General AFC North thread

[101Airborne]

Kek

[HoosierCat]

Thought this was worth sharing. Contrary to popular opinion, the Bengals are not a bad team (at least over the last decade), just an average squad in the same mediocre pile with teams like the Charger, Bears and Panthers. You know who is epically bad? Cleveland. Only the Jags are even remotely close to their pathetic 42 wins. Even perennial punchline Detroit is light years closer to Cincy than the Clowns.

[HoosierCat]

Bengals 12th. Solid.

 

[AMPHAR]

22 hours ago, HoosierCat said:

Thought this was worth sharing. Contrary to popular opinion, the Bengals are not a bad team (at least over the last decade), just an average squad in the same mediocre pile with teams like the Charger, Bears and Panthers. You know who is epically bad? Cleveland. Only the Jags are even remotely close to their pathetic 42 wins. Even perennial punchline Detroit is light years closer to Cincy than the Clowns.

The Bengals just never really shook that 90s label.    Like next year when they make the playoffs there will be some talking head spewing this isn't your "same ole Bengals".     Bengals move slowly for change but they haven't been that lowly and hopeless for a long time.  Literally anything positive that happens to the Bengals people start spouting off "This isn't the same Bengals".

Eventually a micro phone will find its way to a former player talking about jock straps or something that happened 30 years ago.

That's why it was funny to me when they trolled Joe Thomas about the cart. 

What decade is this?  

[101Airborne]

On 1/19/2022 at 2:05 PM, HoosierCat said:

 

I've said it a thousand times and I think this really helps prove it; the Bengals would be a middle to upper tier squad in most other divisions. Imagine what our record would be like if we were swapped with the Pats or the Colts. Even being in the AFCN, we still have as many or nearly as many wins as many of the second place teams in other divisions. 

[Stripes]

The AFC South is so incredibly terrible.

[AMPHAR]

1 hour ago, 101Airborne said:

I've said it a thousand times and I think this really helps prove it; the Bengals would be a middle to upper tier squad in most other divisions. Imagine what our record would be like if we were swapped with the Pats or the Colts. Even being in the AFCN, we still have as many or nearly as many wins as many of the second place teams in other divisions. 

I would love to dump Baltimore for Indy.   Would add nice road trips for the whole division. 
 

Would have sucked during Peyton years. 

[Stripes]

I've long suggested a three-way swap of the Dolphins, Ravens, and Colts to make the divisions make sense. Colts to the AFCN, Dolphins to the AFCS, and Ravens to the AFCE. I know it'd screw with "rivalries", but who cares.

[Wraith]

Frankly just swapping Baltimore and Indy would make a ton of sense.   Baltimore in the AFC North makes as much sense as booking a winter vacation in Duluth.

[membengal]

Wink Martindale came for Burrow and...Wink Martindale no longer has a job as DC in Baltimore

[ArmyBengal]

I saw that too Mem.
Martindale out in Baltimore.

Guess Baltimore wasn’t ready to buy a gold jacket for him, huh??

Fuck Face !!

[membengal]

you come for Burrow, you best not miss

[Wraith]

I totally think Burrow got Wink fired.....

[AMPHAR]

Bart Scott is dumb….none of those Raven or D coaches are going to be around to revenge the supposed running up the score

[101Airborne]

2 hours ago, AMPHAR said:

Bart Scott is dumb….none of those Raven or D coaches are going to be around to revenge the supposed running up the score

What's especially stupid about the "running up the score" thing is that they did the exact same thing last year. I've seen Raven's fans bitch about this while admitting it. Somehow it's all well and good if their guy is trying to set a record though!

[HoosierCat]

 

[Wraith]

I bet Ja'Marr Chase has a profound impact on the 2022 draft....the NFL is a copycat league and I bet other teams will overdraft WR trying to capture lightning in a bottle...thing is ...there are no Ja'Marr Chases in this draft

[Stripes]

He's certainly going to encourage at least three teams to overdraft/sign in the secondary.

[ArmyBengal]

I’ve thought the same thing. How many teams will try to pair college WR/QB combos, thinking there will be better chemistry ?? While it’s not a bad idea in and of itself, those QB’s and WR’s aren’t Burrow and Chase.

Good luck with that…

[HoosierCat]

Heh heh heh

 

[TJJackson]

whos that guy way in the back?

He looks kinda familiar

[COB]

Ben in the front row.  Hey Steeler fans, the 4 AFC QBs in the divisional round were Burrow, Mahomes, Allen, and Tannehill.  Who you guys have?  No one, but you at least have a tough talking coach.  Enjoy the basement fuckheads.

[ArmyBengal]

3 minutes ago, COB said:

Ben in the front row.  Hey Steeler fans, the 4 AFC QBs in the divisional round were Burrow, Mahomes, Allen, and Tannehill.  Who you guys have?  No one, but you at least have a tough talking coach.  Enjoy the basement fuckheads.

It's not the best year to need a QB in the draft from most accounts.
I don't see much I think will be impact players.

[Stripes]

They're not quite out of it until Aaron Rodgers signs with someone else.

[ArmyBengal]

I don't see the Steelers being big spenders on a QB, but they are on the bottom rung in the AFC North so who knows.