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True about the part that they need to let those guys get first team, game reps. I remember in the mid-90s when the Giants let go of their best receiver (Chris Calloway) to make room for their young pups (Ike Hilliard and Amani Toomer, who was actually a returner in 1998) and the rest is history. Of course, Calloway played two meaningless years beyond that...not sure if Ocho will follow suit.
who's doin what now?
Is this true?
I was about to tell OchoCinco to come to CHicago...but on the other hand...I think we're good here.
Pretty close to true. The owner is the GM and isn't good at it... and they might have 4 scouts.So the Bengals want to pay Chad 3.5 million to not play for them... instead of another 2.5 to stay? That doesn't sound like a good business deal.
Torn meniscus... he says he'll play again next year.
I wonder if anyone will bother with him or Rmoss?
Why wouldn't someone sign TO? He looked very good this year. He's absolutely worth a 1 year deal to certain teams.
Id say he's worth a 1yr deal for every team. He had a great year all things considered
seriously? IIRC no one but Cincy wanted him and I doubt solid contenders want his presence in the lockerroom. We will see
After his crap year in Buffalo many folk thought he was done. He showed he still has talent and still busts his butt to put up stats. There are some teams that could use such a player.
When did he become a locker room cancer? Did I miss something?
This. Brat is the worst. Marvin has his fair share of troubles. He isnt a good game coach. Not good at using timeouts, not good at deciding when and what to challenge. I think he is a decent talent evaluator and would think he could probably pull off the role of GM at some point.
I'd be totally on board if they bumped him up to a newly-created GM position, made Zimmer HC and got rid of Brat. Though I actually think Zimmer at HC makes Brat more likely to stay believe it or not.-QG
totally agree. Mike Brown has to realize this is no longer the 1960s, and it is time to move forward.
This year's team also had the most players on IR of any team in the NFL. Whoever coaches the Bengals next year will inherit a team that is still very close to a contender with their core talent. The caveat is QB. If the Bengals jettison Carson Palmer and don't have a ready to play replacement it will be horrible. Typical Mike Brown move is drafting Cam Newton and not signing him until week 3. I think Benson has a better chance being on the roster next year than #85.The young WRs will be fine.
I don't think so. TO may be right to an extent about it starting at the top, but I have never seen anything that leads me to believe that the locker room isn't behind Lewis and the coaching staff. TO is an outlier that makes comments like this everywhere he goes. I don't think he represents the team at all on this one. Unrelated- like everyone else said above we need a new OC and better QB play (even if that comes from Palmer) more than anything else. I think whether Lewis stays or goes will have very little impact. He's an OK coach that can be replaced by another OK coach.
So sad because it's true.... As long as Mike Brown is in there, the Bengals ceiling is the first round of the playoffs..... and that's the tippy top of the ceiling.
They probably subscribe to Waldman's Rookie Scouting Report. It's all they need.
Their site has Tobin listed as Director of Player Personnel... Then Greg Seamon as a scout and Earl Biederman, John Cooper, and Bill Tobin scouting consultants. It's still lol though.
I missed Seamon and Biederman. When the heck were they added?LOL.....Biederman has West of the Mississippi, and Seamon has East of it.
