• The last few weeks have been interesting.

only comment on the offense is Flacco turned into a pumpkin with the shoulder injury sadly. Wise and strong armed is what he brings to the table at this age.. and that was a good fit until he lost one of them.

As for the defense. we may never find out what in the living hell Logan wilson was pulling in this locker room.

the lack of attention to the events around his departure is a "i feel like im taking crazy pills" moment the past few weeks. and i have dug into the people i know around the team, and NO ONE is saying shit. That really almost never happens.

So to recap the events:

• Golden was his LB coach prior, they liked each other

• Golden was the LB coach when he was drafted

• Golden was his LB coach on the SB run, the best run of logans career

• Golden returns as DC, Golden speaks highly of Logan upon return, (not coach speak he did not do so for Pratt, etc)

• the defense shits its pants and pisses down its leg at the same time every game for like 7 weeks straight.

• Logan losses snaps, bitches about it publicly IMMEDIATELY (this is out of character for him)

• Logan gets deactivated, a healthy scratch, a TEAM CAPTAIN.. a healthy scratch, bitching publicly.

• he comes back, blows coverage on the first play and gets yanked, sits for a series or two, and plays some snaps after..

• he then gets traded for nothing late pointless pick swap

• the bengals trade a team captain, for literally nothing. never happened ever.

• the bengals not only trade him but agree to PAY HIM some of this and next years salary, also never happened ever.

• the second he is gone, the defense seems to be playing faster, reacting faster, attitude is up.

i think CTB not blowing coverages and roles making the safeties look worse than they are (which they arent great of course) helps too but thats a side note.

so....

what

the

fuck

was

up with

logan wilson....

also.

i knock the bengals "media" endlessly, and rightfully so.

this is where a real media member wouldhave acted on this.

"hey coach, there have been some changes in personnel on defense, some guys left the team or got hurt, and since then it seems like communication is better and the team is playing faster, what connection do you make there, and whats been the biggest improvement off the field that led to the on the field improvements?"

no coach is likely to shit on them directly,, but you WILL 100% get the answer you want...

the bengals media coverage is terrible. its literally a bunch of message board guys who tried and fell into roles that needed filled as old media style work vanished.

so anyway... this shit is nuts... and everyone is acting like nothing even happened.

45 minutes ago, GoBengals said:

• The last few weeks have been interesting.

only comment on the offense is Flacco turned into a pumpkin with the shoulder injury sadly. Wise and strong armed is what he brings to the table at this age.. and that was a good fit until he lost one of them.

I think having him around for the rest of the season is a good thing. Burrow can learn from him and he’s a good locker room guy.

7 minutes ago, Shebengal said:

I think having him around for the rest of the season is a good thing. Burrow can learn from him and he’s a good locker room guy.

yeah i think burrow has and will learn more, seeing the success flacco could have playing ultra conservative save in the ppocket should open joes eyes that he doesnt ahve to be superman on every single play..

Yeah, we were able to run the ball Thursday from shotgun but most of the season the running game was bad from shotgun and much better with the QB under center. Burrow doesn't like lining up under center so that takes away the play-action game.

Hope they keep Flacco going forward

4 hours ago, GoBengals said:

the bengals media coverage is terrible. its literally a bunch of message board guys who tried and fell into roles that needed filled as old media style work vanished.

And they've been there for decades despite being so obviously burnt the hell out & going through the motions while the grandkids make them have meetings about TikTok. Or the team Gatorade™️policy.

Hate to break this to ya but all that's.. not limited to their in-house media. At least those barnacles knew how to use a message board. The people at the top are just relatives of, say, someone who made a really cool website with dancing hamsters way back when... in those terms.

Surely you recognize there's some truth in there? The son-in-law? It's cliche.

1 hour ago, New Jersey Bengal said:

Hope they keep Flacco going forward

Key to the city at this point, whether he stays on the roster or not.

2 hours ago, New Jersey Bengal said:

Hope they keep Flacco going forward

id love it, but honestly its both unlikely and if so probably unproductive much further into the future.

he did great, his knowledge and love for the game and experience is priceless, but he keeps coming back to paly for trash teams becasue he loves to PLAY.. maybe he wants to coach or soemthing? also unlikely... so sadly i assume its over for him... but if he wants to be a backup anyhere id love for it to be here.

37 minutes ago, T-Dub said:

And they've been there for decades despite being so obviously burnt the hell out & going through the motions while the grandkids make them have meetings about TikTok. Or the team Gatorade™️policy.

Hate to break this to ya but all that's.. not limited to their in-house media. At least those barnacles knew how to use a message board. The people at the top are just relatives of, say, someone who made a really cool website with dancing hamsters way back when... in those terms.

