44 minutes ago, Griever said:

Yes, yes HUGE change lol

12 minutes ago, I_C_Deadpeople said:

Yes, yes HUGE change lol

Colonel Joseph Lee probably told him that he had to.

31 minutes ago, I_C_Deadpeople said:

Yes, yes HUGE change lol

They already said he's not going anywhere so what's the point? Let the local press throw a few tomatoes at him just to feel better?

Why do I want to hear anything from Duke Tobin? The little scapegoat tapdance routine is a waste of everyone's time.

And here I thought the 2024 defense had no where to go but up 😭

51 minutes ago, Griever said:

And here I thought the 2024 defense had no where to go but up 😭

Maybe we can bring Lou back for a day & then ceremoniously fire him again? That should fix it.

3 minutes ago, T-Dub said:

Maybe we can bring Lou back for a day & then ceremoniously fire him again? That should fix it.

😄

I laughed way too hard at this…

(Might be the weed)

Bengals Sign 13 Players to Reserve/Future Contracts, Six Players to Contract Extensions | BENGALS ROSTER UPDATE

Jan 05, 2026 at 03:34 PM

The Bengals today made the following roster moves:

**Signed 13 players to Reserve/Future contracts. These players will not count on the team's active list until Feb. 9, the Monday after the Super Bowl. Each of the 13 players finished the season on the team's Practice Squad. They are:

--LB Liam Anderson

--C Jacob Bayer

--HB Gary Brightwell

--QB Sean Clifford

--OT Andrew Coker

--DT Howard Cross III

--OT Javon Foster

--WR Xavier Johnson

--CB Jalen Kimber

--CB Bralyn Lux

--WR Jordan Moore

--LB Antwaun Powell-Ryland

--S Russ Yeast

**Signed the following six players to one-year contract extensions through the 2026 season:

--DE Isaiah Foskey

--LB Joe Giles-Harris

--TE Cam Grandy

--LB Shaka Heyward

--S PJ Jules

--WR Mitch Tinsley

https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-reserve-future-contracts-extensions-2026-roster-update?fbclid=IwY2xjawPJDw5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFPSzBBQXRxTkhnVFp0ZWc1c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHq2YDim2ipbgddstxKZTABU3NxtIlhw88Yu51-aJi4xYJ39OXHilcZf4Di8r_aem_K-bB5Tkvbo057Yr0lDHnBg

2 hours ago, T-Dub said:

They already said he's not going anywhere so what's the point? Let the local press throw a few tomatoes at him just to feel better?

Why do I want to hear anything from Duke Tobin? The little scapegoat tapdance routine is a waste of everyone's time.

Yeah, but what if he says "nobody wants to win more than me"? I bet you'll be glad you tuned in then! Talk about a relief! 🤩

56 minutes ago, Arkansas Bengal said:

DT Howard Cross III

Caught some cameos of him in stadium at our end yesterday.

For his size…he was a handful for blockers on several runs/passes. Much stronger than I would have thought…with good leverage and bend.

Not a bad fellow to have around, all things considered

23 minutes ago, Griever said:

Sounds like their future franchise LT to me.. but like, a real one, all the time. Not just for these locker room interviews.

40 minutes ago, HavePityPlease said:

Yeah, but what if he says "nobody wants to win more than me"? I bet you'll be glad you tuned in then! Talk about a relief! 🤩

Man if i were any more tuned out of this lost season Happytalk blitz they seem to be on, I'd be asleep. If they're not going to do anything about it they should probably STFU. That'd be my advice but I'm not assistant GM to a ghost. I'm sure I'll see the lowlights of anything Duke has to say in his closing arguments. Further, that reading between the lines will again be enlightening in all the wrong ways.

"If I want to keep doing this, I have to have fun doing it"

32 minutes ago, Le Tigre said:

Caught some cameos of him in stadium at our end yesterday.

For his size…he was a handful for blockers on several runs/passes. Much stronger than I would have thought…with good leverage and bend.

Not a bad fellow to have around, all things considered

Yeah he was in the game pretty early. He's an interesting player. You would think at his size he'd get washed out at the POS but he handles his business pretty well. As a 3T, they might have something as a rotational piece.

36 minutes ago, Griever said:

Peachy and all well and good but I would have preferred/think he should have said

"I want to be the best tackle" rather than "highest paid".

But he WAS playing the high stakes table games when I say him at Hard Rock

getting his financial ass handed to him by non-English speaking Asians.

6 minutes ago, T-Dub said:

Man if i were any more tuned out of this lost season Happytalk blitz they seem to be on, I'd be asleep. If they're not going to do anything about it they should probably STFU. That'd be my advice but I'm not assistant GM to a ghost. I'm sure I'll see the lowlights of anything Duke has to say in his closing arguments. Further, that reading between the lines will again be enlightening in all the wrong ways.

Wonder why it's taking until Friday for him to hold court for a likely 10-minute session? Is he meeting with a PR consultant to practice his GM-speak responses to softball questions?

I guess if someone asks him what the"plans" that Mikey referred to are, he'll have to actually come up with something. It would take some time to develop a creative response, I'm sure. Or maybe he'll just shrug, and the local media will move on to the next line of inquiry.

3 minutes ago, High School Harry said:

Peachy and all well and good but I would have preferred/think he should have said

"I want to be the best tackle" rather than "highest paid".

But he WAS playing the high stakes table games when I say him at Hard Rock

getting his financial ass handed to him by non-English speaking Asians.

Been in the NFL all of 2 years & every offseason so far has seen one or more of his teammates (& presumably mentors) in a contract dispute that ends up netting them giant, multimillion dollar contracts. That's the culture he's been around: hold outs to "secure the bag" because these owners are not serious about winning. Orlando Bum Jr is about to make $20M to play out of position at maybe 70-80% of his potential, whenever he feels like it. They're putting up 30+ almost every week and still losing. What else does he have to play for but FU money?

Or maybe I'm just making that up. Either way, let's be glad he's playing like he is right now instead of waiting until his contract's running out. Doesn't much matter to me where he finds his motivation when it's so clearly lacking in so many other areas of the team.