(03-17-2025, 12:54 PM)phil413 Wrote: I would liken this to a Riley Rieff type bridge vet that with a 2 year deal with some guaranteed money in the 2nd year.  Like Rieff they were willing to have some dead money in case of injury but had to have it to sign him.  High end you'd land Scherff if he fits the scheme well enough, or even a Lucas Parrick.  You need a capable starter in place even for a year, the other guard spot can be for competition....not both. 

(03-17-2025, 03:01 PM)TJHoushmandzadeh Wrote: IIRC Scherff was a teammate of Reiff at Iowa and when Reiff went to the NFL replaced him as LT. Reiff then played under Scott Peters at the Patriots so hopefully Scherff’s former College teammate can give a positive reference for both franchise and coach.

(03-17-2025, 12:46 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: Well offense gonna have to score a lot...

(03-17-2025, 03:10 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: They wanted to be paid at the top, they need to produce at the top.  No excuses for the offense this year.  This season is on their shoulders.  No more 10 point games like the Patriots.  You want to beat the Eagles?  You have to score more than 17 and not turn the ball over.  Bengals defense holds Kansas City to 20 points?  The Bengals offense should be able to win that game.  The Bengals offense cant give other teams points when the defense is holding one of the best team in the NFL to 20.  You go to overtime against the Ravens and your defense gets your offense has the ball?  The offense needs to score instead of relying on the defense to stop the Ravens twice in overtime.  You are playing the Chargers and the game is tied 27-27 in the 4th quarter.  The offense cant lay a big goose egg on the last 3 possessions in the 4th.  That is crunch time when your offense needs to step up but yet you score zero points on your last 3 possessions in the 4th?  You need to do better than that.  The guys on offense are being paid elite money at the very top.  The offense needs to play like it.  No excuses for the offense this year.  This season is on their shoulders.

(03-17-2025, 10:32 AM)NotBigzo Wrote: The fact that you had to go that far back for an example of a nailed defender in the draft….


Im dead


I believe in drafting. I don’t believe in the Bengals drafting.

(03-17-2025, 03:15 PM)CJD Wrote: A team that can't draft will never compete for a Super Bowl. You need the cheap rookie contracts to off set the high priced veterans. You can't build a competent team through free agency alone.

If you don't believe in Bengals drafting, then the dream is dead regardless. So why does it matter?

(03-17-2025, 01:33 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: I think they won't go DT.

But, we need 1 Guard atleast and that's relying on Volson as the other Guard.

A starting DE.

A slot CB to replace Hilton and that's relying on Hill and CTB to start at CB without an upgrade.

A starting safety to replace Vonn Bell. And that's starting Stone.

Counting on the LB we signed from the Eagles to start.

And counting on Pratt to start and be productive. Pratt and Wilson both appeared to lose a step last year.

And counting on drafted guys like Murphy and Ossai to produce.

(03-17-2025, 12:17 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: We also played really weak teams late in the year.

Murphy had 0 sacks. Correlating him playing to the defense being better doesn't pass the test.

(03-17-2025, 02:31 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Geno was just an example of a HOF type player the Bengals have drafted. They drafted Jesse Bates and many other good defensive players
as well. To act like it is impossible for them to draft good players is just ignorant and shows you are pretty much dead, brain dead that is.

(03-17-2025, 11:20 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: The thing with the draft is, we'll be lucky to get 1 guy capable of starting Day 1. And 2 quality starters out of the entire draft over their careers.

It's not like every guy will be playing.

You need special teamers in drafts and depth.

(03-17-2025, 04:07 PM)BengalsBong Wrote: It is hard to say what Golden's vision is could go a few different ways.

Once the Guard issue is fixed, I don't see a lot of holes on D.

Does Golden want a shutdown corner. Is the DB group good enough for now.

Is Geno good enough or do we need a safety.

If we play 3 LB and Pratt is gone, do we need 2 LB in this draft.

Do we need a pass rusher at LDE or is that MM job.

(03-17-2025, 03:52 PM)NotBigzo Wrote: Who have they drafted recently that makes my take “brain dead”?

(03-17-2025, 02:57 PM)ochocincos Wrote: This FA year been very lackluster.

Extending current guys is great, but keeping them just helps keep from getting worse.

About the only upgrade is Slaton, but that's only for run defense.

I don't see this team currently being better than a 11-win team.
That would get to the playoffs, but I don't have confidence in getting back to the AFCCG or Super Bowl, which should be the goal.

(03-17-2025, 01:25 PM)jj22 Wrote: Celebrating Burrow (and Chase and Tee) placing pressure on the FO in unprecedented ways to stay together means that any collapse of this plan fall solely on him. This is his vision of team building and thus any failure must fall squarely at his feet.

All is great as long as the plan works. If it doesn't. The "I told you so" card is in the hands of the FO. How will fans react?

Question?

Does that put pressure on Burrow?

(03-17-2025, 04:26 PM)TJHoushmandzadeh Wrote: Interior pass rush is probably the biggest deficiency on the roster right now - worse than Cody Ford and Cordell Volson at guard bad.

(03-17-2025, 04:35 PM)Timanky12 Wrote: So the offensive weapons are the same, no change to the O line yet, still need a D pass rush, LB’ s who can cover and corners you can cover. So how are we any better than last year?

Defense wins super bowls and offense is eye candy. When are we going to learn, you can’t out score very one to win.