(03-17-2025, 04:45 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: There’s still some truth to the first part of the bold (albeit it’s a bit of a boomer-ish take at this point), but the other half is just pure nonsense. QB’s and WR’s are paid what they are due to their impact on the game, not to solely be “eye candy.”
It. Takes. Both.
We saw what happens when you play with half of a team, offense only and no defense. Offense puts butts in the seats, it’s flashy and exciting, but that will not win you games against other offensive teams, we proved that last year.
If they don’t address the defense, don’t expect any different results.
(03-17-2025, 04:59 PM)Timanky12 Wrote: We saw what happens when you play with half of a team, offense only and no defense. Offense puts butts in the seats, it’s flashy and exciting, but that will not win you games against other offensive teams, we proved that last year.
If they don’t address the defense, don’t expect any different results.
(03-17-2025, 04:22 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Burrow won't be on the hot seat, just like every high-costing QB is never on the hot seat for why the team struggles to get back to the dance after they get a big contract.
It's the coaches/FO who have to figure out how to fill the rest of the roster with a good team despite the high contracts for a few.
If anything, this will (or should) put a microscope on the coaching staff and/or FO for hitting (or not hitting) on draft picks.
What happened is unprecedented. Never has a group of players held out to strongarm Ownership. That comes with accountability. Brady nor Mahones could keep their SB teams together. Brady even took less money just to be played for a fool.
They've been discussing how this changes the landscape of the NFL and if other teams top players would follow suit. What we witnessed with this coup is significant.
Owners may be just as pissed with MB and co as they were with the Browns after they signed Watson to that fully guaranteed contract.
Quote:"Success doesn’t mean every single move they make is good" ~ Anonymous "Let not the dumb have to educate" ~ jj22
Some of this is everyone demanding they sign them and then now everyone turning on them for ignoring the defense which is typical of the media and lame.
Also it is the same arguments made by some around here who take heat for not necessarily wanting Tee extended.
Mo - "The fingers are all going to point to Joe Burrow".
Quote:"Success doesn’t mean every single move they make is good" ~ Anonymous "Let not the dumb have to educate" ~ jj22
(03-17-2025, 05:20 PM)jj22 Wrote: This is being heavily discussed throughout national media and social media.
If you get this in time listen to Mo. He's about to go over all the fallout (including national criticism).
I get the angle. I just don't believe it. It all seems too manufactured to me. There's already too much history with this QB and WRs and we see how it's played out with the different defenses and offensive lines.
It's not like the Bengals were actually held hostage by Joe, to the point they couldn't go any other way. That's just ridiculous.
It's 100% on the front office to put blockers up front and hit with some defensive draft picks.
"The measure of a man's intelligence can be seen in the length of his argument."
(03-17-2025, 05:32 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: It's not like the Bengals were actually held hostage by Joe, to the point they couldn't go any other way. That's just ridiculous.
If Joe doesn't make his feelings known (repeatedly and even throughout the season) I'm not sold Tee is extended. Now we know Tee would have had to be if we wanted to keep Chase, but Joe played a big part in this.
Quote:"Success doesn’t mean every single move they make is good" ~ Anonymous "Let not the dumb have to educate" ~ jj22
I wouldn't say it puts Joe on the "hot seat" But I believe he is at least a bit under pressure for demanding (basically) bringing Tee back. You know more or less at the expense of being able to rebuild a Porus defense.
I mean now the offense has to put up major points every game (including the first 4) of the season because the defense is going be giving up some points I'd say.
But Joe thrives under pressure so I hope it pays off.
(03-17-2025, 05:28 PM)jj22 Wrote: Some of this is everyone demanding they sign them and then now everyone turning on them for ignoring the defense which is typical of the media and lame.
Also it is the same arguments made by some around here who take heat for not necessarily wanting Tee extended.
Mo - "The fingers are all going to point to Joe Burrow".
It's completely dishonest to say they can't do this or that until we see the cap hit numbers for the next few years. No one other than the Bengals, right now, know how much money is still available and no one knows how the draft is going to play out.
It's all silly talking-head conjecture based on what other teams have done in the past with the money they had available and how they handled their cap. None of that relates to the Bengals this year.
"The measure of a man's intelligence can be seen in the length of his argument."
(03-17-2025, 05:34 PM)jj22 Wrote: If Joe doesn't make his feelings known (repeatedly and even throughout the season) I'm not sold Tee is extended. Now we know Tee would have had to be if we wanted to keep Chase, but Joe played a big part in this.
Carson made his feeling known.
How did that turn out?
People can ramp up the 'Joe runs the Bengals' narrative all they want. I'll just sit here and laugh.
"The measure of a man's intelligence can be seen in the length of his argument."
This may be the busiest FA for the Bengals in history. It was exactly one week today at noon when the legal tampering period started.
Bengals signed
BJ Hill
Slayton
Perrine
Ossai
Sample
Marco Wilson
Gesicki
Burks
Contract for richest in history to Chase for a non QB
Top 5 contract to Tee
Only Bengals fans would dismiss re-signing their own players and adding 2 guys from outside in less than a week
The FO has been extremely busy and productive in my humble opinion. THey deserve credit. Where would we be if we lost Gesicki, Hill and others to FA? The whine in here about Bengals cheapness would be off the charts.
More work to be done, but I think a huge first week of FA and officially only 5 days as FA did not start officially until Wednesday at 4 p.m. last week,
Please use 2025 free agency to fix the trenches, not the draft!!!!!!!!
(03-17-2025, 05:45 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: This may be the busiest FA for the Bengals in history. It was exactly one week today at noon when the legal tampering period started.
Bengals signed
BJ Hill
Slayton
Perrine
Ossai
Sample
Marco Wilson
Gesicki
Burks
Contract for richest in history to Chase for a non QB
Top 5 contract to Tee
Only Bengals fans would dismiss re-signing their own players and adding 2 guys from outside in less than a week
The FO has been extremely busy and productive in my humble opinion. THey deserve credit. Where would we be if we lost Gesicki, Hill and others to FA? The whine in here about Bengals cheapness would be off the charts.
More work to be done, but I think a huge first week of FA and officially only 5 days as FA did not start officially until Wednesday at 4 p.m. last week,
Yeah, Tee was the top FA, BJ Hill was a top DT in this FA. Sometimes it just looks greener on the other side adding someone from
some other team but it may not be. Would of sucked to of lost any of these guys and Slaton helps to stop the run, Perine helps to
protect our franchise, Burks was great last season on the SB Champs, Ossai was our second best pass rusher, Cam Sample is solid
and Gesicki is a 6'6" pass catching mismatch for Joe Burrow.
Its not just Chase and Higgins but the Bengals also re-signed Mike Gesicki at 8.5 million per year because Burrow wanted him back. The national media will be all over Burrow this year and rightfully so. Burrow pushed and pushed the Bengals by calling them out. Now Burrow and the rest of the offense needs to get it done every single week. There are no excuses for Burrow this year. This is what he demanded. This is what he got.
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