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T-Dub

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  1. 1 hour ago, claptonrocks said:

     

    So you think he won't be doubled?

     

     

    Actually I watched some highlights, he's got good feet and showed some moves.  He's not just out there being a boulder in the middle of the line, dude can pass rush or chase down RB's.  Showed some patience at times as well.  He looks persistent which I like to see from the DL, a lot of young guys will decide they're out of a play and jog it off.

     

    He's still just a prospect & I think would definitely benefit from being in a rotation while he gets up to NFL conditioning, but I wouldn't hate it at #18.

     

     

     

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  2. 30 minutes ago, Jamie_B said:

     

     

    Not my words, but paraphrasing

     

    We have to block TikTok to stop China from influencing us on the same phones they sell us.

     

    If the powers that be want to have a conversation about how social media algos are being written & why, across the board, that's a different conversation. 

     

    Or if we're worried about China "influencing" us, anyone else familiar with the OceanWide Plaza mess in DTLA?

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanwide_Plaza

     

    Would love to see the feds turn a team of forensic accountants loose on that shit.  Or just seize it, but they won't, because Chinese influence 💰💰💰

  3. 5 hours ago, Jamie_B said:

    If anything I think I believe this is more of a way for those in power to stop Gen Z from organizing as TikTok has been the predominate way they have been doing that.

     

    That's exactly what it is about.  All this moralizing shit is just a weak excuse, it's about as valid as comic books causing juvenile delinquency in the 50's or the Satanic Panic of the 80's.  If China is such a threat maybe we shouldn't be dependent on them for anything that runs on electricity.

  4. 2 hours ago, Arkansas Bengal said:
    Kelsey Conway, Cincinnati Enquirer
    Mon, Mar 18, 2024, 10:43 AM CDT·5 min read
     

    A look back at all of the times Sheldon Rankins has made the Bengals life a pain https://t.co/5Nww1kT1dY

    — Kelsey Conway (@

     

    I said, “Why the f--- did you not slide (protections)? And we just kind of laughed about it,” Rankins recalled. “You know, (Taylor) was like, ‘You know what, man, you know, we probably should have.’”

     

     

     

    Ahahahaa... Yeah. Our HC maybe has no business being an OC. Heheh. Good one, Sheldon.

     

    :Hehehe-min:

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  5. 6 hours ago, texbengal said:

     

    Interesting thought but given Joe's propensity to miss time - or at least, play less effectively with some malady - I'm OK with having a better backup to actually win games (I know, they won one with DTR but it was the D that won them games, not the offense). Maybe next year, just would rather be going with more of a sure thing. 

     

    He's missed time because he's being hit more than any other QB in the NFL when he's active.

     

    They need to fix the problem, not stock up on bandages.

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  6. 3 hours ago, BlackJesus said:

     

    I believe Burrow and Browning are now the only non-black QBs in the AFC North. 

     

    Even though Russell Wilson is arguably the "whitest" one of all and culturally makes Burrow look like Malcolm X. ✊🏾

     

    My impression is either heavily medicated or legit a couple wontons short of a pu pu platter.  Or both.

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  7. 1 hour ago, Le Tigre said:

    Isn’t there always a “generational talent” or two every draft? 

     

    Sure, and I suppose some really are that.  It's when they start talking about how no one in the NFL will be able to cover/block/tackle them etc that you have to worry.  John Ross was going to run by everyone, until he got hit & reminded everyone it's a full-contact sport and not a track meet.

     

    Like I find myself saying every year around draft time, just about every player in the NFL was Billy Badass in college.  Most of them are JAG at the next level.

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  8. 9 hours ago, Le Tigre said:

     

     

     

    Only the Stealers could cut a first round pick after all of 24 starts, replace him with a completely washed Russel Wilson (who Denver couldn't wait to dumpster despite owing a ton of money & having no solid starter in his place) only to have some ESPN jackass try to spin that as the two shrewdest QB moves the NFL has seen in years.

     

    I suppose it's not quite Deshaun Watson to Cleveland stupid, but WTF?

     

    Should someone explain to Mike Greenberg that "shrewdest" doesn't mean "most resembling this thing"?  Whenever he gets done huffing Steeler taint, I mean.

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  9. 10 minutes ago, alleycat said:

    Wow. OL is if course vital and without protection doesn't matter how good everyone else is. 

     

    Potentially premium pass rushing defense? Beside Trey, who/how?

     

    Premier LB duo? Really?!

     

    And CB, if we had gotten someone liike Fuller I would have felt better about. 

     

    I look at the team like this:

     

    1) Huge problem on Oline. 

    2) Huge problem on D Line with 3 out of 4 positions right now being empty or underperforming. 

    3) Woeful run defending LB corp. 

    3) Huge question mark in the Defensive backfield, with an uncertainty at CB and a dumpster fire of a previous season at Safety that we hope we've addressed, but who knows?

    4) I like Lou but I don't think he's earned Mastermind status. He lost a couple of key pieces last year and the wheels fell off his D. 

     

    We can get over some of these problems, but we need a lot of luck in the draft or some unexpected vet to cut loose and come to us (particularly at OL and DL for me to feel optimistic about improving much over last year. Yes, with Joe Burrow anything is possible. But Joe Burrow has been getting hurt, because Joe Burrow has been getting killed. This is the reason I would trade Tee TODAY for a premier RT. 

     

     

    They've made some good additions but as you point out have yet to address the two biggest roster needs.

     

    Fact is this was an average team last year, as their record shows.  It's great if people want to hype them up but some of that list was complete nonsense.

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  10. 9 minutes ago, Gary said:

     

    I could go either way.. (Seinfeld joke)... Anyway, I see people saying what about their free speech?! It has nothing to do with free speech because it's an APP. Freaking Apple band apps all the time. Hosts ban web pages all the time too! 

     

     

    The difference between Apple taking an app out of their store and a federal ban that includes a provision for shutting off an individual's internet access entirely should be obvious

  11. 3 minutes ago, claptonrocks said:

    Back in 14 game seasons 1k was the milestone.

    That's 72 ypg.

    That  would equate to 1150 now..

     

    My belief that a 1400 yr runner had an elite year in this era.

     

    He might get that with a better OL.  I think this team was looking for more explosive plays & the chance to score from anywhere on the field, not just goal-to-go situations.

     

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