Where do we rank the Bengal 2 TE set compared to the rest of the NFL?
As always I'll give you the other projected starters as reference:

ARZ- Troy Niklas, Gerald Christian
ATL- Jacob Tamme, Levine Toilolo
BAL- Crockett Gilmore, Maxx Williams
BUF- Charles Clay, Chris Gragg
CAR- Greg Olsen, Ed Dickson
CHI- Martellus Bennet, Zach Miller
CLV- Gary Barnage, Jim Dray
DAL- Jason Witten, Gaven Escobar
DEN- Owen Daniels, Virgil Green
DET- Eric Ebron, Brandon Pettigrew
GBP- Andrew Quarless, Richard Rogers
HOU- Garett Graham, CJ Fiedorwicz
IND- Dwayne Allen, Coby Fleener
JAX- Julius Thomas, Clay Harbor
KCC- Travis Kelce, Demetrius Harris
MIA- Jordan Cameron, Dion Sims
MIN- Kyle Rudolph, Rhett Ellison
NEP- Rob Gronkowski, Scott Chandler
NOS- Ben Watson, Orson Charles
NYG- Larry Donnell, Daniel Fells
NYJ- Jace Amaro, Jeff Cumberland
OAK- Mychel Rivera, Clive Walford
PHI- Brent Celek, Zach Ertz
PIT- Heath Miller, Matt Spaeth
SDC- Antonio Gates, Ladarius Green
SEA- Jimmy Graham, Luke Willson
STL- Jared Cook, Lance Kendricks
SFF- Veron David, Derek Carrier
TBB- Austin Seferian-J, Brandon Myers
TEN- Delanie Walker, Craig Stevens
WAS- Jordan Reed, Logan Paulsen

I realize that how you rank them will be based a lot on potential versus experience; therefore, I have made the choices quite broad.

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It easy (and understandable) to focus on the negatives of the last 4 seasons. Marvin Lewis has extended his playoff record to 0-6, which has never been done by an NFL head coach with a single team. The QB play has continued to be abysmal. The rest of the team hasn't been much better. It seems like the best this group can accomplish is a 10-6 record (.500 in the division) with little hope that they'll win a playoff game.

That said, there's been plenty of positives in the regular season that really don't get the attention they deserve, thanks to the epic post season failures. So what were some of your favorite moments?

1. Favorite regular season win?

Possible candidates:
2012 - beat defending champion Giants 31-10. Defense was incredible, Dalton threw 4 TD's
2012 - beat Palmer's Raiders 34-10
2012 - beat Steelers 13-10 on last minute FG, knocking Steelers out of the playoffs on their own field
2013 - beat Packers 34-30. Came back from a 30-14 deficit late in the 3rd quarter
2013 - beat the Patriots 13-6
2013 - beat the Jets 49-9. The most embarrassing beat down a Marvin team has dished out.
2014 - beat the Ravens 23-16 on opening day. Dalton finally played well against the Ravens with 301 yards and a 98.7 rating
2014 - beat the Ravens 27-24 to complete the sweep. Dalton connected with Sanu for 53 yards and ran for the game winning TD.
2014 - beat the Broncos 37-28 on MNF. This game just had too much good stuff to list.

2. Best rookie season?

Possible candidates:
2011 - AJ Green - 1057 yards and 7 TD's
2011 - Andy Dalton - 3398 yards, 20 TD's and 13 INT's, 80.3 passer rating
2012 - Kevin Zeitler
2013 - Tyler Eifert - 445 yards and 2 TD's
2013 - Gio Bernard - 1209 yards from scrimmage and 8 TD's
2014 - Jeremy Hill - 1339 yards from scrimmage and 9 TD's

3. Best offensive season?

Possible candidates:
2013 - AJ Green - 1426 yards and 11 TD's
2013 - Andy Dalton - 4293 yards, 35 total TD's and 20 INT's, 88.8 passer rating
2013 - Gio Bernard - 1209 yards from scrimmage and 8 TD's
2014 - Jeremy Hill - 1339 yards from scrimmage and 9 TD's
2014 - Andrew Whitworth - O sacks

4. Best defensive season?

Possible candidates:
2012 - Geno Atkins - 54 tackles, 12.5 sacks, 4 forced fumbles
2013 - Vontaze Burfict - 177 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 INT, 8 pass deflections
2014 - Carlos Dunlap - 68 tackles, 8.0 sacks
2014 - Reggie Nelson - 99 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 4 INT's, 12 pass deflections

http://www.nfl.com/videos/cincinnati-bengals/0ap3000000502311/A-J-Hawk-tackles-fan-at-golf-tournament

I guess some big white guys wanted to be tackled by AJ Hawk? I have no idea, but this video is great.

I think my body would break.

"When Ace Sanders makes it in the NFL it won’t be because what he does as a receiver, it will be because of the amazing things he can do as a returner. Just watching him last season, you can see he has the rare ability that only the likes of Devin Hester and Joshua Cribbs has. When most returners get the ball inside the 15 they let it go, that isn’t the case with Sanders. Even with defenders coming at him he takes the punt and turns a negative into a positive. He will make two guys miss with a juke move to the inside and his speed will do the rest. He has the confidence and nerves you look for in a great return man and the ability to change the game on just one play.

