(09-07-2024, 10:54 AM)Luvnit2 Wrote: We are sorry for you. Haters normally wait until 1 game is played and lost prior to writing the team off, not only for 2024, but forever.

I hope it was boos or pot talking.

Are you the same guy who wrote off KC in 2023 when Chris Jones held out week #1?

(09-07-2024, 11:34 AM)bonesaw Wrote: I've been catching bad vibes from the preseason too.  I am just going to root for them as always and root for the guys who I think have heart and don't think they need to be the highest paid in the league at thier position even though they haven't won the big one.   Like Yoshi, Moss, Irwin, Vonn, Pratt, WIlson, Teddy K, Cappas, Orlando, CTB, etc

(09-07-2024, 12:11 PM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: we may look back at this post and say "sam was right" lol

(09-07-2024, 01:55 AM)samhain Wrote: Well, we had a nice run.  Got a good qb.  Got him pulverized behind a fecal matter o-line.  Went to a SB anyway.  It was a cool moment.  I got super drunk and ate some chicken wings that day.  Snoop had a solid halftime show.   I might have slipped on some ice in Covington.

Now some guys that catch footballs wanna play sick and talk to reporters  while pretending to be team players.  Oooh my hamstring has a boo-boo but I feel better than Eva!  22 mil for free would make me feel good, too, lol.  Dire Straits wrote a song about this upcoming Tee Higgins season.  Yeah, buddy, that's his own hair.  

How coincidental.

Our run D will suck.  You don't suck with Reader vs the run and suddenly not suck after losing him.

We are lying to ourselves.  Yes this is an obnoxious OP, but the problems are glaring.  Too many guys that don't want to be here.  Bad DL.  That won't get the job done in the AFCN.  Teams will pound us at the LOS.  Chase and Tee are all about themselves.  Joe is alone.  Run game is an afterthought.  

Guys and gals, I may be ripped.  I may have partaken in some stuff and some things.  No matter.  My sense here is bad.  Like real bad.  Like wet fart in deep sleep bad.  There's nothing about getting abused by the Browns in recent seasons that's says it will go any different in this one.  

I'm sorry guys.  I really am. I'm just being honest.  We're in major trouble.  It may not come vs the Pats.  We can shrug t off if KC works us over at Arrowhead.  No matter.  WE.  ARE. CURSED.  

Too much noise.  Not a team that's ready for a SB run.  I hate it, but we are about to get a strong dose of reality after September goes by the wayside.

(09-07-2024, 11:07 AM)bfine32 Wrote: It's time for the ole go-to:

(09-07-2024, 12:05 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Wow, what a $*** OP.  While Tee has had ongoing hamstring issues, and I wouldn't doubt he brought this up now as a plan to scare them into pushing the Chase signing, he's either hurt or playing. He HAS to play and play his butt off this season to be signed at the dollar amount he wants next year, be it here or elsewhere. Chase is going to play. He has no choice, he would accrue more in fines than he is making this season. My guess is he will play no different than he ever has, he wants money, but he also wants to be great, and JJ just pointed that out to him telling him not to sit out.
As for run defense, who ran on us effectively in Pre-Season? Oh yeah, nobody. We lost Reader, but we still have run-stoppers. And if we had even re-signed Reader, he would be on PUP.
Burrow is looking jacked, and if he stays healthy I expect nothing less than another Super Bowl run.... Lamar still can't hold onto the ball.

(09-07-2024, 02:45 PM)samhain Wrote: The booze amplified the gut feeling I've had since the preseason opened.

Last year when camp began, we were all ten feet tall and bulletproof as a fanbase. That changed quick, but it seems like almost all of the "we'll see" or "not too worried about it" narratives became pretty significant problems in short order.

The safeties leaving last year had a major impact, even as we all hoped that the team had adequately countermeasured the inevitable.

Joe's calf was clearly worse than anyone wanted to admit, including Joe. I was buying into the "he's fine" company line right up until that disaster in Cleveland. Then I was in the "the rain was a factor" crowd.

I've erroneously believed that the Chase stuff would be resolved well before opening day. I was a person that took Tee's seemingly high camp effort and company man front in good faith right up until yesterday.

I'm trying another path this time. I'm expecting a shit show. Not sure what will go wrong first, but I'm assuming something will.

This is no longer the young, hungry team crawling out of the basement to establish themselves as winners in the league. It's a team with a mega-deal quarterback and the expectations that come with him. It's guys that are more focused on money that football getting ready to employ the NFLPA suggested strategy of faking soft-tissue injuries to strong-arm ownership with the only leverage they have.

(09-07-2024, 02:57 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: You act like the Bengals are different than all the other teams. Players and contracts are a NFL way of life. SF geez had it, KC had it with Jones, it’s life. You are simply disappointed because you were spoiled by their run to the SB. Thought beating KC was some sign of superiority.

The problem is it’s premature

(09-07-2024, 12:11 PM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: we may look back at this post and say "sam was right" lol

(09-07-2024, 12:12 PM)Sled21 Wrote: I'm sure you will say that in your 3rd post on Gameday.