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sparky151

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  1. That's exactly the point, that the Bengals aren't being smart with their money, they're just being cheap and needlessly offending a key player. Smart teams are proactive and get deals done early before prices rise. The CBA requires the team to eventually spend almost all their cap space and we like to think we're in the middle of a Super Bowl window. But ownership doesn't seem to think so as they are not only showing no signs of giving Hendrickson a market value contract on an extension, they don't seem to be shopping for veteran free agent additions to cover our holes at RG, interior pass rusher, and free safety. They beat Moss and Stone down into taking paycuts but to what end?
  2. Eh, probably better in September than December. If it is the opener, the team will certainly have plenty of time to prepare. Bills are remaking their defense this year as are we so perhaps the team whose defense gels first gets the win.
  3. Throwing out insults doesn't make the information false. If it were actually untrue, ie Stewart's agent is lying, it would easy to show that. The 17th player picked last year was Dallas Turner and his contract is on file with the union for inspection by lots of folks. You'll notice the Bengals aren't disputing Conway's article. That's probably the wise move. But your embrace of imaginary nonsense, whether it being Conway is a hooker or the Bengals aren't trying to nickel and dime their players, is a bit pathetic. We cheer for a poorly run team and hope the players can overcome the lack of front office support. Wouldn't it make more sense for you to support the people with the team who are good at their jobs like Hendrickson and Burrow rather than the ones who are poor at it like Duke and Katie?
  4. The team said they would give him a new contract if he showed up and performed. So he did. Now the team wants his new contract to be submarket value. Bait and switch.
  5. Don't forget that Parsons will probably surpass Garrett's deal and Hutchinson will be in the same neighborhood. TJ Watt is also going into the last year of his contract and seeking an extension. He's not going to settle for less than Crosby money and he's older than Trey. So is Hunter. So productive edge rushers can still get paid at age 30 and later. Khalil Mack is 34 and just signed a deal that pays him more than Hendrickson's current contract for 2025.
  6. This is the key point. Hendrickson had 17.5 of the team's 36 sacks last year. If he withholds his services, the defense might be worse than last year. Stewart had 1.5 sacks in college and Murphy had 0 in the NFL last season. Is anyone expecting them to combine for 17.5 in 2025? The team is also more than 26 mil under the cap at the moment so paying him at the going rate is easily doable, the team just doesn't want to. Heck, when they squeezed Geno Stone into taking a paycut his first comment was that he thought it would go toward an extension for Trey. The age argument is pretty silly since it was made last offseason when he wanted an extension then. All it led to was a first team all-pro selection. If the Bengals were afraid to pay their better defensive players at the market rate, it would be nice if they had other worthy recipients to give the money to. Maybe they are saving up to give CTB a 20 mil deal or some such.
  7. Here's a Dehner piece on the ideal schedule. He'd have the Stealers visit for MNF in week 1. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6349806/2025/05/12/cincinnati-bengals-mock-schedule-2025/
  8. Yes, and Conway reported the same. He may be getting it from her report or directly from the agent. You seem to be unaware of this but the union likes maximum transparency for player pay and benefits. The sites that track player contracts get their data from the NFLPA. The NFL management council has the same information of course but doesn't publish it. In this case the Bengals got exposed as trying to reduce the % of 4th year guaranteed money paid in training camp in 2028 compared to the 17th player picked last year. The CBA only requires teams to offer a drafted player the rookie minimum but normal teams look at the contract for the players picked just ahead and behind their guy if another team has signed those players or look at last year's slot if they haven't, and adjust by the % the cap increased year over year. But not our Bengals, at least with Stewart. This year a couple of 2nd rounders got fully guaranteed contracts ala first rounders. Don't hold your breath for the Bengals to follow that example. Also ask yourself why the team cares about the payment schedule in 2028 for Stewart's already guaranteed money. Seems like they are worried about a holdout. The 30 day notice to Trey was unnecessary but a 4 year notice takes the cake.
  9. Florio reported it, presumably getting it from Stewart's agent. Who you may be surprised to learn is sitting in on the negotiations. Anyway, your question about how the Bengals are trying to nickel and dime Stewart has been answered, even if you don't like the truth of it.
