Dysfunction at it's finest

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(Yesterday, 09:09 AM)bengalfan47 Wrote: Every job that I have ever worked if you do something to make the company looked bad you are terminated. I dont know why the NFL should be any different.

Lol

I don't know all the jobs you worked, but the odds are every job you have ever worked there's been hundreds of thousands if not tens of millions of people who could be trained to replace you. Even if you were a lawyer, there's over 1.3 million of them in the US, over a million in the EU, over a million in India.

You can't just pluck a replacement NFL 1st round draft pick off the streets and give them a month of OtJ training to get them up to speed. Heck, there's only like ~1700 players in the NFL and there's a LARGE difference between just 1st and 3rd/4th/5th/6th/7th round picks... let alone just some random joe off the street.

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(06-13-2025, 07:57 PM)TKUHL Wrote: You have always been a pretty cool dude on here. Very knowledgeable with the team and league in general. Always been respectful with me. So thanks man.

And I’ve seen dude getting into it with people on here. Think he’s just a troll.

I think so as well, just another troll and the mods even let him troll for quite a while and everyone gave the troll a chance.

Ran out of rope though. Thanks TKUHL for compliment brother.

(06-13-2025, 11:40 PM)Whacked Wrote: Thanks Nate

You are welcome. Like I said, I was surprised he lasted as long as he did. They had to delete at least a couple posts I saw right when he 
was in the middle of a rant. Funny how the trolls are always negative. When will we ever get a positive troll?

[THE PISTONS]

(06-13-2025, 02:55 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: How much money would he lose if he sat out a year and how far would he fall in the draft next year.  The funny thing is with more teams adding this language in their contracts, Stewart could end up in the exact same situation next year.  How funny would it be for Stewart to lose money this year, fall to #32 in the draft next year and have Philadelphia draft him when Philadelphia has that language in their contracts too.  What is Stewart going to do, sit out another year?  Talk about career suicide

If he sat out the year, he won't go in the 1st next year.

Heck...Im not sure he goes in the 1st if we dont draft him this year. Maybe a few teams consider him, but A LOT won't take a guy with poor production.

[ERIC1]

(06-12-2025, 03:55 PM)c766 Wrote: Forget the 0 super bowl wins, The endless botched draft picks, The myriad of 10+ loss seasons

And Generally being regarded as one of the most incompetent and poorly run pro sports franchises in the world.....


What they are doing right now is truly remarkable.

- Hendrickson multi year contract saga

- Drafting 2 First Round DEs in the span of 24 months who cant sack the QB  

- Shamar Stewart Saga

- Inability to work with the city on the stadium lease - Deadlocked

- Current Cap Space of 31.9 Mll (9th most in the NFL as of today)


This team continues to be an absolute embarrassment for the fans and people of Cincinnati.    They are the same level of ineptitude as the Reds

Forget about the last 4 years with one of the best winning percentages in the NFL...forget about burrow and company ..forget about the bengals being in the top 5% of national viewership in the NFL..lets forget about Paycor being sold out for every game.

[ERIC1]

(06-12-2025, 07:10 PM)jj22 Wrote: Well folks swore the ugly offseason last offseason wasn't a distraction and was media driven and wouldn't spill into the season and .... well.....

I'm afraid some have lost creditability around here. Go with your gut feeling. This offseason outside of the Chase/Tee deals has been a mess. FA/Draft/Keeping players who performed poorly who we were sure were gone (not named Pratt). 

The only reason this offseason isn't a F- is because of the Chase / Tee deals. And the agent had to threaten them with losing Chase to get that done. 

Offseason has been exceptional...replaced both defensive and offensive line coaches..kept tee higgins...got some solid players in both the draft and FA

[ERIC1]

(06-13-2025, 07:42 PM)TKUHL Wrote: This pick shouldn’t have happened to begin with.

Most scouts dont agree with you

[ERIC1]

(06-13-2025, 05:53 AM)WychesWarrior Wrote:  Trey Hendrickson isn't a rookie that's never taken one damn snap. I think you know me well enough to know that I'm certainly not a front office homer. 

