I just feel like everyone is going to spend all week talking about Mahomes' ankle or Burrow being a Demigod or Chase against this young secondary or Lou Anarumo being a psychopath...and then in the end it's just going to Samaje Perine bludgeoning Bolton and Gay to death.
I honestly wanted the Bengals in over the Broncos, but I am enjoying all of the grave dancing in here. And the "Chiefs were afraid of us" stuff might be the saddest cope I've seen in all of sports fandom. What a stunning fall from relevance. [Reply]
The window is shut and nailed closed. This loser franchise isn't doing shit until Burrow inevitably goes to a franchise that isn't allergic to winning. And then they'll do even less. [Reply]
Originally Posted by kysirsoze:
I honestly wanted the Bengals in over the Broncos, but I am enjoying all of the grave dancing in here. And the "Chiefs were afraid of us" stuff might be the saddest cope I've seen in all of sports fandom. What a stunning fall from relevance.
Originally Posted by RunKC:
The Bengals GM is the one who should have been fired.
Let Jessie Bates walk
Refused to pay Chase early (maybe an ownership thing too)
Dax Hill sucks
Kris Jenkins sucks
Jermaine Burton disaster
OBJ overpay
Amarius Mims isn’t good
They are only decent bc of Burrow, Chase and Higgins
Yes. I saw someone say yesterday that they should trade Higgins and Chase and build through the draft...
The problem is... their draft picks have not been impactful unless they're picking in the top 5.
You don't have any end of the 1st or middle of the 1st hits like McDuffie or Karlaftis or Worthy. You don't have enough 2nd or 3rd rounders who have been better than expected like Bolton, Humphrey, Rice (they have Logan Wilson but that's really it). The team depth just isn't good enough, as a result. [Reply]
Originally Posted by New World Order:
Anarumo did a pretty good job against our o. Wont miss him at all
Who does he have times with in the NFL? I see he was part of Pat Shurmur's staff in New York before joining the Bengals.
Would hate to see him in, say, San Diego to replace Minter if he gets a HC gig. Would love to see him in, say, Kansas City, as a defensive assistant. He seems like a Spags kind of guy and maybe there are some times with Reid through Shurmur... [Reply]
Originally Posted by FloridaMan88:
Embarrassing franchise, fanbase, city… :-)
I get their frustrations, but this is beyond ridiculous at this point. I don’t recall any fanbase being this entitled with so little to actually show for it.
2022: They lose to KC in the AFCCG and they scream “scripted”! As if the only way KC could beat them is with ref help and a “scripted”.
2024: They lose to KC on a blatant DPI and once again it’s the “script”.
2024: KC rests their starters in a meaningless game as they already locked up the 1 seed and don’t want to lose players or put anything on film. Then a change.org petition is made (believe that it might be trolling) because KC didn’t make enough of an attempt to beat Denver and allow the 9-8 Bengals to make the playoffs. This is only because KC apparently is “scared” of Cincy. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
They had to fire him. The defense was that bad. Too bad for them he wasn't the real reason they were bad. That all starts at the top and the one thing they can't change is ownership.
True. Outside of Trey they don’t really have a ton of talent on defense. They let a bunch of players walk, especially Reader and Bates. [Reply]
