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The days of “running through a ball carrier” are over. Yes… good solid tackling is still OK, but anything more insistent and it’s

Long way from kickoff so who knows but if this counts as "all in" to them, well.. no wonder. Comp picks or a couple mil in guarantees bleeding into a 2nd year aren't a consideration for a team that's committed to taking advantage of a rapidly closing SB window. That's more like nailing it shut. I want to see pants-on-fire full-send wheeling and dealing. Not half measures.

I heard outside of Lloyd they were not very serious.

Yeah, I'd like to see the Bengals beat reports call Duke out on his obvious lie about being "all in". If the team restructured Burrow, Chase, and Higgins, they could add 45 mil in cap space for 2026. And if they don't find players worth that much, they can just carry it forward into 2027. They aren't obligated to spend it. But it gives them more options and they actively don't want that. So we aren't getting anything close to what Burrow asked for, a change in the way the team operates. We'll see how well letting another season slide works out for them.

Yeah, I suspect the Bengals are holding back in free agency in hopes of getting that precious end of 3rd round next year comp pick. That's a terrible way to run a franchise but entirely credible. Allen doesn't count in the comp pick formula because he was cut by the Vikings. But so was Javon Hargrave who is a better player at this point in their careers and could replace Slaton. He also cost less than Allen. Allen was a great player at Alabama and was a mid first round pick. But it's been several years since he was better than average.

Read somewhere they lost out on Chenal, Lloyd, & probably others over not doing 2nd year guarantees. Apparently everyone else does this but you know, priorities. I bet those teams they went to will learn their lesson, or whatever-the-fuck The Family think they're proving by proudly fighting with one hand behind their backs.. Can only assume this is part of trying to front-load contracts for max cap value?

I'd hoped replacing Slaton would be the priority but you know, the comp picks, I didn't think of the comp picks

Should've traded him 2 years ago when this started going sour. Instead they wanted to prove some point that's already lost on everyone and here we are... But hey! They might have earned the 99th overall pick next year, so who really won in the end?

No, teams are looking for Kyle Hamilton-Nick Emmanwori-Derwin James big bodies who can run and play the position. It gives them flexibility to move around and disguise the coverage better when you have a guy who can both play deep and in the box. Downs is an excellent open field tackler and can play near the line but he's also not very big and it's reasonable to wonder if he'd be durable there. Guys like Haulcy or McNeil-Warren are bigger.

I'll guess the most likely in order will be Downs-Bain-Styles.

They need some kind of enforcer back there that gets people on the ground. Not about big hits so much as playing full contact. Anyone that will try to run through a ball carrier instead of the grabbing & shoving stuff we've been seeing from them.

Why does anyone think Allen will be starting ahead of Hill? And Allen isn't really a NT to replace Slaton.

Brisker for only 5.5 is a great deal for the Stoolers. Bengals should have signed Chenal or Greenlaw or even DeMario Davis. Barrett Carter was terrible last year and isn't a 3 down player. Also should have gone after Hargrave rather than Allen from the Vikings cuts.

Isn’t that size/style of safety passé in today’s game? They can no longer tattoo receivers any longer…and other than getting headlong into run support…are no longer even that effective against TE’s A three-virtual FS backfield would be more effective, one would think

How so?

As a body, sure. Not as an answer to the hole at DT. This just seems like another Slaton. Treading water. Going into the draft desperate for a DT - or any position - is how they end up reaching.

I think we got a good safety in Cook but time will tell. Pittsburgh got themselves another head hunter, from what I saw in Chicago.

I think one (but only one) of Bain/Styles/Downs will be available at pick 10.

They need a DJ Reader/Domata Peko-type to put next to him. If they can figure out a way to make that happen, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with this signing. Add another guy in the 2nd or 3rd round to come in and compete with Slaton/Jenkins and they’ll be an improved group overall.

And why would he? He could still end up a starter by default, just like Murphy has failed upwards doing the bare minimum. They'd rather freeze them out & talk shit through back channels than cut them and eat the dead cap money. None of these dudes give a shit about Mike Brown's "legacy" and it shows. The bosses unceremoniously shitcan team captains while talking up frauds like OBjr.. Kiss ass and it's a job for life. Everyone in that locker room knows the score & a lot of them are only there for a paycheck, which is fucking normal. WTF do they think this is, the Red Cross? For just 3 million dollars you can fund this unfortunate Jermaine Burton... They get what they're willing to accept. It's a fucking business, not Super Best Friends Build a Treehouse. Cornball aw shucks Mayberry's Ma & Pa Kettle save the farm-ass management has no place in the NFL. "We're like a (dysfunctional) family" type shit. Soft from the top down. If Jenkins and Jackson are such lazy disappointments fucking fire them or get used to lazy employees. How is this organization always the victim? So unfair! sniffle JFC already with the high school drama. Figure it out. In rotation with what? I'm sure there will be a lot of rotating going on as they're pancaked to the turf, along with throwing whatever scrubs make up their depth chart at the problem hoping one suddenly sticks. FFS go get Reader so there are at least 2 legitimate starting DT's on the roster.

I'd be very surprised if Reese is available at 10