LostInDaJungle

"Show me a picture of what a Tacario looks like" The Tacario is often depicted as a sleek, feline-like creature with striking features, frequently appearing in digital art and fantasy concept designs. Since it isn't a widely documented biological animal, its appearance can vary slightly depending on the artist's interpretation, though it generally maintains a lithe, predatory silhouette. Are you looking into this for a specific game or a creative project you're working on? ------- LOL. Thanks AI.

The move to outside is more about fluidity and change of direction than speed. Longer striders are at a natural disadvantage. He's well suited to being a Zone CB on the boundary, but that's like being a really good blocking TE. It's not a nothing skill, but it's also not high on the value list. So, as a man CB, he has to be able to flip his hips, follow guys on run offs, and react to fast cuts. Because he is nearly 6'4", he has a higher center of gravity. His short shuttle (4.31 seconds) and three-cone (7.15 seconds) times are average to below-average for a cornerback. He doesn't have the "stop-and-start" twitch of a smaller nickel corner. If he proves he can play in the box AND cover a Mark Andrews man to man? Way more valuable than being an average boundary corner. If he can use that 6'4" frame and 80" wingspan to shut down the 6'5" - 6'7" TE's littering the NFL right now... If he can come in across from Darnell Washington and not be a liability in either the run game or pass game?? That makes him a tactical eraser. He negates the offensive tactical value of Darnell Washington. SS if he can play in the box and cover TE's. FS if he's rangy and tall. I could be wrong - I don't think he has the potential to be elite on the outside. Instead, I see him being able to be elite as a tactical weapon.

This dude is here to cover big TE's. Beginning of story. End of story. If he plays here for 4 years, cures cancer, solves the whole Israel Palestine thing - but allows Andrews, Friermuth, Fannin, and Likely to keep converting 3rd and 6, he will be a lousy draft pick. He doesn't have to stop the run. He doesn't have to be versatile enough to play nickel. If that fat guy from Pittsburgh goes for 100 yards against us again this year... He's here to cover TE's.

We just got Dexter Lawrence. Trey who??

Round 4 I want Kyle Louis. A smart undersized thumper who can be a force on 3rd and 6.

Called it in the pre-draft thread - Sam/Edge hybrid. 5-2-4 Bear, Joker/Under 4-3, 5 under, 5-3-3 stack, and 3-4 base. Really - This is insurance for the role Mafe plays. And the importance placed on it here tells me everything I need to know about what Golden is looking to do. We keep the 5 under look. We ran that under Lou as well, and the difference is where the NT and outside flex ends line up. The ends stay in Wide 9 with a backfield read. Lawrence eats blockers at while Mafe, Howard, Murphy, Stewart are tasked with playing wide nine and not letting the plat get outside of the defense while looking for angle to get in and attack. This is going to be an aggressive defense that is going to try and use a wall and blade style rush - transitioning away from Lou's "bend but don't break" philosophy. This is going to be more "beat or get beaten". Were going to be playing Something like Mafe, Hill, Lawrence, Jenkins, Howard across the front and relying on good outside contain to funnel rushers towards Dexy as the wall. Knight/Battle/Cook gets to function as the defender finding the gap and meeting the RB (the blade). I'd like to see another quality cover LB to backup Carter in the 4th. The Bear 5 schemes 5 guys on 7 gaps for run D, so man works really well behind it. Make the QB figure out who actually got open while 2 of the 5 big boys are 1 on 1 up front. We're going to want to be aggressive in coverage.

6 of one, half a dozen of the other. The rookies were better than 6 year vets. That's how much their "experience" was worth. Not enough value as a mentor to keep either. That's not just a Logan Wilson problem. it's a side effect of playing a position that is like being in half a dozen car wrecks every weekend for 17 weeks.

Anne Hodges got hit by a meteorite. So that's something that's possible. Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning 7 different times. Laura Buxton released a balloon with her name on it. It flew 140 miles and landed in the front yard of Laura Buxton. (No relation) And the Rams found two starters at the same position in the second round once. (And does that mean we need to hold on to the #10 pick??)

Compared to CB's? Safeties? There's a big reason LB's don't go high with the rare exception being cover LB's. If it wasn't plug and play we wouldn't have traded Wilson and Pratt to start two rookies. You're kind of undermining your own point there. Logan Wilson only had a 5 year career. They're like running backs - hit the hole, take a ton of hits, and retire at 28. Linebacker is probably the most disposable position in the sport. They take the most "contact per snap". Much like RB's who have the shortest career on the offensive side of the ball, LB's have the shortest careers on the defensive side at right around 2.5 years. Unless a LB is a true three down guy (Can cover on third down), the difference in production between a mid tier vet and a hungry rookie is not worth the extra cap hit. In a league where the average LB is done by age 28-29, the Bengals FO is actually being smart by treating the position like a revolving door of young, cheap talent rather than over-investing in a position with a short expiration date.

