(Yesterday, 05:48 PM)ERIC1 Wrote: Lol@ I put the dude on ignore..life is better and so is this Board..enjoy your comments essex.,I think both the hendickson/ stewart situations get resolved and stewart will have a very solid rookie year and contribute positively to goldens defense...its gonna be a fun year

I know you did. Because you're weak and can't stand the heat of truth. 

(Yesterday, 06:17 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: I know you did. Because you're weak and can't stand the heat of truth. 

I am not a fan of ignore, but you relentlessly attack him personally. You even use other members to gang up on him so maybe being callled a liar and stupid is him not accepting your perception of truth.

It is time for all of us to take off the gloves and root for our favorite team. I am very gald TC officially begins very soon so we can talk football and hopefully a great 2025 season.

(Yesterday, 06:21 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I am not a fan of ignore, but you relentlessly attack him personally. You even use other members to gang up on him so maybe being callled a liar and stupid is him not accepting your perception of truth.

It is time for all of us to take off the gloves and root for our favorite team. I am very gald TC officially begins very soon so we can talk football and hopefully a great 2025 season.

Hey, mind your own f*****g business and let them fight!!!!


(Just kidding. I agree with your sentiment). 

(Yesterday, 05:07 PM)sandwedge Wrote: Timmy, this clause is in everyone's contract nowdays.. 

Well obviously Mike Brown had concerns, so find another player to choose. Otherwise hey mention it.

(Yesterday, 05:48 PM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: All this was known already. It isn't that he doesnt think he will stay out of trouble it's just the simple fact this is the first time the Bengals have used that language. They fair or unfair want a concession to sign and word is that it's just paying the signing bonus at the time of signing rather than 50% now and 50% in December which the Bengals normally do.

The video is interesting in the fact that it shows how the Bengals are just not good at dealing with people on a personal level. I mean can we have a disagreement on a contract and not piss off the agent that will then in turn piss off the player. 

You're joking, right? Even better, he only has to behave for 5 months... 

(Yesterday, 06:21 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I am not a fan of ignore, but you relentlessly attack him personally. You even use other members to gang up on him so maybe being callled a liar and stupid is him not accepting your perception of truth.

It is time for all of us to take off the gloves and root for our favorite team. I am very gald TC officially begins very soon so we can talk football and hopefully a great 2025 

He is starting to edge toward Fred territory..

(Yesterday, 08:50 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: He is starting to edge toward Fred territory..

They’re literally polar opposites. rfaulk is not a front office sycophant who cherry picks certain stats to try and prove a point. Disagree with him all you want but there’s no denying that he actually puts the work into his research.

Mike Brown sounded like he still got it in the interview clips. He may have a couple more years left in  him. He’s looking aged but clear minded as far as I could see/hear.


 Anyone with a loved one in they 80’s should know how crazy it is to think of them running a business and dealing with the media. 

(Yesterday, 09:20 PM)jj22 Wrote: Mike Brown sounded like he still got it in the interview clips. He may have a couple more years left in him. He’s looking aged but clear minded as far as I could see.

I thought the same thing

(Yesterday, 09:02 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: They’re literally polar opposites. rfaulk is not a front office sycophant who cherry picks certain stats to try and prove a point. Disagree with him all you want but there’s no denying that he actually puts the work into his research.

I'm thinking it was more to do with the propensity to insult. 

(Yesterday, 09:24 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I'm thinking it was more to do with the propensity to insult. 

fred never insulted anyone.

Free Fredtoast~

(Yesterday, 09:57 PM)Synric Wrote: Free Fredtoast~

This is like when you liked a terrible movie as a kid, but haven't seen since it in decades. Then one day your nostalgia tells you that you want to watch it again as an adult.

You like the memory of it.
You really don't want the reality of it.

Anyone been to Florence and heard from Joe…

(Yesterday, 10:03 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: This is like when you liked a terrible movie as a kid, but haven't seen since it in decades. Then one day your nostalgia tells you that you want to watch it again as an adult.

You like the memory of it.
You really don't want the reality of it.

Fred was awesome. Was he combative and argumentive? sure most of us are... he was just good at it. He was also very dedicated to posting topics of discussion of all kinds which drove board activity. 

(Yesterday, 09:02 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: They’re literally polar opposites. rfaulk is not a front office sycophant who cherry picks certain stats to try and prove a point. Disagree with him all you want but there’s no denying that he actually puts the work into his research.

Who cares about the work you put in,  that does not exempt you from being rude and cross the line  with your comments that why  Fred was banned correct??  Or are you saying cheerleaders get banned but those that are negative do not..hmm

(Yesterday, 10:12 PM)Synric Wrote: Was he combative and argumentive? sure most of us are... 

I'm not.

(Yesterday, 09:20 PM)jj22 Wrote: Mike Brown sounded like he still got it in the interview clips. He may have a couple more years left in  him. He’s looking aged but clear minded as far as I could see/hear.


 Anyone with a loved one in they 80’s should know how crazy it is to think of them running a business and dealing with the media. 

Guess we ain’t prioritizing the interior o-line for a few more years then eh?

Seriously, Mike is still with it. He gave thoughtful answers, and didn’t ramble incoherently. Sounds like they’ll eventually pay Trey, but ain’t budging much on Shemar. I still think the hangup with Shemar is over the delayed nature of the signing bonus payouts and/or some excessive lawyerly minutiae in the clauses.

(Yesterday, 06:21 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I am not a fan of ignore, but you relentlessly attack him personally. You even use other members to gang up on him so maybe being callled a liar and stupid is him not accepting your perception of truth.

It is time for all of us to take off the gloves and root for our favorite team. I am very gald TC officially begins very soon so we can talk football and hopefully a great 2025 season.

That's not exactly true. 

I may have added on to jokes a couple others have told but i don't "use" anyone for anything at anytime. I don't consider myself as any part of some clique or group. 

I'll let you in on a little secret. There are people on here i don't agree with but i'll rarely or never say anything to or about them. I've been doing this online thing for about 25 years, modding, adminin and just usering message boards and chatrooms. I've basically seen it all, so i can usually tell right away when something seems off about someone. I've seen more trolls, hidden and in plain sight, than you could shake a stick at. I've seen and paid attention to how people communicate and express themselves. That dude throws off about every red flag i've ever seen when it comes to trolling. I just happen to really like this place and i enjoy communicating with others about things that interest me. I don't like it when people come here to be assholes (in general) and stir up shit, so if i'm being hard on someone, it's for everyone elses benefit as well as my own. The whole Brian P thing was a big BIG mess and hurt several people, not just "online" but really hurt them emotionally. People like that piss me off to absolutely no end. 

There have been a few over the years that i was skeptical of but after some time, that wore off and i moved on. As you know, i'm not an admin or a mod here but i consider myself someone who, in my own way, polices sometimes. If i ever get out of line, i fully expect to be corrected by the acutal mods here, and i'm fine with that. They're the bosses and i'll always bend to their wishes. I'm no different than you or anyone else around here in that regard. 

All that being said, i could be 100% wrong on the guy and he could be an actual person with his personality (one that i would never associate with in real life). If so, it's all good. Maybe in time he will become more like "one of us" for lack of a better term and just be another Bengals fan on a Bengals message board. I have no agenda either way. It will be what it will be, but i won't now, or ever, just sit back when i think a troll is among us. 

This is the only time i'll ever be this explicit in my feeling on a matter like this, so take it however you will. I'm not going to be continuing this conversation. Just laying it out for you to take or dismiss and be done with it. 

(Yesterday, 08:50 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: He is starting to edge toward Fred territory..

You must not know Fred...