  10. He has plenty of options. He can make himself a pain in the ass to the point the team doesn't want to keep him, even at the big discount they currently think they are getting. Call it the Pickens plan but deliberate. He doesn't have to sit out the whole year to get credit toward free agency. He can "retire", pay back some of the previously paid signing bonus but then be immune to the holdout penalties, then "unretire" for 10 games. His contract would be complete after week 18 so he could say he'll sit out the playoffs (if any) unless he gets a new contract. Etc. He led the league in fourth quarter sacks and was second in pressures. He's in the final year of his current deal and would like an extension, preferably with the Bengals. They obviously don't want to pay him the market rate for an extension. Perhaps in their minds Stewart is already a proven stud and they don't need Trey. The team is a mere 26 million under the cap and not very creative when it comes to contracts. Their fear seems to be that if they pay market value, his production may suddenly fall off. A better front office could work around that, structuring a deal with exit points after the first year of the extension and putting more money in his pocket in the meantime. Katie's version of optionality seems to be to try to insult him into playing at a big discount then threatening to tag him next year. Then she wonders why people consider the front office incompetent.
  11. They tried to sign him to his rookie deal with a smaller TC roster bonus % on his contract that the 16th player last year got. That's embarrassing for the team. First round picks get guaranteed contracts so the team owes him the same amount of money over 4 years. But they want to pay more over the course of the games in 2028 with a smaller roster bonus for training camp. That's what a team would do if they expect a holdout in year 4.
  12. He wants an extension at the market rate. Duke agreed with that back at the combine. The team wants him to sign for a 30% discount to market. If he were coming off a poor season, that might be reasonable. But he's coming off a great season, where he led the league in sacks, was first team all-pro and runner up for DPOY. The Bengals offer is just insulting at this point.
  13. Bengals cleverly avoided that problem by having poor cafeteria food, at least according to the NFLPA.
  14. I've seen team's projected strength of schedule calculated a couple of different ways. One is based on over/under win totals for the upcoming season for their opponents. The other is based on the opponent's odds of winning the Superbowl or conference or making the playoffs.
  15. Is anyone surprised the team is trying to nickel and dime our top draft picks?
  16. The GOP controlled General Assembly is pretty averse to tax hikes. DeWine's plan is pretty close to dead. They also don't like bailouts and the House plan to let the Browns use a state fund for their new stadium passed by a single vote.
  17. He could have hung around on IR and collected a 30 mil salary for 2025 while not playing a down. Apparently he's reached a deal with the team whereby he keeps his 10 mil roster bonus, foregoes the salary, and probably files his paperwork after June 1.
  18. They ought to say how they are measuring the strength of schedule. Sometimes it's based on opponents records from the previous season. Sometimes it's based on betting odds for the upcoming season.
  19. Here's a piece on how win totals have already moved from early betting. Bengals win total has dropped a game at MGM from the open. 99% of bets on Vikings and Falcons are the over. 93% of 49ers bets are under. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6340719/2025/05/09/nfl-win-totals-odds-schedule-release/
  20. Stewart and Knight were on the field, just not participating in the walk through. But it was only an hour and they were there watching so I doubt they missed anything. For a team that is expecting several rookies to be starters, this seems like a missed opportunity. There's a big learning curve for NFL rookies and a couple more days of practice and walkthroughs could certainly help them. That's why the rest of the league does it. We don't want to be reading stories from training camp about rookies struggling to pick up schematic nuances. Once the vets join the rooks at minicamp, the speed goes up.
  21. Perine and Moss seem duplicative. Was sort of hoping we'd sign Willie Lampkin as a UDFA and give him a try as an H-back ala Ricard.
  22. Stealers seem confident they'll get Rodgers. That probably means Lazard comes with him. I wouldn't be surprised if they added Amari Cooper too.
  23. They also drafted Markus Bailey that year. Maybe if we had our 7th round pick, we'd have taken another. Jackson Woodard might be worth a look, he just got cut by Seattle.
  24. https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/what-is-going-on-with-the-cincinnati-bengals-and-linebacker-germaine-pratt-01jtp19t8p30
  25. Pickens was said to be asking for 30 mil on a contract extension. Not sure who would want to pay that much for his drama.
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