(03-11-2018, 02:38 AM)Jakeypoo Wrote: How well did Rey work out last season he was PFF 62nd rated LB and our LB core was terrible last season. 

(03-11-2018, 02:38 AM)Jakeypoo Wrote: How well did Rey work out last season he was PFF 62nd rated LB and our LB core was terrible last season. 

(03-11-2018, 01:51 AM)BengalChris Wrote: I understand the thought that the NFL is fixed and I am sure the league has its preferred winners at times, but good and popular players stay away from the Bengals because Mikey Brown, our self appointed GM, doesn't believe in free agency as a way to improve a team.

He has been against free agency ever since it began and said it would ruin the NFL and he's been trying to prove himself right ever since.

Mikey Brown will make NO attempt to sign a good free agent. He'd rather take a flier on a draft pick with limited playing time and film than sign an experienced veteran where there are years of film and you have a good idea what you are getting.

A draft pick provides 4 to 5 years of relatively cheap labor compared to a veteran and that is more important to Mikey Brown. It's really just that simple.

Winning a championship just isn't very important to the guy.

(03-11-2018, 03:34 AM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: Don't we feel bad for AJ Green? Dude can't even win 1 playoff game in his career here!

(03-11-2018, 05:02 AM)bengalsturntup926 Wrote: I know it's the pats but they can make the most quietest big trades and nobody sees it as a big deal. Why would any team want to help them more by handing them a former 1st round pick? They get everybody I'm shocked they didn't get sherman.this goes for all the rest of the teams too just pay attention next week on all the rich teams getting richer. Pitt doesn't have to they got the 3 headed Monster on offense and their team gets away with murder. 

I've even thought about this. We can draft a player and he might not be much but whoever other teams draft or sign suddenly they are good players. Like no matter who we sign they are average,whoever they get is good.theres no winning.

(03-11-2018, 07:02 AM)BengalChris Wrote: The Pats make smart trades and the coaches there can get players to play. Players who want a good chance at a championship ring will go there for less.

The Bengals cannot say to a player that they'll have a good chance at a championship cause the owner really doesn't give a shit about that and the players know it.

(03-11-2018, 01:29 AM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: No, blame those of us who are realistic, hah! It's funny as hell to hear Cleveland fans say "we're going to the playoffs" every year in pre-season. At least they're not as depressed as us I guess.

(03-11-2018, 07:50 AM)Devils Advocate Wrote: It’s the curse of Paul Brown.

I respect Mike immensely for not selling the naming rights to the stadium. That right there should clue fans in on the false narrative that -ol’ Mikey- is some Scrooge McDuck type only interested in profit margins. He’s not.

My theory is that his father gave him explicit instructions on how to run an NFL team. To Mike’s credit, he has stayed true to these instructions. The man has integrity. However, his father’s NFL is an antiquated model that won’t fetch many championships in today’s game.

Mike loves & respects his father admirably, but it’s time to lift the curse & bring home a championship!!!

(03-11-2018, 07:50 AM)Devils Advocate Wrote: It’s the curse of Paul Brown.

I respect Mike immensely for not selling the naming rights to the stadium. That right there should clue fans in on the false narrative that -ol’ Mikey- is some Scrooge McDuck type only interested in profit margins. He’s not.

My theory is that his father gave him explicit instructions on how to run an NFL team. To Mike’s credit, he has stayed true to these instructions. The man has integrity. However, his father’s NFL is an antiquated model that won’t fetch many championships in today’s game.

Mike loves & respects his father admirably, but it’s time to lift the curse & bring home a championship!!!

(03-11-2018, 07:50 AM)Devils Advocate Wrote: It’s the curse of Paul Brown.

I respect Mike immensely for not selling the naming rights to the stadium. That right there should clue fans in on the false narrative that -ol’ Mikey- is some Scrooge McDuck type only interested in profit margins. He’s not.

My theory is that his father gave him explicit instructions on how to run an NFL team. To Mike’s credit, he has stayed true to these instructions. The man has integrity. However, his father’s NFL is an antiquated model that won’t fetch many championships in today’s game.

Mike loves & respects his father admirably, but it’s time to lift the curse & bring home a championship!!!

(03-11-2018, 10:18 AM)Nately120 Wrote: So that's me vs Mike Brown.  He wouldn't be a GM for any other NFL team and no one would pay me to do electrical work of any kind.  Although now I'm wondering if I could finagle a side business where I sign on to do things for people (handyman work, dentistry, etc.) that I have no idea how to do, and then when things go wrong I declare the situation to be cursed.  Hmm...

(03-11-2018, 02:33 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Really?  How well did Paul Dawson and Nick Vigil work out?  Not as easy as it sounds, to just replace a valuable roster member.  Vincent Rey can play all 3 spots, not a master at any, but a good fill in for any.

(03-11-2018, 03:16 AM)Go Cards Wrote: Hard to get good FA to come here because we are not SB contenders.

When we start knocking on that door players will want to come.

Who could blame any player for choosing NE over Cincinnati ?

Players want to win SB and solidify their name in history.

Unless someone just throws an absurd amount of money at them they will always choose the better team.  

Can not blame them either.  Am a Bengals fan and would choose most teams over them if having to choose for same money.

Maybe a little less money even.

(03-11-2018, 11:02 AM)samhain Wrote: Players don't care about that.  They want money.  Jacksonville was a complete disaster for years and signed some of the most expensive free agents in the league over the last couple of offseasons.  They want money first and foremost.

(03-11-2018, 10:18 AM)Nately120 Wrote: There is ample evidence that Mike Brown's loyalty to his family and friends is what plays a major role in us not winning a championship.  The guy is in it to win it for his family and friends, not us/football players/the city/etc.  I can't say I wouldn't do the same thing if my ol' man left me an NFL team, but I'm also not going to delude myself into thinking Mike Brown is giving his all or that a supernatural curse is keeping them down.

Let me use an example of Mike Brown and a normal person (if I'm normal) to illustrate.  Mike Brown isn't a GM but he appoints himself the title.  Mike Brown takes Akili Smith instead of 100 picks from New Orleans.  It's the wrong choice, duh.  An actual GM who doesn't own the team who makes that move gets fired, but Mike doesn't because he's in charge.

I accidentally broke a light fixture in my house last month.  I'm no electrician and I know this, but it's my house so I can do it, sure why not, why pay someone else?  I ended up damaging another light fixture trying to frankenstein the original broken one back into working order by using "inessential parts" from light fixture #2.  So I ended up with 2 broken light fixtures because I blew it, but I didn't get fired because I'm working on my own house.  When I made the situation worse I did so because I didn't know what I was doing and I didn't want to pay someone else to do it...I didn't claim my house was unlucky or cursed, is the point.

So that's me vs Mike Brown.  He wouldn't be a GM for any other NFL team and no one would pay me to do electrical work of any kind.  Although now I'm wondering if I could finagle a side business where I sign on to do things for people (handyman work, dentistry, etc.) that I have no idea how to do, and then when things go wrong I declare the situation to be cursed.  Hmm...