Changes

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(10-27-2020, 12:26 PM)iLLuSi0nz Wrote: So here we are two days past and no changes. Shocking...

Yes it's the Bengals and this is how things go on the regular. I thought we were working towards changing that or at least that's what was being sold with Taylor coming in, an active free agency, changing the culture etc.

Does the fact that no changes have taken place two days after the BS we watched harm things further? I get we are still another game out from the bye week. To me change should have been Monday morning with Lou being fired and Dunlap being traded for whatever anyone was willing to give or cut. Both should not still be here today as I'm writing this. Dump both, pick a side, make a statement of some kind and let the fans know someone gives a damn.

Even if a change is made at the bye week, why wait? IMO if there is one capable staff member to call one game you do it Monday or even Sunday after the game. Waiting waters down the message you need to send.

Not buying the excuse that we need more time to make a change like that or someone without experience would be worse. Even if someone was able to pull off that impressive feat, I wouldn't even care. At least it's someone else meaning a message was sent.

Where does everyone else stand on this? I so badly want to watch Joe every week but feel like the organization doesn't deserve my time if they refuse to ever hold anyone accountable for anything. Watching the D against the Titans will be infuriating.

It's clear ownership has given Taylor a lot of decision-making power.
And I think it really comes down to him whether what coaches/players stay and for how long.
So I think if Taylor doesn't want to move on yet, the team won't move on yet.

I do think this team was incredibly embarrassed for being worst in the league last year with just 2 wins.
I think the team is not willing to risk making changes at the cost of ending up as the worst team in the league again, so they will try to keep continuity, at least until they can ensure they are not drafting 1st overall again.

This kind of goes against my (flawed?) approach that if you're not going to make the playoffs, you need to start trying to get the best draft pick possible and free up as much cap as possible in prep for next year. Yes, it could make the team worse the rest of this year, but the year is lost anyway.
And while the Bengals are not technically eliminated from playoff contention yet, all teams in the division have 5+ wins, so even making the last wildcard spot is improbable.