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Reaching out he SB is a huge achievement but the ensuing yrs we've watch the collapse of the a interior Dline. Can't stop the run?..your fucked

Could not agree more...absolutely unbelievable. How could the refs not see that facemask...on the ballcarrier (who else were they watching instead?)...especially when it's the QB and the league is trying to protect QB's (well, some of them anyway). I have mixed feelings about how Joe handles it too....I mean I don't want him to be a whiney little bitch like Mahommes, but it frustrates me that he just quietly walks away without saying a word. It's one of the things that makes him "Joe" and endearing to fans, but I dunno how he just takes it.

That's why they pay the great Andy Reid 20 mil per. He's a difference maker.

IIRC the rumor was Higgins was looking for a contract just above Michael Pittman Jr.'s

He "employs" a SI swimsuit model? Lol

and they are fining the players left and right except never see a fine for the Ref who never called a penalty, odd, eh.

It is absolutely criminal how often penalties happen to Burrow that don't get called.

This seems it up all too well. Yes, smart teams move money around from one year to another. The Eagles, for example, have a cap specialist who knows how to create extra cap space without endangering the team's long term cap health. They do this because they are always all-in trying to win. They are as aggressive at working the salary cap as the Bengals are stubbornly unaggressive. It is maddening.

https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2024/12/10/who-is-olivia-ponton-model-reported-joe-burrow-home-break-in/76895593007/

I heard on the radio it’s some Sports Illistrated swimsuit model. Olivia Ponton?

Lacking about 3 dozen convictions, to be precise. Probably a few more for treason if Merrick Garland had a spine.

Good point but I don't trust them to do that. Plus, in their defense, it's a lot easier and safer to sign one of the few great players we have instead of betting on finding a new one. Those guys typically aren't FA without some baggage, injuries or having lost a step. It'd be nice if we could trade Higgins for another Bates + a player to be named later but in all likelihood we end up with a fixer-upper or just magic beans and a comp pick. Burton is off playing video poker and Higgins is here making plays, but IDK if they let that pressure them. I think they'd have no problem drafting another first round WR & to hell with roster building. Someone will pay Tee WR1 money with guarantees, and it'd be foolish to match that deal after promising Chase even more. This is part of why QBs have been the only ones expecting guaranteed contracts.

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The team can certainly afford to give Chase and Higgins new contract extensions after this season. The question is whether it would be wise to extend Tee. His tag number is about 26 mil and that would bring in a top tier defensive free agent or a couple of solid players.

I have been advocating for resigning Tee for a while now. I honestly think he's another guy who's price went up this year. Recent article from the Pats saying he was going to be a priority FA target and they'd "offer him the moon". Cutting Stone, Hubbard and Rankins next year frees up a lot of cap space. And if Chase and Higgins really want to stay together, it makes those deals you can negotiate and structure at the same time. It's a long shot.

For what it's worth, Spotrac says fair value for Tee is less than 19 mil per year. They have his comps as guys making in the upper 20s but discount his pay by a good bit due to all the snaps he misses from injury.

I think it said it was someone "employed" by JoeyB? Maybe a housekeeper/maid?

The police were called by someone who lives there. I thought Burrow broke up with his long time girlfriend? Does he have someone new?

Joe was on the old school 5th year option rules, jamarr is on the new school 5th year option, which is a huge difference as well. Joes deal was incredibly easy to get done with it being done when and how it got done.

Not a lot of wiggle room in his already team friendly contract structure, and jamarr is not interested in anything except the max pennies he can squeeze out of his deal upcoming. Here is the structure of Joes deal: So while it is 5 years 55 per, the cap hits, never reach that number until the last year, it looks like they put 27 mil in bonus money on his 4th and 5th years of his rookie deal, which the 5th year option of that deal is the current season of 2024, there are also 500k yearly and 1.25mil a year incentives that he needs to win the AFCC or the SB to get, which are indeed part of the 255mil total number, so without incentives its a 248.75mil deal give or take. The team did a great job is projecting and keeping his cap hit around the 16% of the total cape range, i cant imagine that 2029 year exists in its current form no matter what plays out, either he gets a new massive extension after 2028, and that year is converted to a bonus and split over the next 5 years or his career falls shy an d is done playing or whatever, but that final year is about as close as the bengals ever get to a "fake year" at the end of a deal, its 100% doable, but the odds of it standing as is are close to nothing. So with this structure model, apply that so chase, see the bengals were down for the ultras early extensions ask from Chases agent, as they could have pulled off this same thing, but now theyll be working with one less season to do so. so if he gets 5x for 35 per, thats $175 mil, probably 140-150 guaranteed, possible its 100% guaranteed, but not super likely, but def possible. so if you cant eat 5% of the deal in bonuses over 2 years you only have 1 year, and his fifth year option is already 21-22mil. so there really isnt much to spread, if you wanted to take the same angle of the base salary for the 5 years. If yo take 10-15 mil of the garauntees and split them up over 6 instead of 5 years. what can you make work? Imaginary cap hit numbers: this is if you eat 20-30 mil next years cap as cash then spread it over 6 years instead of 5. 2025: 22+15 bonus from extensions 2026 - 25mil cap hit 2027 - 29mil cap hit 2028 - 31mil cap hit 2029 - 35mil cap hit 2030 - 40mil cap hit that would be 5/$175 with reasonable cap numbers for jamarr and joe for the next 2-3 years together. Had they been able to ink this deal this year, they could ahve eaten 5 mil this year, on the cap side, but honestly 1 mil isnt likely to be a factor year in and year out. Here is joes cash in hand payouts of his years so give that perspective as well.

He'd be an exclusive rights free agent, ie one the Bengals can hold the rights to simply by offering him the minimum salary.

It’s not even a procedure. I will be able to go skiing in a few days if I want to. I am good.

The hang-up I see here is getting Tee to accept that he is on the next level below Ja'Marr. That's really good, but it's not the best in the NFL. He's also missed a number of games. There are teams out there willing to ignore all that because they don't even have a WR on the level below Tee. If he's looking for the maximum payday above all else, which is perfectly valid if so, that's not going to be with the Bengals.

At this point if Joe says he wants a moon base bachelor pad they better hand Troy a toolbox and shove some bottle rockets up his ass

Here's hoping you're out of said room quickly, whatever the reason, FWIW. And +1 for Kay. Way ahead of the competition and not trying half as hard, which I think is a big part of the appeal. She seems like she's having fun. I bet she rolls perfect spliffs. 😆' I'd like to see her get an endorsement deal for some infused snacks or like, Kingsford charcoal or something. Certainly got her own brand going for her now.