(01-05-2018, 10:27 AM)Hoofhearted Wrote: Link. Some cliff notes:

"They have to figure out how to win close games" That sounds like something that coaches should also take accountability for?

"We'll have a new OC, in Bill Lazor" -    new?

"We recognize where we have deficiencies" - Yet you let your two best players walk?

"Our approach to FA has been consistent" - Yes, consistently bad.

"We lost three games in a row. We win those games, it's a hole different conversation." - What incredible insight: If we won the games we lost, people wouldn't call for me to be fired. Brilliant.    

(01-05-2018, 10:37 AM)Big Boss Wrote: To be fair, and it infuriates me that I have to say this, but he's right.  If they had won even two more games, they're in playoff contention.  Given how ***** awful they looked early on in the season, that in itself is a tiny miracle.  

"New OC" is probably in reference to Lazor having an actual off-season to implement his own system and playbook.  

It's not just the deficiencies though.  This team has no aggression to it.  I can stomach losing games if the team is at least fun to watch.  They're not.  They're losing and they're boring as **** to watch.  The defense in particular is toothless and it's simply maddening.  I want that blood-thirsty defense back.  I can deal with a game-managing offense, but they absolutely need to get more aggressive on the other side of the ball.

In terms of free agency, again, I'll believe that when I see it.  Bringing in some proven offensive linemen through free agency would really help to open up the draft for us.  Preferably guys that aren't a thousand years old.

(01-05-2018, 10:48 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Bottom line:

This team has to totally change how it does business, how it's ran, how it's coached, who's playing, using free agency and on and on.

If it's not evident to Mike Brown after 26 years his way doesn't work ?

We nee a total culture reboot, a new attitude ! Is this possible with Marvin and Mike ?

I have serious doubts

(01-05-2018, 10:58 AM)ochocincos Wrote: I just watched/listened to the interview hoping the bolded statement would have been more clear based on the context of the discussion.
I was hoping to hear something along the lines of "Our approach to FA has been consistent...but we need to change that approach to take the next step."
Unfortunately, that was not the case and it doesn't really fit what he said in his press conference that this team would be more aggressive in FA.
Essentially, he made it sound like they had been approaching FA the right way all along and didn't state that the approach would change.

(01-05-2018, 12:39 PM)grampahol Wrote: I can understand the reluctance to go after FAs after the many blowups they went through in the past. They went from trying to buy a team in free agency to barely signing any free agents and using the so called home grown approach and to some degree it's been successful, but not successful enough. 
I'm sure the Antonio Bryant move is still lingering in the offices of PBS.. 

(01-05-2018, 12:39 PM)grampahol Wrote: I can understand the reluctance to go after FAs after the many blowups they went through in the past. They went from trying to buy a team in free agency to barely signing any free agents and using the so called home grown approach and to some degree it's been successful, but not successful enough. 
I'm sure the Antonio Bryant move is still lingering in the offices of PBS.. 

(01-05-2018, 10:58 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: And if the Ravens or Bill would have won 2 more games then the Bengals would have been completely out of playoff contention, even if they did win 2 more games. 

We can play this game all day. The fact of the matter is that the Bengals DIDNT win those two games and they werent good enough to win those two games. 

(01-05-2018, 10:37 AM)Big Boss Wrote: To be fair, and it infuriates me that I have to say this, but he's right.  If they had won even two more games, they're in playoff contention.  Given how ***** awful they looked early on in the season, that in itself is a tiny miracle.  

"New OC" is probably in reference to Lazor having an actual off-season to implement his own system and playbook.  

It's not just the deficiencies though.  This team has no aggression to it.  I can stomach losing games if the team is at least fun to watch.  They're not.  They're losing and they're boring as **** to watch.  The defense in particular is toothless and it's simply maddening.  I want that blood-thirsty defense back.  I can deal with a game-managing offense, but they absolutely need to get more aggressive on the other side of the ball.

In terms of free agency, again, I'll believe that when I see it.  Bringing in some proven offensive linemen through free agency would really help to open up the draft for us.  Preferably guys that aren't a thousand years old.

(01-05-2018, 10:37 AM)Big Boss Wrote: To be fair, and it infuriates me that I have to say this, but he's right.  If they had won even two more games, they're in playoff contention.  Given how ***** awful they looked early on in the season, that in itself is a tiny miracle.  

"New OC" is probably in reference to Lazor having an actual off-season to implement his own system and playbook.  

It's not just the deficiencies though.  This team has no aggression to it.  I can stomach losing games if the team is at least fun to watch.  They're not.  They're losing and they're boring as **** to watch.  The defense in particular is toothless and it's simply maddening.  I want that blood-thirsty defense back.  I can deal with a game-managing offense, but they absolutely need to get more aggressive on the other side of the ball.

In terms of free agency, again, I'll believe that when I see it.  Bringing in some proven offensive linemen through free agency would really help to open up the draft for us.  Preferably guys that aren't a thousand years old.

(01-05-2018, 03:39 PM)leonardfan40 Wrote: Shoulda beat the Packers and the Steelers...ahh if the games were only 30 mins instead of 60