Grade the current (last 5 years) FO

[SunsetBengal]

(Yesterday, 12:44 PM)Synric Wrote: We are all fans here but it's hard not to look at the Bengals and think they are running their organization like a half-staffed Gabes.

Seems like they're always the last ones to reluctantly conform to the new ways of conducting business in the NFL.

[TecmoBengals]

(Yesterday, 12:44 PM)Synric Wrote: We are all fans here but it's hard not to look at the Bengals and think they are running their organization like a half-staffed Gabes.

I'd offer you're being generous with this comment.

[ERIC1]

Take away the injuries to key players..including our starting quarterback...team has one of the better records in the NFL..they sell out every home game..national viewership is in the top 10%...good job...only deficiency..faster start at the beginning of the season

[ERIC1]

(Yesterday, 12:54 PM)TecmoBengals Wrote: I'd offer you're being generous with this comment.

And yet the results on the field...fan attendance would suggest otherwise

[FormerlyBengalRugby]

I am more concerned that a D grade is considered average...

[SunsetBengal]

(Yesterday, 12:59 PM)ERIC1 Wrote: And yet the results on the field...fan attendance would suggest otherwise

Did I miss something? Have they won the Superbowl recently?

[TecmoBengals]

(Yesterday, 12:59 PM)ERIC1 Wrote: And yet the results on the field...fan attendance would suggest otherwise

The Brown family got lucky after years and years of sucking which netted them Burrow and Chase. Fans pay to support and watch talented players that have a chance to win despite the poor ownership decisions. It isn't difficult to understand. Keep spewing the same rhetoric, but it doesn't negate decades of the Brown family poorly running an organization.

[TecmoBengals]

(Yesterday, 01:01 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Did I miss something? Have they won the Superbowl recently?

Can't win a Super Bowl if you're no longer making the playoffs, right? Incoming his reply of: Great winning record in the past 4 years.

[*jason*]

(Yesterday, 01:01 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Did I miss something? Have they won the Superbowl recently?

No but damned if they haven't managed to be mediocre AF the past 2 seasons despite having the best best QB and WR in the NFL. That's actually pretty hard to do. Great job front office.

When it comes to high attendance and the Cincinnati Bengals it's really just an indication that someone (Joe Burrow in this instance) has done a good job of selling hope to the fan base.

[Soonerpeace]

All this angst against the Browns can’t be criticized. Is it over done? Probably. They kept Chase & Tee & Gesicki. That was undoubtedly because Joe had to let his feelings known. But there’s also tons of legit criticisms too. But to me it’s the draft and free agency ( last 2 years).

[Soonerpeace]

(Yesterday, 01:08 PM)jason Wrote: No but damned if they haven't managed to be mediocre AF the past 2 seasons despite having the best best QB and WR in the NFL. That's actually pretty hard to do. Great job front office.

When it comes to high attendance and the Cincinnati Bengals it's really just an indication that someone (Joe Burrow in this instance) has done a good job of selling hope to the fan base.

Joe missed a ton of games in ‘23 and we narrowly missed the playoffs. Last year there’s no excuse.

[*rfaulk34*]

(Yesterday, 12:12 PM)Frank Booth Wrote: I can’t believe there are people who defend this front office

How else you gonna win Fan of the Year?

[*rfaulk34*]

(Yesterday, 12:34 PM)Synric Wrote: I can't look at it through a lense of a 5 year window when it was just a few years ago they were one of the most inept franchises in all of sports not just football. 

2021 and 2022 are looking more like flash in a pan success than continuous. Reminds me of post-Carson Palmer and Chad Johnson getting paid. How the Bengals let the rest of the roster fall to pieces.

1981

1988

2005

2015

2021?

[*rfaulk34*]

(Yesterday, 12:58 PM)ERIC1 Wrote: Take away the injuries to key players..including our starting quarterback...team has one of the better records in the NFL..they sell out every home game..national viewership is in the top 10%...good job...only deficiency..faster start at the beginning of the season

Take away all the losing and they win every game.

60% of the time, it works every time...

[BengalYankee]

A - Outstanding 0 0%

[Luvnit2]

(Yesterday, 01:01 PM)FormerlyBengalRugby Wrote: I am more concerned that a D grade is considered average...

As I have said numerous times in the thread, I tried to change the poll options and can't. The mistake I made was I was not doing letter grades so that should have never been in the poll options.

But lovely how many want to derail the thread and poll. There are lots of options to choose, 6 in fact.

[Luvnit2]

(Yesterday, 02:21 PM)BengalYankee Wrote: A - Outstanding 0 0%        

Certainly, no surprise, maybe shows the ones who don't whine we are the worst FO is football and inept are more accurate than those who continually say such things.

Last I checked also only 1 or 2 saying excellent also so seems to me the board is wise. Ony 2 say top 2 options, yet many more saying last 2 options.

[Luvnit2]

(Yesterday, 02:02 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: 1981

1988

2005

2015

2021?

I suggest the 2 of you start yur own thread and maybe then you get your desired result of majoirty of fans think the FO is the worst or close to the worst in the NFL.

I have no idea how ZT, JB, Katie or Duke can or should be held accountable for things from 40 years ago?

[*ochocincos*]

(Yesterday, 12:59 PM)ERIC1 Wrote: And yet the results on the field...fan attendance would suggest otherwise

Bengals haven't been "good" in nearly 3 years now.
Good, to me, is deep playoff run.
Making playoffs is not good, it's minimum expectation to being ok. 14 teams out of 32 (43.75%) make the playoffs.

With that said, some people like going to the games even if the team is doing poorly. Tailgating and the football atmosphere are fun for them, regardless whether the team wins or loses.

There's a lot of new for this 2025 team compared to the previous years.
New DC, new position coaches, some new (mid-tier) FAs, few draft picks (some more risk-reward than others).
Some folks naturally are more positive when it comes to new and the unknown, some are more hesitant until they can see it with their own eyes.

I can understand why different people look at the exact same thing and vary on whether something is good or not. It's all subjective and up to the expectations they want to set for themselves.

[*rfaulk34*]

(Yesterday, 03:15 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I suggest the 2 of you start yur own thread and maybe then you get your desired result of majoirty of fans think the FO is the worst or close to the worst in the NFL.

I have no idea how ZT, JB, Katie or Duke can or should be held accountable for things from 40 years ago?

He pointed out flash in the pan success. I directly answered that post with some examples. 100% facts and indisputible. 

I've already touched on my "grade" for the front office in an earlier post.