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Pure dysfunction. Love to see it. Diontae saying it's his job to keep Pickens head in the game is hilarious. It's not his job, lol. The Stealers are probably the only entity I can't let go of my extreme disdain for. They ruined a generation of football for me with their cheap shots, and I never get tired of anything bad happening to them.

I better not start seeing stupid shit like this! Burrow is the best QB in the NFL and will be the starter here the next 6 seasons. One can root for Jake and applaud his play without going fucktarded and idiotically thinking he is better than Joe.

As someone who was born and raised in Indiana, let’s be careful painting a population with a broad paintbrush… 🦗

Mitch Trubisky on 4th & 2 with the game on the line:

This kind of stupidity epitomizes why I left the board a couple of years ago. Shitcan the season with 7 games left and only a game out of playoff contention? They didn't lose the Stealers game because Burrow was out. It was because our defense is total shit. They let the shittiest offense in the league get over 400 yards. That will be the reason if we don't make the playoffs. If our defense even upgrades to not too crappy, there will be a chance. It's sad that there are a bunch of members here that will be disappointed if we win without Burrow and weaken his legacy. I left because I knew that reading these posts is pointless. So predictable.

Stealers seem hell bent drafting good players that have more "me" than team in them. Inbred nature. Fuck em....

Get out there and leave it all on the field! Like a suicide bomber!

Heck…win every game from here on out and get the 32nd pick!

you're just jealous of Burrow's fits and riz...stop hating bro

Bills coach Sean McDermott says he wants his team to be on the same page like the 9/11 terrorist and then apologizes, 4 years later.... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39065999/bills-coach-sean-mcdermott-regrets-9-11-comments-apologizes?fbclid=IwAR3PdSVpYgzbwTb28pjdpVXO6kL46fMlbrnoAyGYgt9XjtuqLJARr6j4QtU What a leader of men this guy is....of all the analogies that he could have used this is the one that he came up with.

Come on, Icy... you stand a much better chance of getting a quality player in the first half dozen picks than at 17 where we stand now. Esp if you are looking O line or Tight End (this year) because you know there will be a run on quarterbacks leaving the best at those positions there untouched. I know they traded up for Logan Wilson in a lower round and look how that worked out. Last time that they traded up in the first round that I recall is for KiJana Carter. Yes, they do value those draft picks and hoard them like Mike Brown does the coins in the Lumina's seat cushions. Why? Because we're Bengals, son. Rather go for quality rather than quantity.

Friermuth is the better TE

Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterDec 8, 2023, 06:00 AM ET CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Jake Browning was working out when he got the news. On Wednesday, one of the team's strength coaches came over and told him congratulations. Browning initially thought it was just a general sentiment for his historic performance in Monday's 34-31 overtime win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Then he was informed he was this week's AFC Offensive Player of the Week. "My first thought was, luckily Deebo is in the NFC," Browning said, referencing San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel, who won the same honors in the league's other conference. But it's hard to argue anyone had a better week than Browning. According to ESPN Stats & Information, Browning was the first undrafted player in the common era (since 1967) to have more than 350 passing yards and complete at least 85% of his passes. A deeper look at the numbers show just how much Browning improved from his first career start on Nov. 26 against Pittsburgh and his game eight days later against the Jaguars. Ahead of Sunday's game against the Indianapolis Colts, he knows the importance of making sure he isn't a one-game wonder. "I would like to reiterate that it was one good game," Browning said Wednesday. "So let's stack some of those back to back and not just be the guy who had a good Monday night game and then just kind of fell off. I'm very paranoid about that." Browning was 32-of-37 passing for 354 yards and accounted for two touchdowns as the Bengals snapped a 14-game road losing streak in prime-time games, the longest drought in league history. Browning's 86.5% completion percentage was the highest ever for a quarterback making his first or second NFL start, according to ESPN Stats & Info. What makes it even more notable is the leap in improvement from his first start. Before Joe Burrow suffered a season-ending wrist injury in a Week 11 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, Browning had thrown just one regular-season pass since he entered the league in 2019. In Weeks 11 and 12 combined, Browning was 27-of-40 passing for 295 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. While Browning is unofficially in his fifth NFL season, he spent his first four years on practice squads -- two years with the Minnesota Vikings and the past two with the Bengals. It wasn't until this season that he became a No. 2 quarterback. Despite his spot on the depth chart over the years, Browning was exhaustive in his midweek preparation. When Browning was named the starter, that work ethic was cited as something that could help him be successful. That is evident in some of the eye-popping numbers Browning posted against the Jaguars. Browning's accuracy was perhaps the most impressive thing. Bengals coach Zac Taylor said that of his five incompletions, two were dropped passes by receivers. Two were throwaways and another was a tipped ball at the line of scrimmage. On third downs against Jacksonville, Browning was 9-of-11 for 143 yards and six first downs. It was the most third-down passing yards by a Bengals quarterback since Burrow posted 165 against the Colts in Week 6 of the 2020 season. He was also great in pushing the ball downfield. He was 7-of-7 passing for 170 yards and a touchdown on throws of 10 or more air yards, according to ESPN Stats & Info. That's the most by any Bengals quarterback since ESPN started tracking air yards in 2006. Bengals quarterbacks coach Dan Pitcher said Browning's preparation is a big factor for some of those impressive metrics. "It's not that he put in any more effort," Pitcher said. "It's just you learn things about yourself. Your coaches [and teammates] learn things about you. It's a natural process that can only really occur when you're playing real football." Over the course of the week, Browning got a feel for what he was comfortable executing within Taylor's game plan. Browning took one of the 200 playcalls off the sheet in one of the midweek meetings with Taylor. Over the years, the Bengals' coach has allowed his quarterbacks to make adjustments within the structure of the game plan. That freedom comes with a mutual trust. "He has earned that right to be able to communicate that way," Taylor said. "And so we put a lot of value in what he says." Cincinnati (6-6) is trying to extend its postseason streak to three consecutive seasons and will need Browning to play well down the stretch. And as the accolades and praise have piled up throughout the week, Browning has tried to stay as steady as possible as Cincinnati faces its final five games of the regular season. "I think I stay pretty levelheaded," Browning said. "But I would say the fear of one-off does not motivate me. "But I'm definitely aware of the fact that it was one good game, and I would like to have more than that. I would like to have a good game every time." https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39065299/bengals-browning-eager-more

