(03-17-2016, 10:54 PM)fredtoast Wrote: No that is not it.

the Bengals don't mind spending money for players.  Last year they spent over the NFL cap and spent more than six other playoff teams.

What is sad is that so many fans are unaware of this and just believe all the myths about how the Bengals are so cheap.

(03-18-2016, 02:42 AM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: But the Bengals also had the most cap room of any playoff team this year

(03-17-2016, 05:30 PM)jj22 Wrote: What's so hard for me to understand why the Bengals would be so quick to move on from a probowl player? At a position it took nearly all of Marvin's tenure to properly fill? And are prepared to replace a center fielder, coverage free safety, with a in the box strong safety with limited coverage/range? When we've always needed 3 staring quality safety's for this scheme....

I'm not sure I understand where the confusion is....

(03-17-2016, 08:00 PM)Stormborn Wrote: I don't want bad football players.

He's a bad football player. He always was ever since he was drafted. 

I don't care at all if he's only being paid $.02, he doesn't belong on a roster or a chance at this one.

(03-18-2016, 08:21 AM)Bengalfan11164 Wrote: I just don't understand what the bengals are hoarding salary cap space for.

(03-18-2016, 10:10 AM)fredtoast Wrote: They are not "hoarding" it.  they actually spent over the NFL league cap last year.  I am sure they will spend close to that again.  We have done a good job of signing players to extensions before they become free agents so they will probably try to do that also this year. The Bengals claim that they only had $15 million to spend was not correct, but the claim that they can blow $37 million is also false.  There is a link floating around to a very good article that shows that the Bengals realistically had about $27 million in cap space to spend. 

Lets wait until all the extensions are done and all free agwenst are signed before we accuse them of being cheap.

(03-17-2016, 05:51 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: Let me jog some memories... Bengals didnt want Mays to leave they offered him a contract the year he left in free agency.

He got a slightly better deal somewhere else

Now we are getting him back.


to me letting someone walk is not even offering a contract

A Player choosing to sign elsewhere is different. you cant hold them down and force them to sign (without a tag)  but for depth players Tags arent used.

(03-18-2016, 10:39 AM)Wyche Wrote: If they thought so highly of him, why didn't they match the offer?

(03-17-2016, 05:55 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: Without T Mays we dont beat peyton on MNF 2 years ago.

I dont see him starting but its a great insurrance signing.  Sometimes i think im one of the only people that actually think about things instead of just reacting.

Hes filled in at saftey for us in the past.  
He can play coverage linebacker or MonsterBacker whatever we called it. (s/Lb hybrid)

Hes a Special Team gunner.  (lost dennard in that role as he moves up the CB totem poll.)

Hes suspended for the first 4 games so he doesnt hurt our roster count till week 5.

at that point the bengals have to cut someone it could very will be him if everyone is healthy but the coaches know what they have in T Mays and he has played in the system.

If someone gets hurt early then we already have a guy ready to come in week 5.

we arent talking about blockbuster contracts here that we couldnt walk away from.

(03-18-2016, 11:10 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Just because Marvin Jones signed with another team that does not mean the Bengals did not think he was any good.

I wonder how many people crying about signing Mays also say Mike Zimmer (the guy who signed Mays away from the Bengals) should be our head coach right now?

(03-18-2016, 11:40 AM)Wyche Wrote:   Zim inherited a pretty bad team, roster fillers that know your system make sense in his case, not here,

 Facts, they're what's for dinner.....

(03-18-2016, 11:58 AM)fredtoast Wrote: So Zimmer thought the best way to improve his team was to sign bad players instead of good players?

I don't think you know the real definition of "facts".

(03-18-2016, 12:02 PM)Se ky bengal Wrote: let's see now he was picked up by Vikings, raiders and some other team can't recall which one in 2015. now we all know zim is a hell defense coach. why did zim cut him in amonth? we let lamur go and zim picks up lamur,but not mays. what am I missing. why would zim not want mays?  

(03-18-2016, 09:11 AM)Hammerstripes Wrote: Disagree.  He's not a bad special teams player.  If Shawn Williams is starting on the other side of Iloka this year, I'd prefer to not see him on punt coverage and kick coverage.  Mays is fast as hell and made plays on special teams when he was here.  I don't care to see him starting but to say he's a bad football player isn't true.  He is a good special teams guy.

(03-18-2016, 12:02 PM)Wyche Wrote: Yeah, cause roster filler = "good player"....


You're not very good at reading are you?

(03-17-2016, 04:02 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Hell yeah!!

I get to watch people piss and moan about taylor Mays again. Time to update the sig.

(03-17-2016, 04:26 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Depends on who you ask and what your qualifier of "pretty good" is. I send him make some plays that were absolutely amazing, then i'd watch him tackle the goal post. I think the reason he keeps getting chances is because he is an athletic freak of nature. The dude ran a 4.24 forty at the combine at 230 pounds, had a 61 inch verticle, a sub 7 second 3-cone drill, a 10.5 broad, and put up 24 reps with 24" arms.

You keep giving athletic ability like that chances hoping the light will flash on. He's up to about 240 now, hell teach him how to run and catch. I've enjoy watching him play almost as I've enjoyed folks complaining about him throughout the years