Grade the current (last 5 years) FO

[ERIC1]

(7 hours ago)Bengalion Wrote: C - They suck at building competent coaching staffs. Suck at contracts, whether inside the team or trying to sign outside players. They were fortunate to finish last in the same year Burrow entered the draft, which is the only reason we remain competitive.

And yet over the past four years with significant injuries to burrow and othey key offensive and defensive players...the bengals have one of the better winning records in the NFL

[ERIC1]

(Yesterday, 06:30 PM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: are you reading this duke Tobin I hope so you make too much money to not feel responsibility lol

Even in consideration to both acute and lingering in juries to burrow...starting tackles..tee higgins...key defensive starters...team has gone 40-27 the past 4 years..if I am correct this is the ninth best winning percentage in the NFL over said time....good job Tobin..Zac and the Brown family

[Nicomo Cosca]

(6 hours ago)ERIC1 Wrote: They have not made the playoffs the past two years because of significant and lingering injuries to their starting quarterback..injuries to key players on both the defensive and offensive side of the ball..actually it is quite remarkable that they finished lastt year with a winning record when you consider the aforementioned injuries

It’s really not. 9-8 in a 17 game season is about the equivalent of 8-8 before. And they were extremely lucky to face some absolutely terrible QB’s to even get that record (D. Jones, DTR,
Rush, Rudolph, etc.)

What’s actually quite remarkable is that we had the passing leader, Triple Crown winner, and sack king all on the same team and still somehow managed to miss the playoffs in a 3 wildcard format. That’s some truly impressive shit wrt how badly the rest of the team was built.

[Whatever]

(7 hours ago)rfaulk34 Wrote: If Chase signs a contract, last year, that's the top non-QB contract and tries to come back in 1 or 2 years for more money i know that i'm not on his side and i have a hard time believing many fans would be. 

If you're underpaid it's one thing. If you're adequately compensated, it's another. 

Trey is under contract this year and underpaid because of a 1 year extension he chose to sign.  I am not sympathetic at all to a guy that's saying he's underpaid on his third NFL contract, second since becoming an UFA. If he wanted more money, he should have negotiated for more in his extension.  

I'm usually more sympathetic to guys that come in on slotted rookie contracts that never really got a chance to negotiate.  Or players being strong armed because of the grossly unfair FT.  

Trey is underpaid, because frankly, he and his agent are bad at business and negotiations.  

[*rfaulk34*]

(4 hours ago)Whatever Wrote: Trey is under contract this year and underpaid because of a 1 year extension he chose to sign.  I am not sympathetic at all to a guy that's saying he's underpaid on his third NFL contract, second since becoming an UFA. If he wanted more money, he should have negotiated for more in his extension.  

I'm usually more sympathetic to guys that come in on slotted rookie contracts that never really got a chance to negotiate.  Or players being strong armed because of the grossly unfair FT.  

Trey is underpaid, because frankly, he and his agent are bad at business and negotiations.  

Trey made the mistake of trusting the front office to do something they don't do. That's certainly on him. Them being cheap isn't and taking advantage of a situation isn't. 

[*rfaulk34*]

(6 hours ago)ERIC1 Wrote: And yet over the past four years with significant injuries to burrow and othey key offensive and defensive players...the bengals have one of the better winning records in the NFL

Spam.

[*ochocincos*]

(6 hours ago)ERIC1 Wrote: And yet over the past four years with significant injuries to burrow and othey key offensive and defensive players...the bengals have one of the better winning records in the NFL

And over the past two years, Bengals are tied for 15th, right middle of the pack.
The Bengals have a downward trajectory since their 2021 Super Bowl run.
The worry by some (most?) fans is are the Bengals trending downward just because of injuries, or is it because they have continually lost key guys in FA and haven't done a good job backfilling them across the past couple seasons?

It's no secret this past offseason has been "unexciting," to be nice.
Their big FA additions were a run-stuffing NT (Slaton) and an IOL who hadn't been a planned Day 1 starter at OG since 2020 (Patrick).
Their early draft picks were a highly boom-or-bust DE (Stewart) and 2-down LB (Knight).
Their biggest offseason moves have been trying to keep their own talent, which doesn't make the team better, just helps keep it closer to the same as it was.

The Bengals may prove people wrong and these additions may really elevate them back into a (deep) playoff run, but until we see them perform on the field, it's ok to be unexcited.

[Luvnit2]

(3 hours ago)rfaulk34 Wrote: Trey made the mistake of trusting the front office to do something they don't do. That's certainly on him. Them being cheap isn't and taking advantage of a situation isn't. 

Not True

See my post in the Trey thread, it debunks your Trey was screwed when he extended after his 8 sack 2022 season. You said FO screwed up and did not save millions when they did not sign Jamar in 2024, yet the Bengals extended Trey for a fair contract saving the team millons and you keep beating the cheap drum.