This cat has ran his unproven mouth, and then left camp. I was fine with him avoiding physical activity to minimize risk to his body while not signed.  This is not that. **** that guy.

Stewart seemed intelligent and reasonable when speaking...he missed one day of mini camp..no bog deal

[Sled21]

(Yesterday, 06:35 PM)ERIC1 Wrote: Stewart seemed intelligent and reasonable when speaking...he missed one day of mini camp..no bog deal

The smartest thing this kid could do is tell his father to shut his trap and stay out of it. Bad look.

[Nicomo Cosca]

(Yesterday, 06:31 PM)ERIC1 Wrote: Offseason has been exceptional...replaced both defensive and offensive line coaches..kept tee higgins...got some solid players in both the draft and FA

Our starting guards are a 3rd round rookie, and a battle between Cody Ford and a career journeyman in Lucas Patrick.

Our only additions to an absolutely dreadful DL who couldn’t rush the passer to save their lives were a nose tackle, and a DE who literally can’t sack the QB.

“Exceptional”

[Soonerpeace]

The Bengals misses in the draft and misses in Free Agency have put us in this position. Volson was a bust. Murphy & Dax Hill haven’t contributed like first rounders. Burton? Geno Stone? Sheldon Rankins? Nick Scott? Irv Smith? Just a few successes make this team much better. It’s really as simple as this. But the failure to sign Tee,Chase, and Trey much earlier probably frees up 15 million in cap space. It’s a shame the offense will be the best in Taylor’s tenure.

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(Yesterday, 06:35 PM)ERIC1 Wrote: Stewart seemed intelligent and reasonable when speaking...he missed one day of mini camp..no bog deal

1 week of mandatory minicamp.

[007BengalsFan]

(Yesterday, 08:18 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: ...But the failure to sign Tee,Chase, and Trey much earlier probably frees up 15 million in cap space. It’s a shame the offense will be the best in Taylor’s tenure.

They signed Trey early 2 years ago which is why he is being paid 21 million for the 2025 season.  You cant complain about the Bengals not signing guys early so they have lower cap hits then turn around and complain the next year or year after the contract is too low and the player should be paid a lot more.  Which is it?    If the Bengals had signed Chase early last year for 30 million per season you would be the same people that would turn around and complain about Bengals management not paying Chase enough money because he outplayed his early contract.  

[Soonerpeace]

(Yesterday, 09:03 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: They signed Trey early 2 years ago which is why he is being paid 21 million for the 2025 season.  You cant complain about the Bengals not signing guys early so they have lower cap hits then turn around and complain the next year or year after the contract is too low and the player should be paid a lot more.  Which is it?    If the Bengals had signed Chase early last year for 30 million per season you would be the same people that would turn around and complain about Bengals management not paying Chase enough money because he outplayed his early contract.  

Chase & Tee were my primary target here. The price went up for Chase & Tee and even Trey. And I would not be the same people complaining if he out played his contract. I’d be pleased with either the OG or S free agent signing for this season that the extra cap space it generated. 

[samhain]

I blame the team for 95 percent of everything. In this case I think it's a combination. The public nature of the grievance on Stewart's part is kind of off-putting. You can have a tough negotiation without going public. I personally think the performance aspect is unhelpful. Same goes for Trey, and I'm firmly on his side.

If I respect the team for anything, it's their effort to keep things behind closed doors in these kinds of dust-ups.

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(Yesterday, 09:43 PM)samhain Wrote: I blame the team for 95 percent of everything.  In this case I think it's a combination.  The public nature of the grievance on Stewart's part is kind of off-putting.  You can have a tough negotiation without going public.  I personally think the performance aspect is unhelpful.  Same goes for Trey, and I'm firmly on his side.  

If I respect the team for anything, it's their effort to keep things behind closed doors in these kinds of dust-ups.

That's the thing, I honestly am not sure you can with the Bengals. Public pressure has been the only thing that has historically ever worked against the Bengals. Their default state is to never change, never adapt, and never improve unless pushed to do so and even then as slowly and begrudgingly as possible.