Who's your surprise cut

[HarleyDog]

(09-02-2018, 10:08 AM)Sled21 Wrote: He's suspended....

So when he comes back, someone will be let go? I just figured he would have to be on the roster.

[Shake n Blake]

(09-02-2018, 10:32 AM)HarleyDog Wrote: So when he comes back, someone will be let go? I just figured he would have to be on the roster.

I believe they have a suspended designation which allows teams to keep suspended players off their 53, so they can actually field a 53 while that player is suspended.

[BengalsBong]

(09-02-2018, 01:03 AM)3wt Wrote: I really hope they're able to get Hewitt back, but I doubt it.  He no longer fits their philosophy.  But I wish he did.  He's a heck of a player and fits the bruising run game mentality I want this team to have 

Not so sure that is going to be our future we might end up looking more like a passing team rather then a "AFC smash mouth running team" from the years of old. At least with the players we have now.

[McC]

(09-01-2018, 07:28 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Winner winner, chicken dinner

Thing is, was it really that much of a surprise?

[Shake n Blake]

Quote:McC

Thing is, was it really that much of a surprise?

Idk, ask these guys.

(08-31-2018, 03:08 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Not going to happen....

(09-01-2018, 08:09 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: It won't be MJ or they would have done it already like Tate and Iloka.

Quote:Mike M (the other one)

Michael Johnson would be the biggest surprise to me, simply cause it's not Mr Brown's style to cut a player of his caliber this late in the Pre-Season and it would violate his ethics code of signing and getting fully paid on your contract.

[*bfine32*]

(08-31-2018, 02:58 PM)Socal Bengals fan Wrote: Michael Johnson

(09-02-2018, 12:52 PM)McC Wrote: Thing is, was it really that much of a surprise?

Not really. He was the most picked person in this thread.

[Brownshoe]

Shaw was a surprise for me.

[BURROWorBUST]

(09-02-2018, 09:37 AM)HarleyDog Wrote: I don’t see  Burfict on the 53. Why is that?

53-MAN ROSTER (Total players at the position and years of NFL Experience)

QUARTERBACKS (2): Andy Dalton (8), Jeff Driskel (3)

WIDE RECEIVERS (7): A.J. Green (8), Tyler Boyd (3), Cody Core (3), Alex Erickson (3), Josh Malone (2), John Ross (2), Auden Tate ®

RUNNING BACKS (4): Giovani Bernard (6), Tra Carson (2), Joe Mixon (2), Mark Walton ®.

TIGHT ENDS (4): Tyler Eifert (6), Tyler Kroft (4), C.J. Uzomah (4), Mason Schreck (2).

OFFENSIVE LINE (9): G Clint Boling (8), T Cordy Glenn (7), T Jake Fisher (4), T Bobby Hart (4), T Cedric Ogbuehi (4), G Trey Hopkins (3), Christian Westerman (3), G Alex Redmond (2), C Billy Price ®.

DEFENSIVE LINE (8): T Geno Atkins (9), E Carlos Dunlap (9), NT Andrew Billings (3), T Ryan Glasgow (2), E Carl Lawson (2), Jordan Willis (2), T Josh Tupou (1), T-E Sam Hubbard ®,

LINEBACKERS (6): O-I Vincent Rey (8), MLB Preston Brown (5), OLB Nick Vigil (3), OLB Jordan Evans (2), MLB Hardy Nickerson (2), OLB Malik Jefferson ®,

DEFENSIVE BACKS (10): CB Dre Kirkpatrick (7), SS Shawn Williams (6), CB Darqueze Dennard (5), SS Clayton Fejedelem (3), CB William Jackson (3), CB Tony McRae (2), SS Brandon Wilson (2), FS Jessie Bates ®, CB Davontae Harris ®, CB Darius Phillips ®.

SPECIALISTS (3): LS Clark Harris (10), P Kevin Huber (10), K Randy Bullock (7).

The lack of talent here just sticks out like a sore thumb. Otherwise, this is a damn good roster. 

[Shake n Blake]

(09-02-2018, 09:53 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Not really. He was the most picked person in this thread.

Could have something to do with OP asking for the "biggest name". 

[Sled21]

(09-02-2018, 08:09 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Idk, ask these guys.

Well Shake, he really wasn't cut, now was he...… cutting him for a day with an agreement to resign him the next day for the same deal, so they could stash a couple of guys and not subject them to waivers is not really cutting him. 

[*SHRacerX*]

(09-02-2018, 08:09 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Idk, ask these guys.

I was so wrong, you used me twice?  Haha...

In my defense, they are apparently re-signing him at a lesser deal so I was correct somewhat they didn't release him at a time that would have provided him a best chance to catch on somewhere else.  They knew they were bringing him back.  

[Shake n Blake]

(09-03-2018, 10:28 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Well Shake, he really wasn't cut, now was he...… cutting him for a day with an agreement to resign him the next day for the same deal, so they could stash a couple of guys and not subject them to waivers is not really cutting him. 

Agreed, and the fact that he was instantly brought back by the team just shows that those who said they'd be surprised if the Bengals truly dropped him were correct. The Bengals typically don't dump long time players this close to the season. It would've put MJ in a tough spot.

(09-03-2018, 11:51 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I was so wrong, you used me twice?  Haha...

In my defense, they are apparently re-signing him at a lesser deal so I was correct somewhat they didn't release him at a time that would have provided him a best chance to catch on somewhere else.  They knew they were bringing him back.  

It was you, Sled and Mike M. I didn't use you twice. I wasn't rubbing your noses in it, I was just proving that not everyone thought it was a slam dunk that MJ was gone. Ironically, he's not gone, so I guess those who weren't surprised should've been?