I second that..

I like his quote about it being one game and that he's very paranoid about just falling off after that. It's important to be very confident, but also always contain a certain desperation for winning ( a pure repulsion to losing) as a driving force. The flip side on the same Championship coin of character. Nice hearing someone in the franchise talk this way. It seems I was definitely wrong about this guy.

Agreed, that worked once with Biden but that's not an effective long term strategy. I know plenty of people, including myself, who will not be voting Democrat if Biden is the candidate. Out of the thousands of potential candidates they could find, it's like the Dems pick the worse one. I'm considering voting for Niki Haley if she gets the nomination

Pretty much says it all..

It would be good if the relatively sane members of the party could somehow regain control before it all goes right over a cliff. It's one or the other, though. It would be great if the Dems had to run an actual progressive candidate instead of banking on "well at least he's not THAT guy".

Good to see. Still not sold on his play but there's hope

Wow...great news. Id love to draft 1B Nick Kurtz or P Chase Burns.. Both have tremendous upside. To have the 2nd pick in round 2 will add another good prospect as well. Exciting times coming up this season.

They will not give up a second rounder to move up in the first. In the second or thrird round they have been willing to move up and give up a lesser pick. I amd just going from thier history.

The correlation was odd. Not really a connecting point. If he had said coming together like massing to go up San Juan Hill or Iwo Jima—as equally as non-sequitur—it would have made slightly more relevant sense.

That is huge.

We don't disagree, but to trade him he's going to have to play well for more than one game.

I have traversed Indiana from the northern plains to the southern hills as an avid auto race chaser. From Winchester to Terre Haute, Kokomo to Bloomington, to the sanctity of the Indianapolis 500. So I have a soft spot in my heart for the Hoosier state & Indianapolis. But the Colts & their bitch ass fanbase can lick my ball sack.

Indianapolis Colts 7-5 AT Cincinnati Bengals 6-6 WHERE: Paycor Stadium (Cincinnati) WHEN: 1 p.m. ET | CBS MONEYLINE: Colts: -110 | Bengals: -110 SPREAD: PICK | O/U: 44.0 Bengals 22-20 Table inside Article Ali Brooke Dan Gennaro Tom Bengals 23-20 Bengals 21-20 Bengals 22-20 Colts 24-22 Why Brooke is taking the Bengals: I'm not going as far as saying Jake Browning “lit the world on fire” in the overtime win at Jacksonville, but he displayed more than enough to give a Bengals team some hope, connecting on an astounding 86.5 percent of his passes for 354 yards and a touchdown. Browning's only had two starts, but it's tough to beat a team with that level of QB play -- a luxury the Colts don't have with an unpredictable Gardner Minshew, though he is 5-3 as Indy's starter this season. Minshew's wily with a blossoming supporting cast and a head man in Shane Steichen who is making a case for Coach of the Year. Turnovers are sure to be a huge decider, so if the Bengals limit Tyler Boyd's pass attempts, I trust them more than Minshew, who is tied for the third-most turnover-worthy plays this season with 21, per Pro Football Focus. https://www.nfl.com/news/week-14-nfl-picks-2023-nfl-season

So anyway…there is a game on Sunday? Have a small (very small) conundrum with this matchup of QB’s. I have been a lifelong PAC 8/12/Whatever fan. Besides my late father’s Alma mater of Oregon State, my 1A has always been Washington State (I was inches close to enrolling there back in the day). Anyhoo, I always have despised UW—mainly because I have always despised Seattle, besides being Wazzoo’s big rival,but whatevs. Jake is UW. Minshew is Wazzoo. Conundrum… Nah. Go Jake!

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