How long do we have the Big 3 locked up? :) This is really the number. It functions as a deadline. A player that is NFL ready? And elite? Right now that is a lot more valuable than another Kris Jenkins or Mic Jackson. A guy who will maybe be figuring it out when Joe Burrow in in his contract year. Even the best take a little seasoning. Sure you get them for an extra year - but that's the year they cut their baby teeth. You also really don't want money tied up in Dex when that day comes. 4 years might be a problem. Instead, you have the option to resign a 31 year old DT or not. How could this deal be more Mike and Katie friendly??

Rumors have it that the best they got was a low 7th rounder. The fact is that his "trendline" is not up. After a strong sophomore season, he had a flat third year. Surprisingly, credited with zero drops on 58 targets. I think it speaks to the depth of the WR class coming in.

If there's anything to like about this offseason - we have the luxury of picking the guys that we like the best when it's our turn. LB might be the most plug and play position with the shortest shelf life. If you feel good about Carter being the "cover" guy, then you have the opportunity there to take a hybrid EDGE/SAM. Outside of that - there's really not much value in drafting a guy early to cover the run. Dime a dozen and available as UDFA's. There's an ocean of Joe Bachie's out there. An LB that can cover a TE is ALWAYS a good choice. Nickel CB is a great fill for the future as well. We need to start restocking the cabinet. KR/Slot - Big need here. The team also shopped Iosivas in the offseason, so I think they feel good about a few mid round WR's. Other than that - we're looking at finding some backups. Good job FO.

I have been liberal in the amount of feces I have heaped on Mike and Katie... The truth is that the missing key to our Defense is the NT. I have been saying it for two years, Germaine Pratt and Logan Wilson didn't suddenly just suck - They looked better than they should have when Reader was drawing doubles, and worse than they should have when Myles Murphy was getting his ass handed to him by a TE while Wilson and Pratt got road graded by the Guards. Knight and Carter just got a LOT better. It's like pawn play in Chess... People are often too quick to dismiss those pieces, and every grandmaster knows that control of the center of the board is the key to winning. You have to clog the middle to stop the run. You have to stop the run to make them pass. You have to stop the pass to keep them from scoring. That 's not a checklist, it is a flow chart. No offense, but if they can run for 4 yards a clip - Caleb Downs can't do anything for you. We don't NEED a better Geno Stone. We need a front 4 that makes Geno Stone less important. There's a reason FS is a less valued position. He's the "OH shit" guy, and really you're better off investing in having fewer "OH shit" moments. Instead of getting excited about Caleb Downs being able to tackle Derek Henry, I'm more excited about Henry not knowing the name of our starting FS. I want Bryan Cook and King Henry to remain strangers. I asked the AI to summarize the offseason moves: "This all-in approach is a departure from the Bengals' traditional reputation, signaling a clear intent to compete for a Super Bowl in the immediate future." Hell yes brother. It's all I was ever asking for. And IMHO - there is not a single move that would have made our defense better. In a DOWN year this guy was still better than anyone on our roster. Kris Jenkins just got better. He gets to move to that three tech. And Dexy is an elite run game wrecker in the smash mouth NFC North. To Mike, Katie and Duke - Thank you.

Have you emailed Duke Tobin yet? I'm sure he'll be thrilled to hear that you aren't worried about Stewart.

I'm just as tired of it. Now we just need to get to the point where I pout and delete my post history.

Raising the level of discourse here on a daily basis. You must be proud of yourself.

So... Because Mike Brown doesn't care, there's no point in talking about it... But then what is the point of READING it? Let me ask you the reverse question... What conversation would accomplish anything? Does Go's sycophantic knob slobbing achieve anything? Does your endless posting of Mock Drafts mean anything since Duke doesn't care? Does your praise for Myles Murphy do anything if Mike Brown doesn't care? But it's a good thing you're here to remind people that we don't care about Nick Scott. I mean, that is an astute football observation that is really going to stick with me. Geez, you tell me to stop talking on an almost weekly basis when you aren't banned. It's real interesting looking down your post history to see what is and isn't acceptable for discussion. I guess you think Mike Brown DOES care about your preferred draft picks and who you think should be the next offensive coordinator? I mean, that's why you have 8 thousand posts on here? 8 thousand posts about a subject you have "complete apathy" for. 3 pages of posts since the start of the year. For a subject you have complete apathy for. 🤣 No one CARES that you don't care, so there's no point in posting it on a weekly basis. Until you can figure that out, I'll kindly ignore your demands that I stop talking about Bengals Football on a Bengals Football message board. What is the point in you constantly posting the same whiny "no one cares" over and over again? Not only does Mike Brown not give a crap, no one on this board actually reading your salty treats gives a crap either. And you're no less whiny with your "I don't even care"... You're just apathetic, disingenuous and whiny - which is twice as bad in my book. So, what does YOUR bitching accomplish exactly other than hijacking threads and telling other posters what you deem to be acceptable conversation? "Not bitching, just truly curious 🤷‍♂️"

Why do you come here to read it? You take time out of your day to read about a franchise you're completely apathetic about??? Child please. That's horse hockey. And telling people to stop talking about something for YEARS and they're still talking about it... Seems counterproductive as well. I'm sure Mike Brown cares. If you truly don't care, leave those of us who do care in peace. Otherwise, quit pissing down my leg and telling me it's raining. Again, thanks so much for adding something of substance to this discussion.

