February 17Feb 17 comment_1787286 11 hours ago, T-Dub said: Dude... it's Troy Blackburn. He is in a position to which he's publicly proven himself completely unqualified simply because he's a son in law. We really need to debate this? Hearing the Whitworth story confirmed my suspicion that he and Pumpkie aren't exactly a beacon of hope going forward.
February 17Feb 17 comment_1787291 Yeah, just because they are bad at their jobs doesn't mean they want to improve. It just means they'll talk less to the public.
February 17Feb 17 comment_1787297 38 minutes ago, sparky151 said: Yeah, just because they are bad at their jobs doesn't mean they want to improve. It just means they'll talk less to the public. Right, they know it doesn't matter if they do a good job or not... Everyone below them knows it, too. They can print all the t-shirts they want but a team's culture comes from the top.
February 17Feb 17 comment_1787298 On 2/15/2025 at 8:39 PM, GoBengals said: they also proceeded to draft a Tackle a month later in the draft. Who was that tackle again? And then who replaced him? and the one after that? Yeah this FO is killing it. Just need a couple more decades.
February 19Feb 19 comment_1787473 37 minutes ago, Griever said: So.... We can resign the big 3 and still have $80M in cap space. To bullshit deals I may add. Short term contracts with no void years.
February 19Feb 19 comment_1787474 Not BS deals. Liscow backloaded the contracts so they have low 2025 cap hits. But they are all contracts where the player can see the full amount of the deal without becoming a cap casualty unless his play drops. You'll note that future years have even more cap space than 2025 in his sim, mostly due to other players contracts expiring but extending the big 4 doesn't cause any agita either this year or in the future.
February 19Feb 19 comment_1787477 6 minutes ago, sparky151 said: Not BS deals. Liscow backloaded the contracts so they have low 2025 cap hits. But they are all contracts where the player can see the full amount of the deal without becoming a cap casualty unless his play drops. You'll note that future years have even more cap space than 2025 in his sim, mostly due to other players contracts expiring but extending the big 4 doesn't cause any agita either this year or in the future. 3-4 year deals for Chase and Higgins is bullshit. They're both young players in their prime. Jefferson was a 5 year deal. These are still VERY team friendly deals. Other teams are going to be willing to take on risk. If you think other teams aren't going to look at a 3 year deal for Tee and say "We can do 5 and get you twice as much money in the first year"...
February 19Feb 19 comment_1787491 On 2/17/2025 at 8:13 AM, Cat said: Hearing the Whitworth story confirmed my suspicion that he and Pumpkie aren't exactly a beacon of hope going forward. I am sorry but a competent NFL GM can not make decisions based on the Unicorn theory. Whitworth was a Unicorn. Acting as if every 35/36 year old tackle typically plays at a high level for an additional 4 is laughable. In fact, I can’t name another one not named Andrew Whitworth. The Rams were a few players away from competing for a title, they went all in. The Bengals were 6-9-1 and still had Andy Dalton as our QB. There was zero reason to invest in a 35 year old OT, ZERO.
February 20Feb 20 comment_1787500 4 hours ago, LostInDaJungle said: 3-4 year deals for Chase and Higgins is bullshit. They're both young players in their prime. Jefferson was a 5 year deal. These are still VERY team friendly deals. Other teams are going to be willing to take on risk. If you think other teams aren't going to look at a 3 year deal for Tee and say "We can do 5 and get you twice as much money in the first year"... A 4 year extension for Chase is a 5 year deal. Ja'Marr is 3 years away from the open market. If he's offered a deal that makes him the highest paid WR in the league, he'll sign it. Otherwise, he's playing for 22 mil this year, 26 mil in 2026, and 31 mil in 2027. Likewise with Tee, if he gets offered a multi-year deal averaging more than the tag number with 40+ mil in guaranteed money, he'll sign it. 47 minutes ago, SF2 said: I am sorry but a competent NFL GM can not make decisions based on the Unicorn theory. Whitworth was a Unicorn. Acting as if every 35/36 year old tackle typically plays at a high level for an additional 4 is laughable. In fact, I can’t name another one not named Andrew Whitworth. The Rams were a few players away from competing for a title, they went all in. The Bengals were 6-9-1 and still had Andy Dalton as our QB. There was zero reason to invest in a 35 year old OT, ZERO. GMs should know their own team's players. Apparently Les Sneed knew Whitworth's abilities better than Blackburn. That doesn't reflect well on the Bengals. 41 minutes ago, BlackJesus said: Lol. Chase isn't going to get 40 mil and he'll sign a big extension this offseason that's a bit more than Jefferson got. 23 minutes ago, BlackJesus said: There's nothing wrong with giving Hendrickson a 4 year extension as long as the team can get out of it easily enough after a couple of seasons.
February 20Feb 20 comment_1787504 11 minutes ago, sparky151 said: GMs should know their own team's players. Apparently Les Sneed knew Whitworth's abilities better than Blackburn. That doesn't reflect well on the Bengals. A 3 year year $33.7 mil contract, only $15 mil was guaranteed and there was an out the 3rd year is hardly going all in. No reason to pay a 36 year old tackle when you don’t have a QB or are close to a title.
February 20Feb 20 comment_1787512 2 hours ago, SF2 said: I am sorry but a competent NFL GM can not make decisions based on the Unicorn theory. Whitworth was a Unicorn. Acting as if every 35/36 year old tackle typically plays at a high level for an additional 4 is laughable. In fact, I can’t name another one not named Andrew Whitworth. The Rams were a few players away from competing for a title, they went all in. The Bengals were 6-9-1 and still had Andy Dalton as our QB. There was zero reason to invest in a 35 year old OT, ZERO. Well Said!!
February 21Feb 21 comment_1787572 On 2/19/2025 at 6:03 PM, BlackJesus said: This should help ... 💰 And it is projected to be $295M in 2026 and $311M in 2027. These are likely conservative. So lots of space coming to all teams.
February 24Feb 24 comment_1787759 11 hours ago, Griever said: Hot take there, Phil. "Thing that may happen may also not happen!" Credit to your field, great job by NBC as well.
February 24Feb 24 comment_1787761 On 2/10/2025 at 7:17 PM, I_C_Deadpeople said: No Parade LOL. reminds me when we re-signed Bobby Hart and that idiot Troy Blackburn said “what else were we supposed to do? 🤦♂️ I've always felt like Phil Castellini would be a good fit for the Bengals FO.
February 24Feb 24 Author comment_1787780 “I would like to remain a Bengal. It's just some things in life, like long term security… That would be ideal. But again, I want to help them win a Super Bowl.”Trey Hendrickson on his contract negotiations with the Bengals: pic.twitter.com/7Zr4s5g7qz— Ross Tucker Podcast (@RossTuckerPod) February 24, 2025
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