I believe Gunter’s mom was battling cancer at one point and I recall reading about how close he was with his mom. I hope for his family that it’s not related to that, but we will likely not know and it’s certainly his decision what he wants to do with his life. 
 

He was a guy that showed flashes of being a good player who could play some DE but also STs, and he seemed like a good kid too. Good luck to him as he pursues his next adventure, whatever that is.

2 hours ago, MichaelWeston said:

Do you think that Offensive lineman are going to be on the special teams unit blocking?

 

The Bengals want to pay Chase. Mike Brown has said it time and time again. 

Why doesn't he Michael?

7 hours ago, Dautcom08 said:

 

The bold tells me you also know nothing lol

 

If the Bengals wanted to pay him he would have been paid back in March or April instead of holding out.

 

Mike Brown is a fucking idiot who hit the genetic lottery and runs a multi billion dollar organization like a family owned hardware store. The only requirement for being in leadership within the Bengals organization is being a descendant of Paul Brown or being married to one, what successful organization/corporation do you know that operates like that?

 

If the Bengals hadn't lucked into getting Joe Burrow they would still be a joke of a franchise with Ryan Findley or whoever Zac Taylor thinks is going to tear up the NFL.

 

 

7 hours ago, MichaelWeston said:

Do you think that Offensive lineman are going to be on the special teams unit blocking?

 

The Bengals want to pay Chase. Mike Brown has said it time and time again. 

 Tells are going to put their best blockers out there and they aren't keeping the 5th string TE on the final 53 to only block on kickoffs, when 4 other guys can do it just as good or better.

 

As for the Bengals wanting to pay Chase, clearly they don't want to pay him what he's worth or the going market rate or he would be practicing with the team instead of holding out, that's like your boss offering you a minimum wage salary and saying he's willing to pay. There's a difference in paying someone and paying then what they want.

6 hours ago, claptonrocks said:

Why doesn't he Michael?

They do this every time. They want to pay as little as they can to field the most competitive team possible. He will get paid either this year before the season starts or next year. 

 

We have his rights for 2 more years. 

Are we talking about the Mike Brown that petitioned the league to count a 2-pt conversion attempt as a play so that Jon Kitna would qualify for a bonus?

 

Are we talking about the Mike Brown that paid a drafted player his salary even though he didn’t have to after the player was seriously injured in a car accident before the season started and never played again?  
 

That cheap Mike Brown?

 

 

10 hours ago, PatternMaster said:

 

That's literally what you said McLachlan would do though, what's the difference.

 

 

 

Except that I'm expecting Mclaughlin would only do that this year as two of our TEs are on 1 year contracts with Hudson and Gesicki. Letting Evans go in favor of keeping Mclaughlin is about long term thinking

50 minutes ago, Jamie_B said:

 

Except that I'm expecting Mclaughlin would only do that this year as two of our TEs are on 1 year contracts with Hudson and Gesicki. Letting Evans go in favor of keeping Mclaughlin is about long term thinking

Right. If Gesicki balls out, he’ll be looking for major coin that the Bengals may not want to pay. And at least for this year, Hudson provides a reliable “security blanket” receiving option that both QBs have stated publicly (and pretty loudly) that they appreciate. 
 

Assuming good health, McLaughlin gets a “redshirt” year and Erick All gets his rookie year behind him too, so in year 2, All may be ready to assume the starter role and McLaughlin gets more meaningful snaps. And you still have Drew Sample.

 

I expect Grandy will get a PS spot (and maybe McLaughlin) as well so they’re building some young depth for down the road. 
 

 

Unless it's preceded by "Erick", I'm still having a tough time reading "All" as a name instead of as a ... regular word. (noun? adverb? something like that)

5 hours ago, PatternMaster said:

 

If the Bengals wanted to pay him he would have been paid back in March or April instead of holding out.

 

Mike Brown is a fucking idiot who hit the genetic lottery and runs a multi billion dollar organization like a family owned hardware store. The only requirement for being in leadership within the Bengals organization is being a descendant of Paul Brown or being married to one, what successful organization/corporation do you know that operates like that?

 

If the Bengals hadn't lucked into getting Joe Burrow they would still be a joke of a franchise with Ryan Findley or whoever Zac Taylor thinks is going to tear up the NFL.

 

 

 

They want to pay him.  They will pay him.  People's stress level about this is absolutely comical.  I guess that's a result of "I need everything to happen immediately" social media thumb scrolling world we now live in.

 

If the Cowboys wanted to pay CeeDee Lamb and Micah Parsons they would have been paid back in March or April instead of holding out.  Jerry Jones must be a similar particular kind of fucking idiot.

13 minutes ago, Dautcom08 said:

 

They want to pay him.  They will pay him.  People's stress level about this is absolutely comical.  I guess that's a result of "I need everything to happen immediately" social media thumb scrolling world we now live in.

 

If the Cowboys wanted to pay CeeDee Lamb and Micah Parsons they would have been paid back in March or April instead of holding out.  Jerry Jones must be a similar particular kind of fucking idiot.

Actually Jerry Jones is a very different kind of fucking idiot.

 

Flip sides of the same warped coin.

5 hours ago, Dautcom08 said:

 

They want to pay him.  They will pay him.  People's stress level about this is absolutely comical.  I guess that's a result of "I need everything to happen immediately" social media thumb scrolling world we now live in.

 

If the Cowboys wanted to pay CeeDee Lamb and Micah Parsons they would have been paid back in March or April instead of holding out.  Jerry Jones must be a similar particular kind of fucking idiot.

 

Brown and Jones are costing themselves money by not doing something they've said they "want" to do because the longer they wait the more expensive the contract extensions would be if they just did it

8 hours ago, Jamie_B said:

 

Except that I'm expecting Mclaughlin would only do that this year as two of our TEs are on 1 year contracts with Hudson and Gesicki. Letting Evans go in favor of keeping Mclaughlin is about long term thinking

We can protect up to 4 players on our practice squad from getting pouched by other teams

12 minutes ago, Sea Ray said:

We can protect up to 4 players on our practice squad from getting pouched by other teams

 

IIRC you only get to do that a number of times per player

11 hours ago, MichaelWeston said:

They do this every time. They want to pay as little as they can to field the most competitive team possible. He will get paid either this year before the season starts or next year. 

 

We have his rights for 2 more years. 

 

The difference between a competitive team and a winning team is consistency.  To me they seem content with the former, making a good show of it most of the time.  Keep hope alive for the local market and gamble with house money as a subsidized franchise. Bound to win it all eventually, right?  In the meantime everyone gets a pony. Pretty sweet deal if you don't piss off the bosses in New York.

@Jamie_B wrong thread OG 😅

21 minutes ago, T-Dub said:

@Jamie_B wrong thread OG 😅

 

😆 oops

21 hours ago, Sea Ray said:

We can protect up to 4 players on our practice squad from getting pouched by other teams

 

If the player isn't a vested veteran, they have to clear waivers to be moved to the practice squad. Anyone on waivers can be claimed by another team.