Surely you recognize there's some truth in there? The son-in-law? It's cliche.

yeah all media. espn is long gone, they have puppets of former legends squaking nonsense in between 8 minute segments slanging shock jock headlines. then local media, an occasional football lover stumbled into a role, ther eis one independant guy who is solid and one of the network local news sports guys is decent... all the podcast guys are terrible, immature, lack football understanding, lack knowledge, lack life experience, it stinks of cornfield hillbillies who are in awe when they go to a big city, and they spend their time trying to look the part instead of doing any real work or growth in their roles.

talking with a friend who ive shared bengals fandome with for 20+ years, how how not only do we not listen to the growler or bengals talk or any other podcast, our lives are better without them.

let that sink in... two people who live breath and die for sports.. lives are just better without the terrible podcast about our team...

i listen to 3 nuggets podcasts.. there is 1 good one, and two mediocre.. but its content to consume in the car... the bengals equivalents arent even worth wasting time in the car.

Lapham is ok sometimes, i still tap in now and again, but substance is usually accidental but its fine.

it all falls under the "no one cares about anything" no one loves football anymore.. no one loves sports anymore..

my nuggets tickets are 8 rows off the court.. and every single timeout, before the game, after the game, my aisle is clogged with people taking selfies as close to the court as they can get. im not knocking it, but theyll take 10-20 shots, poses, faces, various friends together, etc, then spend most of the game posting those photos, replying to people, posting a clip of the game action.. and not really seeing any basketball happen.... pro sports are a social event for social media, not even for eachother anymore..

its wack

33 minutes ago, T-Dub said:

Key to the city at this point, whether he stays on the roster or not.

lol, i am indeed wacko for flacco these days.

11 hours ago, GoBengals said:

it all falls under the "no one cares about anything" no one loves football anymore.. no one loves sports anymore..

my nuggets tickets are 8 rows off the court.. and every single timeout, before the game, after the game, my aisle is clogged with people taking selfies as close to the court as they can get. im not knocking it, but theyll take 10-20 shots, poses, faces, various friends together, etc, then spend most of the game posting those photos, replying to people, posting a clip of the game action.. and not really seeing any basketball happen.... pro sports are a social event for social media, not even for eachother anymore..

its wack

lol, i am indeed wacko for flacco these days.

It drives my husband crazy when he watches baseball and sees people in the front rows on their phones instead of watching the game.

8 hours ago, Shebengal said:

It drives my husband crazy when he watches baseball and sees people in the front rows on their phones instead of watching the game.

I mean.. it's baseball. I'm not going to be on my feet hollering for 4 hours, I'm going to wander around the stadium at some point. They don't have pinball machines and some fake cheese pump nachos are $20 so yeh I'm probably gonna pull my phone out. The MLB Game Tracker thing is pretty nice, can't really tell a 2-seam from a cutter up in the bleachers yknow, stuff like that.

On 11/29/2025 at 5:56 PM, sparky151 said:

Yeah, we were able to run the ball Thursday from shotgun but most of the season the running game was bad from shotgun and much better with the QB under center. Burrow doesn't like lining up under center so that takes away the play-action game.

The Bengals also often need a RB in for protection purposes and play action can screw that up.

Flacco seems like a good dude, but he says he wants a chance to play next year. At 41? No shot his body could take it even if someone gave him that chance. His best bet is the Craig Morton/Don Strock role. Play here and there when the starter is injured.

Yeah, nobody is going to sign Flacco to be their season long starter. He might get a deal from a team that drafts a rookie QB, ie like Cleveland did this year.

22 hours ago, UncleEarl said:

Flacco seems like a good dude, but he says he wants a chance to play next year. At 41? No shot his body could take it even if someone gave him that chance. His best bet is the Craig Morton/Don Strock role. Play here and there when the starter is injured.

After the beating Rogers has been taking, I'm sure the Stealers will be in the mix next year. Rather have him here tho.

The theory that Logan Wilson was mainly responsible for the disaster on defense is hilarious. Maybe no one around the team is saying shit because it isn’t true.

1 hour ago, Inigo Montoya said:

The theory that Logan Wilson was mainly responsible for the disaster on defense is hilarious. Maybe no one around the team is saying shit because it isn’t true.

So agree.

Still there has to be some explanation how

he could go from Captain to cast off before the season is even over.

3 hours ago, Inigo Montoya said:

The theory that Logan Wilson was mainly responsible for the disaster on defense is hilarious. Maybe no one around the team is saying shit because it isn’t true.

Anything to avoid focus on the terrible drafting

i dont agree with some points here.
i dont see how Flacco turned into a pumpkin, the offense put up enough to win games when he was in.
i dont really see much of a difference in the defense with or without Logan Wilson .
he may of been a problem , but obviously he wasnt THE problem.
everyone shit on Trey for wanting a better deal
(i personally believe he was told las year they would do it in the offseason, and it wasnt his fault they dicked around so long the price got stupid, )
and once again when he goes down the defense goes to shit. he may of only be a pass rusher as some claimed here , but when he was on the field the other teams has to account for him and it frees up the other 10.
doesnt matter the def cord. we just dont cover TEs and RBs,
3rd and 13, hit a te or rb in the middle and watch then get the 1st down.
i'd like Flacco to stay as a back up , but i am sure he wants to be a starter ,