(03-11-2025, 04:35 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Do you realize every player getting extremely player friendly deals get them becaus their exeisting team did not have the foresight to sign them at a less expensive rate prior to the year they hit FA?

Do you realize the teams like the Pats who had ver 120 miilion in cap space did not spend money wisely or they would not be drafting in the 4th position after a poor record in 2023 also. 

Why does any team over pay in FA? Simple, they did not draft well and or did not develop their players. 

The Bengals are just like the other teams, they make mistakes assembling a roster. In essence, only the Super Bowl winner had a great off season the year they win it all. The rest are losers in the end.

What is your hurry to spend money or restructure 4 guys under contract in FA? The team is focusing on developing an entire roster, one on 2025 that aready includes CHASE, HIGGINS, HENDREICKSON AND BURROW.

(03-11-2025, 04:21 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I won't speak for Nate, but I believe FA has not startd officially yet and we have a lot of cap room. I don't think the FO cut vets like Cappa and Rankins for no reason. I think the Bengals will upgrade the guard situation and either bring in a DE/Edge, CB or safety.

Many like you act as though we are done, we are not in my humble opinion. Wave 1 is known for a bunch of teams overpaying. Wave 2 will happen in about a week as the market settles down and the big spenders have exhausted their cap so less competition to land a good player at a reasonable offer. These tier 2 players will improve our roster.

As for Ossai and I will add Murphy, they showed great improvement the last half of 2024. Jenkins and McKinnley (especially McKinnley) showed great improvement the past part of 2024.

A team has to develop their roster. The coaches were fired because they did not develop players. Bengals FO recognized it and brought in new coaches. It will never be 1 player in FA or the draft that makes us suddenly be a Super Bowl threat, it will be mutiple reasons including better coaching and 2nd and 3rd year players stepping up and being better. Murphy is in year 3, let's see if he can step up. If not Murphy, maybe it is Ossai, if not Ossai maybe it is Johnson, or maybe  draft pick.

(03-11-2025, 01:47 PM)jason Wrote: Not to mention that they wilfully signed the current deal that he is playing out. Trey got a shit ton of sacks over the past two seasons... Awesome, love to keep you around and keep that rolling. I just don't want to risk paying 32 million to a 33 year old who is now starting to break down, and is now getting 6 sacks, and still a liability against the run. I'd give him one year, fully guaranteed of his asking price. Take it or get tagged next year.

(03-11-2025, 05:30 PM)RunKijanaRun Wrote: The Bungles have ruined so many. People are defending this org’s nonsense.

I’m going to see how FA goes. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but thus far it’s not great. Borderline bad, frankly. Not over yet and as such, withholding my final grade. But we have a lot of work to do. A bunch.

(03-11-2025, 05:39 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: I am not defending the org. Just being real. FA hasn't officially started yet. We will see if by the end of FA it still looks this bad shall we?

We need a Guard though, this is where the complaining should be IMO.

We all know the FO screwed up by not getting Ja'Marr's extension done before last season and they screwed up again saying they were
going to pay him the most of any non-QB.

True, we have a lot of work to do.

(03-11-2025, 05:25 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: Are you really refuting that the Chase, Higgins, and Hendrickson contracts shouldn't have been addressed already? 

Tobin himself said he wanted them done to give more clarity during free agency. The Bengals could have saved a shit ton of money by having these deals done LAST off-season. 

There is literally no incentive to continue waiting to get these deals done. None. 

(03-11-2025, 05:30 PM)RunKijanaRun Wrote: The Bungles have ruined so many. People are defending this org’s nonsense.

I’m going to see how FA goes. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but thus far it’s not great. Borderline bad, frankly. Not over yet and as such, withholding my final grade. But we have a lot of work to do. A bunch.

(03-11-2025, 05:39 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: I am not defending the org. Just being real. FA hasn't officially started yet. We will see if by the end of FA it still looks this bad shall we?

We need a Guard though, this is where the complaining should be IMO.

We all know the FO screwed up by not getting Ja'Marr's extension done before last season and they screwed up again saying they were
going to pay him the most of any non-QB.

True, we have a lot of work to do.

(03-11-2025, 05:46 PM)Bengalbug Wrote: Seems like they have nailed the Hendrickson negotiation.

(03-11-2025, 02:31 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: This is in the post you responded.


If a player is tagged, he’s left with almost no choice. His only recourse for a long-term deal that same season would be to sign one with the tagging team. Otherwise, every franchise tag recipient in the NFL either has to reach an extension by July 15 or be locked into the one-year deal, even if he ends up traded.
 I even provided the link for the entire article. 

(03-11-2025, 05:19 PM)samhain Wrote: It seems that the powers that be believe two things:

1. Last season's shortcomings fall largely on the shoulders of Lou Anarumo.

2. Al Golden's ability to coach up young players is enough to make the defense, idk, okay-ish enough to win with an elite offense.  

Maybe they are correct, but to me this seems unlikely.  While his seeming inability to develop young players hurt the team, there's a lot you have to overlook to think that alone caused the drop-off.  Lou flat-out had better players in 21 and 22.  He lost some guys that were among the best at their positions.  

The 21 and 22 squads had good to very good players at every level of the defense.  

It's tough to escape the most basic concept here: Better players get better results.  It's not a tough mental curb to climb.  They got worse because the players weren't as good.  Lou owns some of that because he failed to develop replacements despite high draft picks.  Does he own all of it?  Does a guy that built his reputation on confounding the league's most feared quarterback repeatedly all of a sudden become garbage?  Eh, I have my doubts.  Not letting him off the hook, just questioning the method of repair here.  

This defense looks to have personnel that will be very middle of the road.  Doesn't matter who runs it if you have unathletic guys like Stone playing tons of snaps.

(03-11-2025, 05:46 PM)Bengalbug Wrote: Seems like they have nailed the Hendrickson negotiation.

(03-11-2025, 06:18 PM)pulses Wrote: I read an article today that stated we had talked about signing Ojulari but resigned Ossai instead. Why not sign both we need the pass rushers.

(03-11-2025, 06:25 PM)RegularGuy22 Wrote: Trey is off to GB.

(03-11-2025, 06:26 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: No he isn't, stop posting this.

Either provide a link or go away.

(03-11-2025, 06:28 PM)RegularGuy22 Wrote: https://x.com/search?q=bengals%20sign&src=typeahead_click&f=top