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yeah methodman doesnt wanna do it unless he gets a huge cut, he is the draw, they do definitely take turns on stage, raekwon isnt looking great, ghostface also not in super good health. methodman looks 30 and jacked, inspectah deck also in great health.

Well, no, but it's also thousands of years old and translated through half a dozen different languages before English, by various people with their own agendas... So there's probably a Bible quote for any position you care to take, regardless.

They have to spend a certain % over a certain number of years, pro-rated, averaged, etc etc... I'm sure there are ways to game it in their favor just like some other teams are able to juggle salaries to barely stay under the cap. Heh... suckers. 🥷 So maybe it's not going into their account, but it's not coming out, either.

Bengals QB Joe Burrow Grades Viewers Lip-Reading Skills, Details Heated Sideline Exchange with Zac TaylorJay Morrison Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow talks to a Netflix producer during an episode in the new season of "Quarterback." / Courtesy of Netflix CINCINNATI – Toward the end of last year’s Week 15 win at Tennessee, FOX cameras caught a heated exchange between Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor and quarterback Joe Burrow. Taylor didn’t provide any context to the situation in his postgame press conference, saying only, “It was just a conversation back and forth.” And though Burrow was wearing a microphone during the game, that week’s episode of “Hard Knocks: In-Season With the AFC North” opted to air only Taylor’s comments, leaving many to test their lip-reading skills to discern what had Burrow chaffed. In the new season of the Netflix documentary “Quarterback,” no lip reading is needed. The exchange is featured in Episode 6, which is the same one that features Burrow going into more detail about the burglary at his home than he previously has. The episode shows some of Burrow’s great plays, such as the touchdown to Chase Brown in which he scrambles while holding on to the ball for 9.013 seconds before throwing it, and his deep touchdown pass to Tee Higgins to set the single-season franchise record. But it also focuses on the large number of pre-snap penalties, which is what led to the exchange between Burrow and Taylor. After one false start, Burrow yells “What in the f—k are we doing, man?” as he walks off the field. “Wake the f—k up,” he adds. The show cuts to a shot of Burrow sitting on the bench in the final seconds of the game, shaking his head. That’s when Taylor approaches. Here’s the transcript: Taylor: “What to finish the game. That’s a great drive finishing. I know it’s frustrating …” Burrow: “That’s an embarrassing performance by us. F—king embarrassing.” Taylor: “I know. We’ll address it. But at the same time, let’s enjoy some of these wins and …” Burrow: “F—k that. F—k that. We sucked today. That was embarrassing. We jumped offsides f--king eight times.” Taylor: “I know that. I know that.” The show cuts to a sit-down interview with Taylor in a Bengals meeting room. “Sometimes I walk into an emotional moment, and I know I’m walking into an emotional moment, and it becomes a really emotional moment,” he says with a laugh. “And they may be viewed as conflict. It’s really just passion for the game.” That's followed by a montage of shots of Burrow stewing on the bench as a quote from him as played as a voiceover. “I understand that we won the game, and we want to be happy that we won the game, but at the same time, when things aren’t good enough, I’m not gonna act like they were.” https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/bengals-qb-joe-burrow-grades-viewers-lip-reading-skills-details-heated-sideline-exchange-with-zac-taylor-01jzk6m0vd9s?fbclid=IwY2xjawLZYaZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETExdU1KZjgxd0RlQlNlT0tUAR4PCXBMAQEDJP7x7CzhaHXw-Ct1c4Lpckd66K6l-PwaTVbVrrlQlbX44AmU2g_aem_UQKnOF1ZA_D9ORcHKAcwRQ

That's probably the case. I was just mentioning the "big name" guards that fans had been clamoring for over the off season. I don't think any of the others on that list I put up are signing until training camps start, some might wait until after training camps to see which teams have a dire need due to injuries or sucky players. Some might just say F-it and retire. No coach is going to go out and say Player-A on the team sucks so bad we really need Player-B but he won't get off the couch until midway through training camp so we'll just string Player-A along until then just in case. Their job is to blow smoke up everyone's ass until they have the replacement in position.

Yeah, that's the weird part. They contractually have to spend a certain % of the salary cap. So it's just a matter of deciding which players to give it to. It's not as if the money they don't spend goes into the family bank account.

I could be mistaken but wasn't Becton pretty much of a dick when he came for a visit?

How many teams are going to be interested in Volson when he's 30? Lucas Patrick? Seems to me with $30+M in cap space and a lot of questions at both Guard positions... Might be worth getting one of these guys as insurance. But who am I to question the winning ways of The Family?

One thing all of these guys have in common... is that none of the other 31 teams have signed them either. That's pretty much every FA "guard" I've heard mentioned for the Bengals. The only one that lots of people mentioned that they did "miss out" on was Mekhi Becton.

This doesn't look like a team trying to maximize the window for their 28 year old QB.

Oh you guys think they read that thing?

Good points. Yet, what I was driving at was something underlying it all--political will and culture. After all, we decide what the zoning laws are, as well as the other requirements for ordering our society. In the link I posted, it wasn't only the housing parts that made me think it worth passing on, it was the little middle section where he listed all kinds of developments that the Chinese have undertaken in the past 30 years. It's fairly astounding, if you think on it. (And not unlike the post-Civil War industrial progress of the U.S.) And the truth of it all is this: our culture is rotten. We've forgotten who we are and what we are capable of accomplishing. As T-Dub said, we prefer building Alcatraz Alley in a hurry to actually doing things motivated by the general welfare. Related reading from earlier today: BRICS in 2025 Managers and Clowns What Can Zohran Accomplish?

Agree. Let's not forget that Higgins misses several games a season.

Ah! didn't remember that one. Then again, I was 3! Crazy videos.

Change seems to scare them into inaction. The Chase/Higgins contract negotiations seemed to take all of their off-season energy. Sometimes I think the FO just curls up in a ball in the corner when they have to look at doing a large contract.

The pre-Bird/Magic/Jordan NBA. Those were the days.

I've heard getting 1/2 of them to show up ready to go on stage is a miracle. Blueprint is coming through soon. Might go see Cannibal Corpse in a few months, more local shows until then. The big venues calm down when it's still 100f as the show lets out.