LinvilleGorge

Yeah, they're shortening his career letting him take these beatings. And I put some of the blame on him too. He lobbied HARD for them to re-sign Higgins. I mean, I get it. You have chemistry with the guy, etc. But that's where as a GM you just gotta sit him down and be like "Listen man, we want you to play another decade plus and that's not gonna happen if we don't protect you and I'm gonna struggle to protect you if we have two of the highest paid WRs in the league tying up our cap space. We can't afford to keep him and protect you and I have to value protecting you. We can get similar production out of a lesser player with Chase on the other side drawing the coverage."

I thought paying Tee Higgins was a huge mistake. Not that he isn't a very good WR, but just that they already have huge money tied up in Chase and they desperately need help on the OL. Having the best WR tandem in the NFL doesn't do you much good if the QB is having to run for his life immediately after taking the snap on most plays. I know tag and trades get talked about by fans far more than they actually happen, but that really seemed like an ideal tag and trade situation. You don't want to let that guy walk for a 3rd round comp pick but you can't afford to pay him either with the other glaring roster needs.

The Bengals getting off to a slow start is every bit as predictable as the Panthers winning a couple of throwaway games late to tank their draft position. What's off in Cincy is the same thing that's been off in Cincy for awhile now. They're absolute trash on D and on the OL.

Burrow isn't expected to return until December. By then the Bengals' season is gonna be over. They're insane if they put him back on the field again this year.

You're gonna drive yourself crazy focusing on draft position this early. This is a long, hard slog and spoiler alert... we're gonna win just enough throwaway games post-Thanksgiving to knock us into the bottom portion of the top 10 and give the copers hope that Bryce has turned the corner again.

Joe Burrow should probably win the MVP in absentia. The Bengals are every bit as bad as we are sans Burrow.

Oh for sure. We could have the greatest lab built kicker in the history of football and we'd still be getting our ass kicked. LOL

I wouldn't necessarily go that far. I mean, if you can significantly impact the other team's starting field position on kickoffs that should show up in the results in the long term but it's definitely gonna show up in the margins. Putting the ball through the uprights or not is going to be the much louder signal in the data. Neither is gonna matter when you're going out there and just getting straight wood shedded. LOL

Every other team in the league practically has a kicker that's good from 60. This guy barely made it to the endzone on a 55 yarder that was wide right even if it was long enough. Like Cam said, keep the main thing the main thing. Cool, you have a nifty little kickoff trick. That's nice. But putting the ball through the uprights is the main thing.

First thing's first, Tepper has to GTFO of football operations. Like all the way out. Go run the business. Leave football up to the football people. If the football people aren't working out then replace them and lean on football people to help you find those replacements. Until this happens then we are who we are.

I mean, that's literally what they said about him. One of the most impressive attributes Allen displayed in his maiden year in professional football was his tireless work ethic. He was a “first one into the building and last one out” player, always looking for extra coaching after practice or wearing out the battery studying film on his Bills-issued iPad. https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/football/nfl/bills/2019/01/25/josh-allen-buffalo-bills-2019-training-jordan-palmer/2676780002/ You don't go from the guy I watched in college at Wyoming to the NFL MVP without absolutely working your ass off.

Having a weirdly phenomenal player at QB IS a culture changer.

I feel like Tepper needs to give the fans an opportunity to have weekly meetings with him so that he can catch his own ass chewings.

It's no wonder why our wish lists have to start where everyone else's end.

Tyreek Hill's left knee just exploded.

Good grief, the Jets immediately turn the ball over again fumbling the kickoff to start off the second half. LOL

Every team in the league has a kicker good from 60 these days they say obviously having missed Fitz barely make it to the endzone on a 55 yard attempt yesterday (that would've been wide right even if it had been long enough).

The Jets might be as bad as us. LOL

The Jets are doing something to give away their snap count because the Dolphins DL is beating the Jets OL off the snap almost every play. Their DL is anticipating the snap better than the OL that supposed to know it's coming.

What fuging company that is. Good lord. Being at the bottom of that list says everything. LOL

Definitely some arena league looking trash they're wearing tonight

Damn. The Jets absolutely cram the ball down the Dolphins' throats all the way down the field and then fumble it away literally on the goal line as they're going into the endzone. What a dick punch.

Honestly most modern NFL offenses revolve around the short passing game with the ball coming out fast but you need the threat of the deep ball to make that work. The threat of the deep ball is vital. You just don't have it with Bryce. You can essentially defend the entire field like it's the redzone.

That's probably one of the folks who ran off to discord or maybe Icege

It's an unpopular opinion but I actually think Phil Snow was a damn good football coach.