September 28, 2024Sep 28 comment_1765424 On 9/24/2024 at 9:40 AM, BBR said: 1.) You can't trade Tee yet. Maybe at the deadline if this truly spirals down the shitter and it's a completely lost season. 2.) Regarding the draft itself --- Round 1: Sell your soul if necessary for Deone Walker DT Kentucky 6'5" 348lbs --- Round 2: Hope and pray for a good DE to somehow slide, if not then the best CB or Safety I watched Kentucky-Ole Miss today, specifically to watch Deone Walker (Kentucky) and Walter Nolen (Ole Miss). Nolen seemed okay, but Walker seemed shockingly slow and ineffective. Maybe it's just that he's horribly out of shape, but late in the game, with Ole Miss driving for what could have been either a game-tying FG (which they wound up missing) or game-winning TD, he looked lazy and completely disinterested. It was actually shocking to see. Maybe something was up with him that would explain it, but he was extraordinarily unimpressive. On a separate note, Ole Miss' incessant fake injuries to slow down Kentucky were borderline comical. On Kentucky's game-winning TD drive (scored by former Bengals' TE Eric Kattus' son Josh), guys were laying down after every positive play by Kentucky. What is it about Lane Kiffin that just seems so sleazy?
September 28, 2024Sep 28 comment_1765426 On 9/23/2024 at 8:51 PM, MichaelWeston said: Coaching... The talent it there. It's on coaching. Anarumo needs to go. worst fanbase in sports
September 28, 2024Sep 28 comment_1765427 1 minute ago, GoBengals said: worst fanbase in sports Indeed
September 29, 2024Sep 29 comment_1765448 5 hours ago, GoBengals said: worst fanbase in sports I think it's a pretty good fan base. Follow no matter what.
September 29, 2024Sep 29 comment_1765463 48 minutes ago, BlackJesus said: Too early for draft talk ... We even win on our bye week. That's what I'm talkin' about! I'm coming in off the ledge today to watch the game. I wanna see 'em hang half-a-hundred on Carolina.
September 30, 2024Sep 30 comment_1766100 I know the Bengals have huge need on defense, but with Tee likely gone, I really want Emeka Egbuka. Great hands, explosive, and blocks like a madman. He flattened a MSU linebacker Saturday night. He does everything you want a WR to do and well.
September 30, 2024Sep 30 comment_1766102 3 minutes ago, Jason said: I know the Bengals have huge need on defense, but with Tee likely gone, I really want Emeka Egbuka. Great hands, explosive, and blocks like a madman. He flattened a MSU linebacker Saturday night. He does everything you want a WR to do and well. I LOVE Egbuka. And when you go to the OSU WR well it pays off. Hartline just produces one after another.
September 30, 2024Sep 30 comment_1766103 10 minutes ago, Dautcom08 said: I LOVE Egbuka. And when you go to the OSU WR well it pays off. Hartline just produces one after another. Egbuka is a 1st rounder. Jeremiah Smith may be the ac top 10 pick. He's phenomenal.. Lucky for OSU they'll have him for awhile.
September 30, 2024Sep 30 comment_1766104 19 minutes ago, Jason said: I know the Bengals have huge need on defense, but with Tee likely gone, I really want Emeka Egbuka. Great hands, explosive, and blocks like a madman. He flattened a MSU linebacker Saturday night. He does everything you want a WR to do and well. He's a slot type no? Wouldn't a without be more condusive to team needs.
September 30, 2024Sep 30 comment_1766107 I doubt Egbuka goes in the first round. Bengals certainly don't need to take a WR early next year. What they should do: Tag and trade Tee at the beginning of free agency. That will give them compensation better than a 2026 3rd rounder and will let them participate in free agency without worrying about offsetting losses vs additions. They should be able to get a 2nd rounder in 2025 for the top free agent WR. What they probably will do: not tag Tee and let him leave for the 2026 3rd rounder. Bengals certainly look more like pretenders than contenders this year with our defense struggling so much. Bengals are about 63 mil under the cap for 2025. That's with Chase counting at his 22 mil 5th year option before an extension. Team can save 9.6 mil by moving on from Hubbard and should do that. The following vets will be out of contract after this year: Tee Higgins Mike Gesicki BJ Hill Mike Hilton Vonn Bell Tanner Hudson Cody Ford Trey Hill D'Ante Smith Joseph Ossai Cam Sample Trent Brown Akeem Davis-Gaither Jay Tufele We can probably afford to lose all of those players plus Hubbard.
September 30, 2024Sep 30 comment_1766108 You have to have a willing partner of your tagging and trading.