Look back at his stats after 2022 and tell me how the Bengals were cheap. You can't because it is nt true based on factual data. Maybe just on etime take off the Bengals FO glasses and look closely at all circumstances in 2022, 

I think if you do, you will see Trey was coming off 8 sack season, has never played. full season and was trending downward after his great 2020 and 2021 seasons in 2022. Bengals rewarded him and now you want to basj them for it.

[Luvnit2]

(3 hours ago)rfaulk34 Wrote: Spam.

Actually backed up by facts versus your just opinions and feelings.

[*rfaulk34*]

(2 hours ago)Luvnit2 Wrote: Actually backed up by facts versus your just opinions and feelings.

What does that have to do with spam? Could you possibly start following conversatons and while you're at it, crawl out of my ass with your lies?

Thanks.

[*rfaulk34*]

(2 hours ago)Luvnit2 Wrote: Not True

See my post in the Trey thread, it debunks your Trey was screwed when he extended after his 8 sack 2022 season. You sais FO screwed up and did not save millions when they did not sign Jamar in 2024, yet the Bengals extended Trey for a fair contract saving the team millons and you keep beating the cheap drum.

Look back at his stats after 2022 and tell me how the Bengals were cheap. You can't because it is nt true based on factual data. Maybe just on etime take off the Bengals FO glasses and look closely at all circumstances in 2022, 

I think if you do, you will see Trey was coming off 8 sack season, has never played. full season and was trending downward after his great 2020 and 2021 seasons in 2022. Bengals rewarded him and now you want to basj them for it.

Terrible post.

[Luvnit2]

(2 hours ago)rfaulk34 Wrote: Terrible post.

It is factual, I see you are hate facts and post on emotion and feelings. Plese show us why it my factual Trey 2022 stats are terrible.

Here is the post for those of you who were wondering and wanted to get the facts on 2022 Trey contract extension.

I keep reading Trey was cheated by the Bengals when he signed an extension after the 2022 season. Let's review the facts.


https://www.nfl.com/players/trey-hendrickson/stats/career
Sacks
2022 Cincinnati Bengals 15 29 19 10 8 0 3
2021 Cincinnati Bengals 16 34 21 13 14 0 0
2020 New Orleans Saints 15 25 22 3 13.5 0 1
2019 New Orleans Saints 13 19 11 8 4.5 0 0
2018 New Orleans Saints 5 6 5 1 0 0 0
2017 New Orleans Saints 12 13 7 6 2 0 2
42 total 6 sacks in 6 NFL seasons and in 2022 had only 8 sacks and missed 2 games, He had never played a full season, missed total 25 games in those 6 seasons.

Bengals extended him anyway and made him at the time the 4th highest paid DE in the NFL in AVG per year at 21 million per year. Trey is a true DE, other like Watt are considered outside LB's.

So looking at Trey's production, was he treated unfairly by the FO when they did not have to, but did offer him an extension? He has injury history and did not have a great 2022 season, yet Bengals extended him ayway in good faith in my opinion.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/21845/trey-hendrickson

2023 29 $6,800,000 $5,166,666 $3,000,000 $176,460 $15,143,126 6.74% $22,800,000
2024 30 $14,800,000 $5,166,666 - $200,000 $20,166,666 7.90% $7,833,334
2025 31 $15,800,000 $2,666,668 - $200,000 $18,666,668 6.69% $2,666,668
2026 32
UFA

[TecmoBengals]

(3 hours ago)rfaulk34 Wrote: Spam.

Totally. It would be like if you just kept posting, "The Brown family has never won a Super Bowl" and then also posted, but omg FACTS!

[*rfaulk34*]

(2 hours ago)Luvnit2 Wrote: It is factual, I see you are hate facts and post on emotion and feelings. Plese show us why it my factual Trey 2022 stats are terrible.

Here is the post for those of you who were wondering and wanted to get the facts on 2022 Trey contract extension.

I keep reading Trey was cheated by the Bengals when he signed an extension after the 2022 season. Let's review the facts.


https://www.nfl.com/players/trey-hendrickson/stats/career
Sacks
2022 Cincinnati Bengals 15 29 19 10 8 0 3
2021 Cincinnati Bengals 16 34 21 13 14 0 0
2020 New Orleans Saints 15 25 22 3 13.5 0 1
2019 New Orleans Saints 13 19 11 8 4.5 0 0
2018 New Orleans Saints 5 6 5 1 0 0 0
2017 New Orleans Saints 12 13 7 6 2 0 2
42 total 6 sacks in 6 NFL seasons and in 2022 had only 8 sacks and missed 2 games, He had never played a full season, missed total 25 games in those 6 seasons.

Bengals extended him anyway and made him at the time the 4th highest paid DE in the NFL in AVG per year at 21 million per year. Trey is a true DE, other like Watt are considered outside LB's.

