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scharm

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  1. Silly rabbits. Mike Brown doesn't trade. 

    Name the last significant player the Bengals traded for.

    I wouldn't call Mike Brown a wheeler dealer, lol.      The Bengals have done trades out of TC.   Taylor Mays?  They also nabbed a former 1st round CB from Seattle can't remember the name?    I think they dump a RB on the Saints for a pick, 1 year. 

    Trades involving draft picks have been way more common with the Bengals.   There are multiple key players in this training camp that were obtained with drafts picks from trades.  

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    I saw a trade scenario earlier today, (I think on Cincy Jungle).  Margus Hunt and a late round

    draft pick to the Vikings for Cordarelle Patterson.   I think the reason it was brought up is because

    of the relationship between Zimmer and the Bengals.  Zimmer loved Hunt and Cordarelle hasn't 

    exactly done anything since his rookie season.  We could replace Tate with Patterson as the #4 WR

    and kick off returner.  

    That sounds too good to be true.   Patterson would be an elite return option compared to Tate and good potential as a WR. 

  3. This will be the make-or-break week for Carter.  Sounds like he's gonna get some snaps in Lemurs spot rather than as a gadget rusher.  The back-up Tampa QB drifted backward in the pocket right into his arms, inflating his numbers.   I'm really looking forward to seeing him play more as an actual OLB for evaluation.

    Regarding Margus, he looked like the coaches have been focused on having him contain the run/set the edge more than turning him loose.  I think that made him look a little lazy 'cause he wasn't crashing.  I still have hope for him but now agree that 2nd round was too high...   He needs less Estonian and more Tazmanian to his game.

    IMO,  Margus had a couple chances to get in on a play in pursuit and really didn't seem interested.   More content to let some other player get the tackle.

    Of course,  I don't think the whole team was really that interested in playing. 

  4. I just hope to God Carter does not make this team and steal a spot from a guy who actually has a future.

        There's only so much roster space that can be dedicated to the "future".       Every year you typically can mark down just about every team's picks 1-4 are making, it has to be high 90s percentage.      You can't go to far in reserving spots for guys that aren't performing and getting out played.    Sure you run the risk (as every team does) that the light comes on once you cut the individual. 

    Probably more guys never pay off vs. the ones that eventually do. 

     

  5. A couple things about pressure and UK and this is all true.

     

    First, when you sign with UK you get the fanbase and the expectation.   Which is huge and contains a bunch of crazies.   Crazies from a state that has no other major sports team and a sports team that has been good enough to rival that top sports franchises in the world in terms of success.

     

    Second,  UK gets everyone's best shot in the SEC.   SEC gets trashed on for being a bad basketball conference but that's overblown.   They are still a power 5 conference playing teams getting power 5 players from highschool.    UK is always the big ticket on the road.

     

    SEC and NCAA  tournaments any top UK team not just this one isn't going to face a hostile crowd.   Most of the time it's very pro-UK.

     

    So yeah there's pressure for this team but NCAA tournament in an odd way to bring some relief.   They play first two games in Louisville and that crowd will be 99% blue.

     

    Regional site with be blue but not as big.    Then Indy if they get there,  forget about it.      

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