Part of the reason Sanders is so good on punt returns is what he can do in the open field. Either coming off a screen pass or on a punt, his combination of vision and  moves make him tough to tackle. His vision enables him to look at oncoming opponents and time his cut just at the right time. Once he gets passed the defender and has an open lane he's off to the races" http://withthefirstpick.com/2013/03/03/2013-nfl-draft-ace-sanders-prospect-profile/                       Jacksonville discarded the "Ace" today. Would Sanders be an upgrade over our current kick returners?

http://www.cincyjungle.com/the-chronicle/2015/2/28/8125527/saying-goodbye-to-former-bengals-de-robert-geathers-for-now

I keep forgetting this guy was released.
It seems like he should still be on the team.
Don't go crazy over that last sentence, I realize it was time for him to go.
At the same time, I don't remember a lot of members celebrating him leaving in either a good/bad way.
How many player have there been that did there time and when that time was up there was no reaction to it?

...could just simply be I just missed an entire message board couple of months ...occasionally I have a life.

I probably always over valued the guy.
He was a presence I thought that not a lot people appreciated.
The guy that executed his assignment and allowed other players to shine.
Though I do not know enough about football to really understand if most of the time he was just simply a body that could hold up most seasons or a talent that one fully understood.

With Leah's cancer in remission, Devon Still seems like he'll be able to have his head 100% on football and like he's ready to make the most of time missed.

He's a hell of a dude and seems like he's working his ass off to make a difference for this team, and this pic makes him look RIPPED and like he'll tear people's heads off:



Just another reason that I'm pumped for the season!

Everyone is always talking about how the Bengals made the wrong choice and should have drafted someone else. Funny that not a single person here seems to admit that they had players who they thought would be stars that did not work out. Here are a few of mine. I was really excited when we......

...drafted Ki-Jana Carter. He was one of the best colleeg RBs I had ever seen, and the Bengals actually had a lot of talent on offense when we drafted him. I was so excited that Mike Brown had made an aggressive move to trade up for him. I thiought he woudl transform our offense.


...signed Nate Webster. I really liked the guy. He seemed to have all the tools, and we really needed a LB at that time.

...drafted Keiwan Ratliff. This one will probably draw a few laughs, but Ratliff was an explosive playmaker in college. He was the SEC Defensive Player of the Year his senior season when he had 9 ints and scored 4 defensive tds. He was also one of the best punt return men in the SEC and even played some WR.

...drafted Peter Warrick. He actually played pretty well for us, but not up to his potential. In college he was ridiculous good. he was the most exciting player since Deion Sanders.

....drafted Roddrick Muckelroy. He was not a highly ranked player because he didn't have eye-popping workout numbers, but he had started four years at a top program (Texas). He had played every LB position and just made tackles all over the field. To me he looked like a real good football player.

Where do we rank the Bengal 3 wide compared to the rest of the NFL?
 As always I'll give you the other projected Duos as reference:
 
ARZ- Larry Fitzgerald, Mike Floyd, John Brown
ATL- Julio Jones, Roddy White, Leonard Hankerson
BAL- Steve Smith Sr., Breshad Perriman, Marlon Brown
BUF- Sammy Watkins, Percy Harvin, Robert Woods
CAR- Kelvin Benjamin, Jerihco Cotchery, Devin Funchess
CHI- Alshon Jeffrey, Kevin White, Eddie Royal
CLV- Brian Hartline, Dwayne Bowe, Andrew Hawkins
DAL- Dez Bryant, Terrance Williams, Cole Beasley
DEN- DeMaryius Thomas, Emmanual Sanders, Andre Caldwell
DET- Calvin Johnson, Golden Tate, Lance Moore
GBP- Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb, DaVante Adams
HOU- Cecil Shorts III, DeAndre Hopkins, DaMarius Johnson
IND- Andre Johnson, TY Hilton, Phillip Dorsett
JAX- Allen Robinson, Allen Hurns, Marquis Lee
KCC- Jerry Maclin, Albert Wilson, Jason Avant
MIA- Kenny Stills, Greg Jennings, DeVante Parker
MIN- Mike Wallace, Cordarrelle Patterson, Jarius Wright
NEP- Brandon LaFell, Julian Edelman, Andre Dobson
NOS- Marcus Colston, Brandan Cooks, Joe Morgan
NYG- Odell Beckham, Victor Cruz, Ruben Randle
NYJ- Eric Decker, Brandon Marshall, Devin Smith
OAK- Amari Cooper, Michael Crabtree, Andre Holmes
PHI- Nelson Agholor, Jordan Matthews, Riley Cooper
PIT- Antonio Brown, Markus Wheaton, Martavis Bryant
SDC- Malcom Floyd, Kenaan Allen, Stevie Johnson
SFF- Anquan Boldin, Torry Smith, Jerome Simpson
SEA- Jermaine Kearse, Doug Balwin, Ricardo Lockette
STL- Brain Quick, Kenny Britt, Stedman Bailey
TBB- Vince Jackson, Mike Evans, Louis Murphy
TEN- Harry Douglas, Kendall Wright, Dorial Green-Beckham
WAS- Pierre Garcon, DeSean Jackson, Andre Roberts

So for those of you that might not have watched the ESPY's last night, Devon and Leah Still were honored and given an award. Just watch this video: