kungfoodude

Did he have eligibility left???

We would just be a substantially less talented Bengals. It's fun to dream but you would probably be looking at this roster being the at peak of its greatness right now, and it's easily a bottom 5 roster in the history of the franchise. I would imagine the draft capital we would have to give up would put us in a 3-5 year hole almost immediately. Plus, if I were Burrow, I would immediately retire if the idea of being traded here was on the table.

Ewers also has very little NFL ability at all. He's likely even less suited to the NFL than the absolutely atrocious Dillon Gabriel.

It's hard to know how much of that is accurate or still true. One would hope they wouldn't sign him to that mega deal if it were still really bad, but dumber things have happened before. I think you will see what the league's opinion is when he is on the block and/or released. Will he get Justin Fields 1.0 treatment or will he have a lot of suitors lined up to talk?

I expect Ewers to extend the list of starting QB's that are worse than Bryce. I don't like that at all. It's just more ammo for the Forever Brycers inside our franchise.

The Refs Union is actually the most powerful in the NFL sphere. Until there is a little more accountability from that side of the aisle, this type of thing will get worse.

I think Shaq was also one of the last few remnants from the Rivera locker room culture. TBH, he didn't fit for that reason alone. We have wanted to stamp out that stuff almost since day one.

The price tag for Burrow would likely be an NFL record amount.

And he is also sub-30. He isn't that far removed from being considered a borderline top 10 QB. I actually think he will be a relatively hot commodity BUT with the caveat that his potential suitors are not going to want to tote him at his current contract level. Those mega contracts for Tua and Kyler may force them to be released first. You have to be willing to take a bigger financial gamble on a trade. Plus, we have no idea what the asking prices would be.

Now he is in line to get an extension in Buffalo. I understand why we moved on but in hindsight we royally fuged that situation up. We made a massive downgrade.

I think Murray will draw significantly more interest because he doesn't have the injury worries that Tua always will have. But, I wouldn't be shocked to see a trade for both because I think this will be a more QB needy offseason than normal. There are several playoff caliber teams that are going to be in need of QB stability.

3rd??? What, a 2078 3rd??

There are no savings. He is a cap nuker but the nuke can be kiloton and not megaton class if they do it the right way. Cutting him is 100% the megaton option.

Just look at OTC. It takes like 30 seconds. Also, ESPN just covered this today. As Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel openly mulls a quarterback change late in Tua Tagovailoa's disappointing season, here's the math on where things stand with Tagovailoa and the Dolphins. He has $54 million in fully guaranteed compensation in 2026. That breaks down as a $39 million salary and a $15 million option bonus that needs to be exercised between the first and third days of the 2026 league year in March. Additionally, on the third day of the 2026 league year, $3 million of his $31 million 2027 salary becomes fully guaranteed. So if he's on Miami's roster as of 4 p.m. ET on March 13, the Dolphins will be on the hook for $57 million guaranteed. If they were to release him prior to that date, they'd still have to pay him the $54 million in 2026 cash and would absorb $99.2 million in dead salary cap charges. (They could spread that out over two years if they designated him a post-June 1 release, but they'd still take $67.4 million in dead money charges on their 2026 cap and the remaining $31.8 million in 2027.) If they were to find a way to trade Tagovailoa before March 13, the acquiring team would become responsible for the $54 million in 2026 salary and bonuses, and the Dolphins' dead-money charge would drop to $45.2 million. If they traded him after March 13, presumably they'd be on the hook for the $15 million option bonus, while the new team would take the $39 million salary; the Dolphins' dead-money charge would be $60.2 million. None of this is even close to ideal, obviously, as it would leave Miami in a terrible cap situation and also without a quarterback. The Broncos took $80 million in dead-money charges (spread over two years) when they released Russell Wilson in 2024, and they managed to make the playoffs last season and currently hold the 1-seed in the AFC playoff field for this season. So huge dead-money charges don't necessarily kill a team's chances. But one of the reasons it has worked for Denver is it found a first-round QB in Bo Nix who could play right away. If the Dolphins bench Tagovailoa this week, it'd be for either Zach Wilson or rookie Quinn Ewers, either of whom could theoretically be a 2026 starting option if they show enough in these remaining three weeks. But moving on from Tagovailoa would probably require the Dolphins to be players in that Mac Jones/Kyler Murray/etc. second-chance QB market if they want to compete next year. Not a great spot for whoever their next general manager turns out to be. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47324378/nfl-week-16-buzz-news-updates-fantasy-intel-questions-predictions#trades

They will try to trade him, most likely. It would reduce their cap hit a LOT and not result in a crazy financial commitment for the team that obtained him. I do think you will see more interest in Murray, Tagovailoa, Jones and some of the other veteran QB's this offseason because of some of the QB needy teams. Also, this is projected to be a tough QB class in the draft. Don't be shocked if there is a panicked run on these younger veterans.

It won't. Bryce is special and different. He is just so much more talented. Just look at how he has improved over his three years. He's gonna be one of the best QB's in the NFL in the 2040's.

He is a special teams player. Rozebum is what you get when you are trying to get Frankie Luvu and it doesn't happen. He is genuinely one of the worst LB's we have ever had.

The Refs have contributed to very few losses over this last 8 year span. If you genuinely think the refs have been the biggest problem, that's about as rosy a view as I have ever seen for anyone not on an almost lethal amount of MDMA.

I think the thing that sticks out is Horn vs. previous iterations of Horn. This is REALLY fuging high for him. He is not the most sure tackler historically but he has never been this bad. I didn't go into that look at missed tackles expecting to see his name. My initial look was going to focus in on how we need to make a complete overhaul of the LB Corps this offseason. Then I saw Horn's total and his missed tackle percentage. That was shocking.

He isn't a good HC. I think he has proved that conclusively.

The missed tackle percentage is on that screen cap.

Okay, that is if there was a three way tie. I suppose I didn't consider that.

I think the NFC is significantly better but we will see how it goes. Could be a very interesting playoffs.

Canales is at his best coaching when he has a full week to prepare and dig into why he lost the game. That's when he really excels, in hindsight. For sure he doesn't when it comes to pre-game planning/preparation and in game management. He's REAL bad at that. But, man, he really is great at seeing his constant mistakes after he has made them.

No, I genuinely don't think they are good teams. I think they are extremely well coached teams but New England has an atrocious roster and a top 5 easiest schedule in NFL history. The Bills are having to get into shootout wins with .500 or lower teams. They are going to very much struggle with that poor of a defense and few weapons outside of Josh Allen. This isn't the 2015 Panthers with Cam toting around a bunch of bums and dominating. It's scratching out hard fought wins against the who's who of who dat. When they finally hit the playoffs, I think it's gonna be a different story. For both of those teams.