So looking at Trey's production, was he treated unfairly by the FO when they did not have to, but did offer him an extension? He has injury history and did not have a great 2022 season, yet Bengals extended him ayway in good faith in my opinion.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/21845/trey-hendrickson

2023 29 $6,800,000 $5,166,666 $3,000,000 $176,460 $15,143,126 6.74% $22,800,000
2024 30 $14,800,000 $5,166,666 - $200,000 $20,166,666 7.90% $7,833,334
2025 31 $15,800,000 $2,666,668 - $200,000 $18,666,668 6.69% $2,666,668
2026 32
UFA

There's a proverb that goes something along the lines of "Do not answer a fool according to his folly...". I'm gonna take that advice. 

[*rfaulk34*]

I wonder why some fans hate Trey so much?

[TecmoBengals]

(2 hours ago)rfaulk34 Wrote: I wonder why some fans hate Trey so much?

Fact: The Bengals have had one of the best records in the last 4 years with Trey Hendrickson finishing in the top 3, behind Watt and Garrett, for sack leaders during those 4 years.

 

[Soonerpeace]

(2 hours ago)ochocincos Wrote: And over the past two years, Bengals are tied for 15th, right middle of the pack.
The Bengals have a downward trajectory since their 2021 Super Bowl run.
The worry by some (most?) fans is are the Bengals trending downward just because of injuries, or is it because they have continually lost key guys in FA and haven't done a good job backfilling them across the past couple seasons?

It's no secret this past offseason has been "unexciting," to be nice.
Their big FA additions were a run-stuffing NT (Slaton) and an IOL who hadn't been a planned Day 1 starter at OG since 2020 (Patrick).
Their early draft picks were a highly boom-or-bust DE (Stewart) and 2-down LB (Knight).
Their biggest offseason moves have been trying to keep their own talent, which doesn't make the team better, just helps keep it closer to the same as it was.

The Bengals may prove people wrong and these additions may really elevate them back into a (deep) playoff run, but until we see them perform on the field, it's ok to be unexcited.

That’s just a tad too negative. I can’t refute much lol. The Bengals are trending downward because the defense sucked due to poor drafting and FA signings. I don’t know how much was Lou’s fault. Staton looks to be a good addition. It’s evident they are focusing on stopping the run. Knight had a great combine and had some great games in college vs OU & Bama.Hes good at TFL & causing fumbles. We weren’t keeping Pratt. He pooped in somebody’s cheerios. We had to get a replacement. At some point they have to build a payroll that has players on rookie deals. Stewart may not have had many sacks in college but a ton of disruptions. He too played good in important SEC games. When the draft came re-signing Trey looked like a long shot. Fairchild and Patrick are very good at pass blocking. In Patrick’s last 1592 pass block snaps only 4 sacks. Fairchild gave up 1 sack at UGA in 2 seasons against great competition. I also think our OL depth exceedingly better. I think Chase Brown, Gesicki, and Isovias reach a higher level. Burton looks locked in finally. 

The defense is a worry. I’m hearing they are happy with the all the drafted players. No it doesn’t look like a SB roster but ‘21 wasn’t either. I guess we will see but I can see some of the frustration by posters. 

[Whatever]

(3 hours ago)rfaulk34 Wrote: Trey made the mistake of trusting the front office to do something they don't do. That's certainly on him. Them being cheap isn't and taking advantage of a situation isn't. 

What exactly don't they do?

Taking advantage of what situation?  The fact that Trey agreed to a contract?  They have discussed an extension with him with a large pay increase.  They don't agree on money.  Trey wants paid based on his current performance and the team wants to pay based on what he will likely be worth as father time takes it's toll.  Both are valid points of view and the eventual agreement likely is in the middle.

If anyone honestly believes the club told Trey "sign this one year extension for a lesser increase and we will make you a Top 5 paid edge rusher before that extension year kicks in"...like, what are you smoking?  Why would the team not just pay him then?  Why would Trey agree to something that makes no damn sense?  

[jj22]

(2 hours ago)rfaulk34 Wrote: I wonder why some fans hate Trey so much?

I don't get the sense they hate Trey. I do get he sense that Trey is not home grown talent and that does make a difference in fans....I guess emotional investment in him as a Bengal. 

[Luvnit2]

(2 hours ago)rfaulk34 Wrote: There's a proverb that goes something along the lines of "Do not answer a fool according to his folly...". I'm gonna take that advice. 

If you want to call me a fool, call me a fool versus using theatrics.

There are cases to use the Bengals cheap as a narrative, but you failed to do so once facts were pretending instead using deflection.

Show us how Bengals were cheap after Trey's 8 sack season in 2022 by giving him an extension. You can't or you would have gave a direct response versus giberish.