Coles and the Bills have a 3 year, 18 million dollar offer on the table. Expect something like 3 years and 20 million from us.

Did anyone else notice in Benson's one-on-one with Hobson, he mentioned Coles by name as joining the team,with relative certanty?

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Lewis just said something is in the works?

He said another signing was imminent, but refused to say it was Coles. They've also been talking to FB's and backup QB's so it's possible that's what he meant.

I'm betting it's Coles and the Bills have a 3 year, 18 million dollar offer on the table. Expect something like 3 years and 20 million from us.

Did anyone else notice in Benson's one-on-one with Hobson, he mentioned Coles by name as joining the team,with relative certanty?

Cool with me,Hopefully we have redskins on the phone 3 seconds following his signing ;)

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Cool with me,Hopefully we have redskins on the phone 3 seconds following his signing ;)

Sending Coles back to them (that'd be fun!)

o_O Yes because the Redskins would trade for Coles rather then sign him as a FA...Acourse I meant trade Chad after we sign coles =P silly goose...

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unfortunately the skins only have four picks in the entire draft and two in the first four rounds. i don't think they'd be willing to give up any more, but we are talking about dan snyder.

also, they took two receivers in the second round last year (devin thomas, malcolm kelly) so that's another strike against them wanting ocho, again that doesn't take into account the dan snyder factor

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Cool with me,Hopefully we have redskins on the phone 3 seconds following his signing ;)

Sending Coles back to them (that'd be fun!)

o_O Yes because the Redskins would trade for Coles rather then sign him as a FA...Acourse I meant trade Chad after we sign coles =P silly goose...

With the number 13 pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the Bengals select...............Rey Magualaga from the University of Southern California......................after using the sixth pick on Eugene Monroe

or

With the number 13 pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the Bengals select...............Michael Oher from the University of Mississippi............after using the sixth pick on Michael Crabtree

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I think it means Coles as well. They still have a visit with Losman lined up for Thursday and I can't see them rushing a decision like backup QB when they have no reason to do so. If Coles signs on and they have the chance to trade Chad, I would be overly thrilled.

Coles, Henry, Simpson, Caldwell, and whoever else would be a big change for the fans, but it would open things up DRASTICALLY in the draft adding picks.

Probably still won't happen, but I can always hope...

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