Katie Blackburn

[muskiesfan]

I'm remaining cautiously optimistic, but I'm not sure how optimistic I'm really willing to be. While Mike Brown was supposed to have had nothing to do with this coaching search, Marvin Lewis was Katie's choice last time. We do not know if she may have been part of the reason Marvin got to stick around so long as well. Also, Marvin said he and Mike Brown spoke daily. Marvin had also said that Mike would sit around and play with personnel packages on paper. Mike had influence in the War Room and on cuts as well.

As for Tobin being the "GM without the title", I have no doubt that Mike Brown will be the GM in title in 2019 as well as drawing a salary for being the GM.

I'm just having a hard time believing that all of the sudden, Mike is going to take a back seat. If I'm wrong and he's been handing control over to Katie and Troy all of these years then I don't think the future looks to bright with the product they've helped to put on the field.

I'd love to think that Mike Brown will finally head out to pasture and quit ***** things up for us Bengals fans. However, I'm sure he'll continue to stay in his cushy GM role with it's handsome salary and continue to make poor decisions that will negatively impact the franchise.