(05-30-2023, 11:36 PM)Housh Wrote: We win a title, do you take 5 million one year to run it back if your Boyd?

This question is asked with the thought that Boyd can get 3 years 20-24 million from another team.

(05-31-2023, 12:08 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Im not in to trash talking but I have ZERO issues in saying if our oline was healthy we win that game, even if KC had their hurt players as well.

(05-30-2023, 05:02 PM)Nepa Wrote: Quite an interesting article in ESPN about Tyler Boyd and his will to see the Bengals win.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37761710/bengals-wr-tyler-boyd-beaten-chiefs-healthy

"I just want to win, and that's the biggest evolution of coming here and starting here and being where I am," Boyd said. "We are a winning franchise now and we are going to continue to win. We are getting better."

"Throughout his career, Boyd's ability to fight through injuries has been well documented. In Week 16 of the 2019 season, Boyd staggered to the line of scrimmage despite dealing with a serious cramp, a move that allowed Cincinnati to score a tying touchdown at the end of regulation. Last year, Boyd missed Week 15 because of a dislocated finger where a bone came through the skin. He returned for the rest of the team's games, including the entire postseason."

-- his comments on his being injured early in the second quarter of last year's KC game--

"Still to this day, I feel like if I would have played the whole game [last year's playoff against KC], I was the key factor," Boyd said. "We would've won the game."

"Bengals coach Zac Taylor, the team's offensive playcaller, said that losing Boyd presented a key challenge given how much Kansas City was double-teaming the team's outside receivers, Tee Higgins and Ja'Marr Chase."

-- Boyd on his future in Cincinnati--

"Boyd has not received any indication that he will not play the final year of his current contract with the team that drafted him in 2016."

"They love me in the front [office]," Boyd said. "They respect me. I go about things the right way. I come in with a great attitude each and every day. I don't complain as much. I go out there and do my job. It's a love, family thing."

(05-31-2023, 05:49 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Boyd is all class and a tough sumbitch. Love the guy myself, I echo what Bfine said and hope we can get him a ring before he goes.

We cannot afford everyone. Luckily Chuck Sizzle is great insurance once Boyd leaves.

(05-31-2023, 09:25 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: Didn’t realize in the first quarter he had 2 catches for 40 yards and was wide open on the play he got hurt and would have scored had Joe seen he was wide open. They were double teaming Tee and Chase each play. He would have had a big game.

(05-31-2023, 09:53 PM)WychesWarrior Wrote: I got really worried when he was out for more than a play after that. KC was definitely going to have to adjust, or he was gonna kill em.

(05-31-2023, 09:58 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: And I think that that hit the staff right between the eyes that they needed better backups and prompted them drafting help.

(05-31-2023, 10:13 PM)WychesWarrior Wrote: I'd say that's right. Staff and FO both seem to have a very set objective towards the future and depth now every draft. 

(05-31-2023, 09:53 PM)WychesWarrior Wrote: I got really worried when he was out for more than a play after that. KC was definitely going to have to adjust, or he was gonna kill em.

(06-01-2023, 02:00 AM)jason Wrote: I said it when folks were claiming Tee Higgins is expendable because "Joe Burrow". That game changed the moment Boyd went out.

(05-31-2023, 09:25 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: Didn’t realize in the first quarter he had 2 catches for 40 yards and was wide open on the play he got hurt and would have scored had Joe seen he was wide open. They were double teaming Tee and Chase each play. He would have had a big game.

(05-31-2023, 09:53 PM)Wyche Wrote: I got really worried when he was out for more than a play after that. KC was definitely going to have to adjust, or he was gonna kill em.

(05-31-2023, 09:58 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: And I think that that hit the staff right between the eyes that they needed better backups and prompted them drafting help.

(05-31-2023, 10:13 PM)Wyche Wrote: I'd say that's right. Staff and FO both seem to have a very set objective towards the future and depth now every draft. 

(05-31-2023, 10:43 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: Found this : Jones excels in the quick passing game. He is most effective on quick slants, crossers, and in/out-breaking routes. Jones has a savvy or veteran feel to his game. He understands leveraging and how to attack the defensive back’s base. His foot quickness proves to be valuable to move defenders off their spot creating easier access to space for Jones.

Of course we know about Iosivas athleticism

(06-01-2023, 02:00 AM)jason Wrote: I said it when folks were claiming Tee Higgins is expendable because "Joe Burrow". That game changed the moment Boyd went out.

(06-01-2023, 11:04 AM)Wyche Wrote: Yes, we learned the difference between TB and his replacement that night. No one was able to get open underneath consistently. With our shoddy online play, Joe needed that quick hitter to keep the chains moving.

(06-01-2023, 08:52 PM)PDub80 Wrote: If the O Line was competent, the run & screen game would have been HUGE with the Chiefs doubling the outside w Safeties like that. This was more about that falling apart than Boyd going down. The Bengals had no 3rd option past that.

I was there in the front row behind the Bengals bench for both of the AFCCGs.... On the last Bengals drive there was a play on their last 2nd down before they punted where Higgins & Irwin lined up on the left. Both guys cut their routes in, but Joe through an out that would have been a 1st and, if I recall, put the Bengals on the Chiefs side of the field or really close to that. One of the 2 WRs got their call wrong because Joe threw to open air on the sideline - no one even near that side of the field, which would have also stopped the clock if caught.

Boyd would have changed that game for sure, but when he went down, so would an avg O line. It was just a catastrophy of misfortune that entire game... And the Chiefs STILL needed a FG at the gun to win. Bengals will be AMAZING this season. I can feel it.

(06-02-2023, 10:27 AM)Wyche Wrote: Agree. The line was absolutely the biggest issue. Had they been able to block anyone, Joe wouldn't have needed someone open underneath consistently fast. With what was going on, it just felt like TB was our shot for keeping the sticks moving. That's the reason I felt dread when he went out.

If this iteration of the offensive line can put it together, I'm with you on the amazing part. 

(06-01-2023, 08:52 PM)PDub80 Wrote: If the O Line was competent, the run & screen game would have been HUGE with the Chiefs doubling the outside w Safeties like that. This was more about that falling apart than Boyd going down. The Bengals had no 3rd option past that.

I was there in the front row behind the Bengals bench for both of the AFCCGs.... On the last Bengals drive there was a play on their last 2nd down before they punted where Higgins & Irwin lined up on the left. Both guys cut their routes in, but Joe through an out that would have been a 1st and, if I recall, put the Bengals on the Chiefs side of the field or really close to that. One of the 2 WRs got their call wrong because Joe threw to open air on the sideline - no one even near that side of the field, which would have also stopped the clock if caught.

Boyd would have changed that game for sure, but when he went down, so would an avg O line. It was just a catastrophy of misfortune that entire game... And the Chiefs STILL needed a FG at the gun to win. Bengals will be AMAZING this season. I can feel it.