(10-23-2024, 07:18 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Yes to Chido with Dax's injury. I just think that if we brought in Boyd it would really stump the growth of the youth for WR3, but if it is an 
open competition it might not be a bad move. I think Jermaine Burton is going to show and show soon that he can be the guy and a much 
more explosive WR3 than Tyler Boyd.

But for now if we just need reliable, I would not be against Boyd either. I don't know the particulars going on with Burton.

I definitely don't think Yoshi is the answer, but we will see.

(10-23-2024, 09:35 PM)Frank Booth Wrote: bengals dont need explosion. Tee and Jamarr already take care of that. They need a 3rd receiver who is a consistent stick mover

(10-23-2024, 09:39 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Wow Frank, you're leaving yourself open to endless jokes with that statement... 

(10-23-2024, 07:18 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Yes to Chido with Dax's injury. I just think that if we brought in Boyd it would really stump the growth of the youth for WR3, but if it is an 
open competition it might not be a bad move. I think Jermaine Burton is going to show and show soon that he can be the guy and a much 
more explosive WR3 than Tyler Boyd.

But for now if we just need reliable, I would not be against Boyd either. I don't know the particulars going on with Burton.

I definitely don't think Yoshi is the answer, but we will see.

(10-27-2024, 12:52 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Boyd was poor last year and is worse this. But in TN it is tough to tell. 

All these TEs were supposed to help wirh WR3 while Burton develops. I stink we stayvthe course out wide. 

I'd love Chido back, but we never make mid-season trades. 

• Lou Anarumo is fielding a bottom unit for the second year in a row.
• Duke Tobin and the front office has failed the staff. The drafting largely stinks and when they develop an All-Pro like Jessie Bates, he slips through their fingers. Replacements for Bates, DJ Reader and others never materialize. There’s no pass-rush. Top draft assets spent on cover corners are erratic. A second rounder like Jackson Carman and a possible contributor like Jordan Battle can’t get on the field.
• The bill only gets higher: They missed on paying Ja’Marr Chase when they should have and won’t retain Tee Higgins. They will pay Chase and Burrow’s bigger cap hits will start to arrive, constricting roster construction.
  

(10-28-2024, 11:30 AM)Wyche Wrote: From Bengals Wire:

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• Lou Anarumo is fielding a bottom unit for the second year in a row.
• Duke Tobin and the front office has failed the staff. The drafting largely stinks and when they develop an All-Pro like Jessie Bates, he slips through their fingers. Replacements for Bates, DJ Reader and others never materialize. There’s no pass-rush. Top draft assets spent on cover corners are erratic. A second rounder like Jackson Carman and a possible contributor like Jordan Battle can’t get on the field.
• The bill only gets higher: They missed on paying Ja’Marr Chase when they should have and won’t retain Tee Higgins. They will pay Chase and Burrow’s bigger cap hits will start to arrive, constricting roster construction.
  

(10-28-2024, 11:40 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: They should have added in there that a lack of demand by the head coach, for solid execution in the basic football fundamental skills of blocking and tackling is a gaping specter over current state of the team.

(10-28-2024, 12:27 PM)Wyche Wrote: Now, is this an issue with position coaches, or is it due to the two scouts and their micro fish readers reporting to lifer Duke Tobin? Hard sayin', not knowin'. 

(10-28-2024, 12:27 PM)Wyche Wrote: I guess that could certainly go in there, and he got his criticism in the article to be sure. However, when I sit back and look at this team, I think us fans have overvalued the talent. 

Mike Gesicki was beating DBs out there yesterday and he's a tight end. Yoshi, Irwin, Jones are BUMS. Hudson? Bum. Sample? Good blocker. All was getting open. Tyler Boyd used to get open. Moss is a good backup. Chase Brown is a scat back. The IOL is not that great. 

Defense is Trey Hendrickson and a bunch of also rans with the exception of Wilson and Pratt when he's on a hot streak. Being fair to the secondary it's hard to objectively assess them when they have to cover for an ETERNITY. Absolutely zero pass rush. 

Now, is this an issue with position coaches, or is it due to the two scouts and their micro fish readers reporting to lifer Duke Tobin? Hard sayin', not knowin'. 

(10-28-2024, 12:31 PM)Frank Booth Wrote: this is the team that drafted Drew Sample in the 2nd.

(10-28-2024, 12:35 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I'd say that all of them are at least partly to blame, along with a large slice of Zac Taylor running soft camps with an obvious lack of stress on basic fundamentals.

(10-27-2024, 12:52 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Boyd was poor last year and is worse this. But in TN it is tough to tell. 

All these TEs were supposed to help wirh WR3 while Burton develops. I stink we stayvthe course out wide. 

I'd love Chido back, but we never make mid-season trades. 

(10-28-2024, 11:40 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: They should have added in there that a lack of demand by the head coach, for solid execution in the basic football fundamental skills of blocking and tackling is a gaping specter over current state of the team.

(10-28-2024, 12:35 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I'd say that all of them are at least partly to blame, along with a large slice of Zac Taylor running soft camps with an obvious lack of stress on basic fundamentals.