ESPN DOWN GRADES BENGALS DUE TO HEAD COACH

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(07-15-2017, 12:02 PM)bfine32 Wrote: As to the demanding a trade part. List the other career QBs drafted during the MB era that have demanded a trade.....

Boomer and Carson, aka the only franchise QBs Mike Brown has ever had to deal with.  We can also point out that Sam Wyche, Corey Dillon, Chad Johnson (who was all Ohsostinko at that point so who cared), and Marvin Lewis himself all expressed a need to get away from this franchise at one point or another.  The fact that Mike Brown went with keeping a HC in Dave Shula under his thumb rather than being challenged by Bill Cowher also speaks to what he looks for in assembling a franchise.

Also, think back to the end of 2010 and Carson had some bounce-back games without Chad and TO on the field and people were fairly optimistic about Carson moving forward with the young WRs.  It wasn't until he wanted out that we decided that he was the reason we stunk.  The real saving grace was Gruden talking Mike Brown out of Mallet or Kaepernick and into Dalton.  We would have likely fallen as hard as the experts predicted had our storied GM gotten his way.  

(07-15-2017, 12:17 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Boomer was drafted in 1984 by Paul Brown. 

Right, Mike inherited Boomer and Wyche and alienated both of them in rather quick fashion and replaced them with David Klingler and Dave Shula.