(03-08-2021, 03:29 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: well they have known how to say the right things for a while now

(03-08-2021, 04:10 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Ain't that the truth. Every year we have fans screaming "NEVER AGAIN!" Then, just before the season screaming, "WHO DEY!" Just because the FO comes up with more bullshit to spew to lure us zombies back to the franchise, only to let us down again and repeat that viscous cycle. 

(03-08-2021, 04:10 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Ain't that the truth. Every year we have fans screaming "NEVER AGAIN!" Then, just before the season screaming, "WHO DEY!" Just because the FO comes up with more bullshit to spew to lure us zombies back to the franchise, only to let us down again and repeat that viscous cycle. 

(03-08-2021, 04:30 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: well its easy cause we want to believe....  

(03-08-2021, 05:51 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: True lol

But at least last year they tried in FA on Defense. If they try this year to protect Burrow things could turn around.

(03-08-2021, 04:23 PM)Au165 Wrote: Ehh, not sure I have ever heard them say they are going to be aggressive in FA. Especially considering he said it but didn't add any sort of caveat like "Aggressive but smart" where it gave them the back door of "Spending big money wasn't smart but we aggressively got our guys in the 3rd wave".

(03-08-2021, 07:45 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Yes we do. Every year we hope and believe this is the year we turn this thing around. When we don't, we try and finger point what the biggest problems are on why it didn't. 90% of the time we point to the FO. However, little ever changes there. So we just get excited about the players coming in, which is essentially new employees coming in to a badly managed company.


This is a breath of fresh air. Hopefully they get more aggressive this year than they ever had. I would like to see a statement made from the FO that says they want to win this year. Not just a slogan on the wall, but the actual moves to prove it. Sign the players and get creative in the draft. Go for it this year. 

Now some would scoff that it doesn't matter who they bring in because the coaching is bad. While others would say (like myself) that the FO has been bad. IMO, if the FO gives them everything they need to win, then replacing a coaching staff shouldn't be that tough of a decision. 

(03-08-2021, 04:38 PM)shanebo Wrote: My interpretation of what he said is that a lot of our FA focus will be on released vets, "because we have cap space and they don't."  Luckily, there are quite a few serviceable vets being cut this spring.

(03-08-2021, 07:06 PM)JWW1971 Wrote: Any news if we are tagging Lawson or WJ111, isn't the deadline tomorrow?

(03-09-2021, 02:23 AM)Bengal Dude Wrote: Technically tomorrow, but the league is possibly moving it because the cap hasn't been announced. Teams don't want to commit until they fully know the number.

(03-08-2021, 07:45 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Yes we do. Every year we hope and believe this is the year we turn this thing around. When we don't, we try and finger point what the biggest problems are on why it didn't. 90% of the time we point to the FO. However, little ever changes there. So we just get excited about the players coming in, which is essentially new employees coming in to a badly managed company.


This is a breath of fresh air. Hopefully they get more aggressive this year than they ever had. I would like to see a statement made from the FO that says they want to win this year. Not just a slogan on the wall, but the actual moves to prove it. Sign the players and get creative in the draft. Go for it this year. 

Now some would scoff that it doesn't matter who they bring in because the coaching is bad. While others would say (like myself) that the FO has been bad. IMO, if the FO gives them everything they need to win, then replacing a coaching staff shouldn't be that tough of a decision. 

(03-09-2021, 04:15 PM)JWW1971 Wrote: Cheers, I hadn't heard anything over here and just read the deadline was today

(03-08-2021, 05:51 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: True lol

But at least last year they tried in FA on Defense. If they try this year to protect Burrow things could turn around.

(03-10-2021, 09:55 AM)XenoMorph Wrote: only if our coaching staff up their game from checkers to chess.

(03-08-2021, 02:22 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: Duke Tobin on Joe Burrow: 

"When I look at our team, I'm excited. I think we've got one of the premier, best young quarterbacks in the game, and we're going to do everything we can to build around him and give him the opportunity to really shine and show what he can do."

(03-08-2021, 07:57 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Fwiw, here is his quote regarding free agency that the Enquirer pulled from his press conference:

"We're going to see what comes our way. We want to attack our team needs through the draft, through free agency, through re-signing our own players, through development of young players that we have. We are certainly not going to sit on our hands,” Tobin said. “I know we will be prepared to jump in and see what we can get done. Hopefully we will be able to get the things done that we envision. Whether it happens or not we'll see.”

I haven't listened to it, so I'm not sure what else was said.