September 30, 2024Sep 30 comment_1766109 13 minutes ago, sparky151 said: I doubt Egbuka goes in the first round. Bengals certainly don't need to take a WR early next year. What they should do: Tag and trade Tee at the beginning of free agency. That will give them compensation better than a 2026 3rd rounder and will let them participate in free agency without worrying about offsetting losses vs additions. They should be able to get a 2nd rounder in 2025 for the top free agent WR. What they probably will do: not tag Tee and let him leave for the 2026 3rd rounder. Bengals certainly look more like pretenders than contenders this year with our defense struggling so much. Bengals are about 63 mil under the cap for 2025. That's with Chase counting at his 22 mil 5th year option before an extension. Team can save 9.6 mil by moving on from Hubbard and should do that. The following vets will be out of contract after this year: Tee Higgins Mike Gesicki BJ Hill Mike Hilton Vonn Bell Tanner Hudson Cody Ford Trey Hill D'Ante Smith Joseph Ossai Cam Sample Trent Brown Akeem Davis-Gaither Jay Tufele We can probably afford to lose all of those players plus Hubbard. Agree That's a bad list to hang on to. They'll still have to fill out their roster though I see a few coming back at team friendly contracts. ADG and Sample would be my best guesses. I'll respectfully disagree with you on Egbuka not being a round 1 pick.
September 30, 2024Sep 30 comment_1766110 Sure but Tee will probably be the best free agent WR available next year. Offensively challenged teams with cap space probably need talent more than a lottery ticket for cheap rookies. A team like New England would make a lot of sense. So would most of the teams drafting QBs in round 1. Same reason the Bears traded for Keenan Allen, despite his 20 mil contract. The Giants are almost certain to move on from Daniel Jones and his 40 mil contract for instance.
September 30, 2024Sep 30 comment_1766111 2 minutes ago, Jamie_B said: You have to have a willing partner of your tagging and trading. I'm sure a team is drooling over the idea of obtaining D'Ante Smith..😎 Id trade him for nothing . Seems that's all he's worth.
September 30, 2024Sep 30 comment_1766112 Just now, claptonrocks said: Agree That's a bad list to hang on to. They'll still have to fill out their roster though. I see a few coming back at team friendly contracts. ADG and Sample would be my best guesses. Yes, I expect several of the cheaper players on the list to return. But a 1 season makeover of the defense without losing much on offense is very doable, at least in theory. Whether Tobin and the Brown family can pull it off is the question. We'll be able to afford a top tier defender who makes Christian Wilkins or Danielle Hunter type money plus another guy making Sheldon Rankins money plus extend Chase and some other players currently on rookie deals plus fill out the roster with lower paid free agents. That's all before the draft. We're more likely to be drafting top 12 than making the playoffs. There's a good group of CBs coming out so that may be our target position in round 1.
September 30, 2024Sep 30 comment_1766117 45 minutes ago, claptonrocks said: He's a slot type no? Wouldn't a without be more condusive to team needs. By decision, not by limit. I am pretty sure he can play outside.
September 30, 2024Sep 30 comment_1766121 35 minutes ago, Jason said: By decision, not by limit. I am pretty sure he can play outside. He's a helluva slot though 😊
September 30, 2024Sep 30 Author comment_1766124 I have already seen “moving on” several times in the thread. Annually, I always wonder who the “moving on” is to…or from?
October 8, 2024Oct 8 Author comment_1767772 Looks like attrition, record, and overall yuk forces this thread back up top.
October 8, 2024Oct 8 comment_1767777 The defense has struggled the past two years, it's going to take two years to fix it, while keeping the offense at the level its at or maybe a small dip but staying in the top 10. Assuming the guys we drafted this year pan out. Here is my 2 year "Keeping it positive" (meaning the draft picks pan out) plan. (Also this assumes we keep role players like Trenton Irwin) FA 2025 DJ Reed to a 3-4 year deal (he is currently 27 so a 3-4 year deal would be ideal) Chase Young to a 2 year "prove it deal", he is still young and could potentially turn it around or at least contribute No real safeties I like so I promote Battle so starter alongside Stone. Draft 2025 Top Rated in their bucket system between DE/CB. I lean towards getting a 1st round CB here though as DEs are easier to get in the 2nd. (See Sam Hubbard) Good CBs are not. Top Rated Interior linemen in the 2nd. If that ends up a center and Matt Lee works out the draft pick can slide to guard. Top Rated 3 Tech DT Fill out the rest of the picks with another WR, and whatever else is coming due to roster churn You put Dax Hill in the Slot with Mike Hilton leaving. Cam Taylor Britt and DJ Reed on the corners, let your 1st round pick work his way in. FA 2026 Kyle Hamilton is a FA but there is ZERO chance the Ravens let him get away. Not anyone that is screaming out to me to take at S here? Really FA this far out is kind of hard to predict. Draft 2026 Top Rated DE or CB based on what you did last year. Top Rated RB as Moss will be gone Top Rated Interior Linemen Top Rated LB (Tee Higgins comp pick) Top Rated DT, whether thats 3 Tech or NT. Continue to fill out.
October 27, 2024Oct 27 comment_1770763 "With the 4th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals select..." - Roger Goodell
October 27, 2024Oct 27 comment_1770764 2 minutes ago, KA14_HOF said: "With the 4th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals select..." - Roger Goodell Probably a receiver "replacement" for Tee. Sad, but quite possible. If we were able to select the best pass rusher, DT or corner it would be nice though.
October 27, 2024Oct 27 comment_1770767 In my book the #1 need is a DE who can actually get sacks. Trey needs help on the other side.
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