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(11 hours ago)kevin Wrote: The Bengals can't waste a year of Joe Burrow. The time to win is now. However Bengals are not even close on DE's Trey Hendrickson and Shemar Stewart. What Bengals front office are going hard headed over would not even be an issue for most NFL teams, such as guaranteed contracts.Unfortunately, the Brown/Blackburn family's well-earned reputation for managing the team their way will result in 0 Superbowl wins in the long-term foreseeable future. If I were Burrow Chase Higgins, I would not renew my contract after the term ends and move on to another team with a chance to win the Superbowl. The Bengals only chance to win a Super Bowl would be for new team ownership even if that means they move to another city. Mike Brown will never change, and I'm not sure Kate Blackburn is any better. Oh well, at least the Bengals offense is fun to watch!
If the Bengals try to play 2025 without either of these players, they will lose. They have to sign one of them before training camp not that far away. The Bengals are trying to improve one of the worst defenses in NFL, but if neither play for Bengals, the defense will be even worse and Bengals will be a last place team.
There are trade offers for Hendrickson for a 2nd round pick next season, and trade offers for Stewart for even worse picks next season. None of that helps the Bengals in 2025, and the Bengals need to WIN NOW while they have Burrow, Chase, Higgins to make a Super Bowl run. You can not go Super Bowl without a good Defense though.
The hour is getting late. All Bengals have done is make both Hendrickson and Stewart very mad. They wanted to play for The Bengals, but they have about had it with Mike Brown and his front office hard headed cheap ways.
If Bengals do not sign one of them, Bengals will not win. If Bengals front office refuses to sign either, then Bengals front office wasted their money on Burrow, Chase, Higgins, because Bengals will lose without Defensive Ends.
Of the 2, we know Hendrickson is good. The rookie has not proved he belongs in NFL yet. If the plan was to draft a rookie and jerk Hendrickson around in contracts, that plan has blown up in Mike Browns face.
I hope it works out. We Bengals Fans could have a Super Bowl team if Front Office would just stop jacking around on contracts. It's time to roll out the footballs and have Summer camp and Preseason and get ready to WIN in 2025. All Super Bowl Teams say it all began way back in Summer Camp, It is time for Bengals front office to start thinking Super Bowl and get out of their Last Place Cheapness.
