Their Bengals Careers are Over

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(05-05-2023, 05:21 PM)samhain Wrote: Moving on from Apple is a mistake. People thought we were done after the Browns loss and Chido's knee injury. We were down to Eli and a second round rookie. They both acquitted themselves well.

For the price he commands, Eli is found money. He's dependable enough to run out there every week in a loaded AFC quarterback field come playoff time. This team won 5 more playoff games with Apple as a starter than they did in 3 decades. He's definitely not the main reason for that, but he didn't prevent it, either.

Everyone upset about him being a shit-talker should also want Mike "Burrowhead" Hilton gone. Chase talked a ton of shit before the first KC game, too. I don't know why anyone cares about that kind of thing, and I guarantee most don't when the team is winning.

Turner is a 2nd round rookie and Jones is an injury-prone journeyman. At the start of the season, I'd much rather have a guy that's been manning the position for 2 years out there than those kinds of unknowns.

Great point about Hilton and his mouth. People here don’t even realize they’ve been influenced by media to dislike Apple. Apple busted for the NY Giants and became a big joke. He wouldn’t have nearly as bad of a reputation if he stunk on Jacksonville

Hilton doesn’t have a past reputation of bad play, nor did he ever have the NY media at his throat, so he gets a pass.

Very hypocritical for people here to bash Apple and give Hilton a pass. Eli has been solid for his 2 seasons here. People here have been influenced by the other fans/media. I live in NY, people here will bring him up as one of the biggest busts in team history. They just naturally dislike him, social media trash talk be damned

Too many fans here care about what the fans on Twitter think about the bengals. To a fault