HavePityPlease

I think in a vacuum you could justify paying Tee top WR1 money, but we're not in a vacuum, we already have a WR1. As many of us have been thinking/saying it's just too much of a luxury to bury your cap on 3 guys on one side of the ball, two of which are not OL or QB (Joe, Chase, Tee). I don't really buy the "the cap will go up anyway" arguments, that's never a guarantee. Several NHL teams burned their own ass assuming that the cap was going to go up X amount, and it never did. Is that even the real deal breaker anyway? I thought people were saying that his agent is notorious for insisting on multi-year guarantees (or something) that the Bengals just don't/won't ever go for?

I'd be interested to hear about prospects people feel like are underrated or not talked about enough. Some of mine appear on my mocks, specifically: - Kris Jenkins: I think he might be better than is being forecasted. - Braden Fiske: After his combine performance the cat might be out of the bag (at least with forecasters) but he's one of those guys who is just a lunch pail football player that gets the job done - something I've always wished the Bengals would go for more often. - Ricky Pearsall: His combine performance demonstrates the crazy athleticism of this guy, but I agree with the profiles that say it doesn't always show up on the tape. He's way faster than he shows sometimes, but runs great routes, has very good hands and is tough as all hell. I love those guys. - Beaux Limmer: His senior bowl performance was fantastic, it's been talked about some but maybe not enough. He has the shorter arms that coaches dread but he did very well against some extremely high competition during that week. He's a center prospect apparently but that's fine, I'd like us to move on from Trey Hill who doesn't seem like a viable option at all and we need to think about what we'll be doing when Karras leaves (or his injured). - Dylan Laube: Showed at the senior bowl that when you motion him out he's a dangerous route runner and pass catcher, which fits us well. Like pretty well EVERY RB in this class his blocking needs improvement, but unlike many he actually seems "willing" in this regard. These are the kinds of guys the team needs IMO. Edit: Forgot one: - Kalen King: a good cover guy who was fantastic tackling and beating blocks. I love guys who beat outside blocks on an island and make individual plays from the CB position, I jump out of my seat for that stuff.

Well it depends on what you're looking for, I see Pearsall as a slot guy to replace Boyd. Yes we already picked Jones last year, but I don't know about anybody else but to me Jones is looking like he might be highly injury prone so IMO we need depth there (and Pearsall might beat him outright in a position battle). Wilson is certainly a freak but he's still a "tweener". I could see some teams trying to turn him into a TE and others using him as a redzone/first down match-up guy. He had some horrible games where he dropped everything so it's hard to say what you'd do with him, but he's a project and a "nice problem to have" if you have the picks to spare. I don't see him as replacing anybody and tbh I don't think Zac et al would choose him at all because it seems to me that Zac doesn't use receivers that way, they use TEs or go all out and have route runners everywhere.

I've been playing with a couple of sites, I consider everything very premature until the combine ends and to some extent pro days as well. Here are a couple of examples of some that I liked the outcome of:

I'm betting this is the line that won them over

To sort of agree and expand on what tex said, Turner showed impressive coverage ability and was willing when filling on runs - when he was a spot player. Once he was forced to start he wore down quickly and seemed overwhelmed more often than not. That could be rookie struggles but it could also mean he's not suited to be a full-time outside starter (too physically fragile?). FWIW I'm happy to see how he does in year 2 with some confidence that if he ends up a spot coverage guy who contributes on special teams he can thrive. Either way we need competition for our #2 CB spot.

TBH that sounds like what some predicted - they really do want him, but only at a certain price. "We'd like to" sounds pretty weak, which might be implying that the agent/Tee are threatening a hold out/force-out like so many WRs have done recently, and the FO realizes it might be futile. If we can get a 1st+ for him, that's fine by me. This isn't Madden, we're not going to be able stack every position just because. Fix the broken areas (and there are a number of them) using whatever means required - which often means reducing your stacked positions to fill the weak ones.

I appreciate that this highlight package showed a collection of him on contain, so many of these just show INTs and PRs/whatever. He looks like the complete package, I'd be very happy if we ended up with him.

This is the cover of the issue that 12 year-old me saw, picked up, read (my dad had a subscription), and which turned me into a Bengal fan. 💌

Not bad: https://www.draftcountdown.com/nfl-coverage/cincinnati-bengals-mock-draft-2024-2-0/

Thank goodness the frauds are out

As the only place I've ever watched a game - my thoughts exactly.

The defense was our real weakness, Joe can't beat them by himself. We'd have to hope Sweet Lou came up with some amazing game plan for each of them. FWIW I think we could beat Pitts, KC, Miami, Houston.

I'm talking about tackling like he means it.

Today's Dax Hill is the Dax Hill we need.

I kind of agree this might happen but Simmons is less of this type of coach than others have been/are - Robbins is the example, they could have just tried to make Crisman better. And everyone needs to remember as they feverishly build their "punter wishlist" for the draft that just booting the ball far is not (nearly) enough - they have to be able to hold, and hold consistently (and *immediately*). If nothing else Robbins has been great in this regard, but as far as he's concerned I want and expect a competition because he clearly wasn't good enough in his primary job. If these monster leg guys can held, get 'em in here.

Yeah I thought it was a mistake to not take the 3 after the one long drive - it was "that type of game" and boy was it in the end, and the defense could have used some help after finally getting a three-and-out - but tbh nobody should ever be surprised or expect different from Taylor, he's always said he will go for those.

This is the truth of it. The defense was bending if not breaking in every game, Joe was a statue for like the first 4, and most of us wrote the season off when he went down. If they fix the defense they should be fine.

Nah people have it right, at lot of it falls on Browning. The replays told the story even when Romo wasn't telling you - Browning was cheating and both waiting for and "expecting" big play chances. He had outlets on two sacks and the last one I think was meant to be a screen that was just botched by everybody. The last two weeks Browning was playing for his career, and he failed. That's why he won't throw it OB so often, he did again in this game - had an easy throw away but instead ran and sllid behind the LOS. Why would he do such a meaningless and stupid thing? The stat sheet.

He has to throw it. He can't keep waiting for the big play. That's not how you run a two minute.

He was both outside the tackle box AND there was a fucking receiver. Just INSANE

LMFAOOOOOO RIGGGGGGGGEDDDDD

Fucking IDIOT Pratt doing what he does - GO FOR THE BALL AND LETH THE BALL CARRIER RUN WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!