Y U talking about football on a football message board??? You're not mad that I'm saying something, you're mad about what I'm saying, and the best retort you can think of it to tell me to shut up. Check yourself.

As much as he is yours... Thanks for really adding something to the conversation.

Ridiculous to even consider for a team that's top 10 in cap space. "Oh, no! what if we have too many good players??" I mean, that "Big investment" in Oweh is a mid tier contract. You're going to clutch your pearls over a mid tier contract. And OMFG, you're SO SURE that a first round DE is going to be awesome it's not worth signing a Free Agent? If our LAST TWO Frist round picks weren't total dog shit we wouldn't even be talking about this. But they were, and are, so we are. "Depth is really important, but let's not sign any guys so we have good depth." 4 "High Value Assets" - Sunk cost fallacy man. How much could we get for them in a trade right now? That's what they're worth. It doesn't matter where they were drafted. right now you'd get a better trade deal for Shedur Sanders than Shemar Stewart. That's how "High Value" he is. "High Value". LOL. Do you know how much I paid for that car before it caught on fire? Oh, noes! How much should the team that constantly $10M under the cap spend?? Can't spend all of it. "Rookie Pool". "In Season Emergencies". Gotta hold onto $20M in cap space in case we have to sign Joe Flacco and only have $18M left over. It's just plain fiscally smart to go in with big question marks on your roster! This is how we lose seasons to "Bad Luck" and end up drafting for need instead of BPA. Man, this thinking is so convoluted and defeatist, you should apply to be Duke's understudy. I mean, do we really want to spend money on dinner when they might throw something really good in the dumpster? Unfortunately, you have wait until the place is closed to go through the dumpster... Let's just stick to breadsticks and water for now. I mean, what happens if we pay for Lobster and then find another Lobster in the dumpster later!

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You have got to be kidding me. What a garbage take.

People love to shit on Andy Dalton - All he did was lead The Bengals to what... 5 playoff games? A 3 time pro-bowler? All he did was inherit the team that Carson Palmer said he couldn't win with and take them to the playoffs 5 STRAIGHT YEARS. Carson and Burrow have only managed to get us to the playoffs twice each. No other Bengals QB has more than 2. I mean - God damn. Maybe the guy isn't Joe Montana, but by this Franchise's low standards, we should be building a f***ing statue of the guy in front of Corporation Name Here Stadium. I watched Adam Jones and the defense blow it whole lot more than the Offense during those years. And yes - Andy played poorly against better competition - a LOT of guys do. Joe Burrow put up a Goose egg this year against the Ravens. Adam Jones managed a 4th round career with 1st round talent. MFer played for Winnipeg before us. All Andy Dalton did was work hard and make the most of what god gave him. Who remembers Blaine Gabbert or Jake Locker? Christian Ponder? Dalton has started at least one game a year now for 14 years! Go look up Adam Bernard Jones on Wikipedia - the only thing he did of note during his Bengals career was cost us a playoff game. Fuck that guy. I remember him being an embarrassment who cost us as many games as he helped us win and was too dumb to understand you have to put gas in a car. Andy Dalton is too much of a Class Act to care what the Class Clown thinks of him. https://www.nfl.com/news/meltdown-at-paul-brown-stadium-leads-to-bitter-end-for-bengals-0ap3000000620283 Jones, after a brief, profanity-laced rant, left the locker room after indicating he had nothing more to say. However, about 20 minutes later, he called me to explain his actions and to voice his frustration at what he believed was the officials' failure to control the game, especially by allowing Porter on the playing field. "He ain't supposed to be on the (expletive) field!" Jones said. "He was talking all kinds of (expletive), yelling at (Burfict), saying, 'You a dirty son of a bitch ... Take your bitch ass out of here ...' So I turned to him and said, 'Why are you talking?' I didn't even touch him. And they threw a flag. "How can they throw a flag on you for talking (expletive) to a coach? Especially to a (expletive) who ain't supposed to be on the field? It'd be different if I was gonna approach a (expletive) player. There's a big (expletive) difference. I mean, Mike Tomlin wasn't even on the field. Why the (expletive) is Joey Porter on the field, period?" --------- several players inside the Bengals' locker room -- none of whom wanted his name used, for obvious reasons -- felt that Lewis deserved the criticism, citing a season-long lack of discipline among some defensive players in games, practices and meetings. "Eventually," one player said, "this (expletive) catches up to you.

I'm sure Andy Dalton was like "Please Adam, can we just get through one offseason without you getting arrested??" "Can we get through the second half without you getting a 15 yard dead ball foul?" PacMan Jones wasn't a good enough player to criticize Andy Dalton. He just plain didn't earn that right.