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Yeah, maybe he did "want to stay in Cincy". That was probably last year when you guys stiffed him of a long term deal and franchised him. He was just a backup then, but you decided to pay him the average of the top five for only one year, as if to say "Well, we don't know about you kid..."
Then, Big Willie refuses to take a pay cut and you dump him and then expect Andrews to just jump into Willie's spot and perform at the same level. "You aren't good enough for a long-term deal Andrews, but you're sho 'nuff good enough to play in the spot of a guy we overpaid a long time ago and wouldn't play ball with us to help out our cap."
What did you expect Marv? (You too Mikey. Can't forget about you.)
Besides, you guys should have your pick of some pretty good OT's at #6. Here's hoping for another Munoz...
And here I was hoping for an uncapped year, with even more hilariously worded player contracts.
(Marv loves those character fixer-upers. And they have a knack for screwing up tackle acquisitions.)
And the "We Dey" was something that Sgt Slaughter's kid (aka Bill Cowher) responded with when, if memory serves me correct, the Steelers beat the Bungles in the 2005 playoffs on their way to a SuperBowl win as a Wild Card team. The Bungles had gotten a great big head about winning their division and then promptly got punched in the mouth by the Steelers. You may also remember Kimo von Oelhoffen rolling on Palmer's leg and tearing his knee apart very early in the game, but "that's just football"...
As for Housh, I love the guy, he's the only receiver they have who can run a route, and I'd like to have him back, but it ain't happening. Mike Brown won't go for it, will complain about being a "small market", will spend no money in the off-season, and will put a crappy team on the field again next year, complete with Marvelous Marv at the controls. Bungles should have dumped CJ85 to the Redskins when they had a chance, but that would require foresight and that's forbidden in Cincy.
Though, in my opinion, once they get a permanent replacement for Upshaw, they really ought to work on the whole "2010 will be uncapped; 2011 will be a lockout" problem before they start adding games and revenue to the endangered salary cap.
And, I agree, an OL that remembers how to block would be super. Numerous times Sunday I saw 5 guys trying to block 4 or less guys and fail. I don't think Jim Brown would be more than 2 yards a carry behind that line.
However, we all know Mikey really runs the team, so this could actually have legs. And would go along nicely with the "We ain't going nowhere this season so let's blow up the team" philosophy.
Best 0-5 team out there? Puh-lease. When the season is over, nobody will talk about the games the Bengals almost won; just like nobody talks about the games the 2007 Patriots almost lost. Close games are won and lost by coaching.
PW hits the nail on the head. Mike Brown is the cancer and will always be the cancer for the Bengals. And until fans stop buying hats, t-shirts, jerseys, and tickets, Mike Brown will continue business as usual. He's sees a full stadium, why should he change what he's doing? He knows the fans will continue to pour into PBS regardless of whether the team is a winner or not. Who needs scouts, a GM, a competent coaching staff, smart free agent signings, well-payed SUCCESSFUL talent (don't even get me started on the long line of Bengals lifers who were there way past their prime, if a prime was ever had), etc. when you can sell out seasons without them?
I'm looking forward to Watson starting eventually as well. :)
Though, the cut of Rudi has affected our overall Johnson count.
Though I agree with the other cuts. Though I feel this is the beginning of a shortage at corner.
It took them too long to catch up to the rest of the teams in the division. Everybody else has their decent, if not good, TE in the AFC North and they've had them for years.
Furthermore, they are just lucky in all this: they sign a TE to give them "two" TEs right when their #3 WR gets arrested/suspended/cut/whatever-we're-calling-what-happened-to-CH15.
It's sad really.
But it'll all come out in the wash when there's the 2010 cap free year and the NFL gets knocked on its butt.
Very, very, VERY good point about Steinbach; they could have had him, but instead they signed two tackles: one who really has yet to prove himself (Jone) and the other who is over the hill but Mikey feels sorry for (Anderson). When Hutchinson left for big money, every one said guards don't matter. And then Alexander's numbers dropped. Now, Cincy just went and used the franchise tag on a guy whose been all over the line whom they want to play guard. They've got 2 high-priced tackles, and 3 other nobodies on the line; they could put Jim Brown back there and he'd still be hurting for yards.
Alexander was NEVER going to sign with Cincy, as was evidence by my comment on this "nugget" from T&R: http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/48750. It was all a feel-good story coming out of the feel-good press corps of the Bungles organization. Geoff Hobson is probably on the FanNation payroll...
To reiterate, I can't believe this is a story...
The only thing Bob Bratkowski has going for him was he was in the right place at the right time when Carson Palmer was available.
And that goes doubly for Marv.
Blow up this team and the office and start over. Again.
Don't stop with just the DC and LB coach; they need to keep firing before I believe there will be changes.
And, oh yeah, trade No. 85. I can always join the team and drop the ball on third down...
Funny that you mention Favre and a hot dog in the same sentence. In my circle of fans, we call Brett "Captain Hotdog"...
As for this news bit, nothing to see here. Move along.
Two words: Cedric Benson.
His dilly-dallying when he was a top pick is the reason why the Jets were able to STEAL Thomas Jones from your organization. Benson was being force-fed carries because he was "being paid so much": the team wanted Jones, the organization paid for Benson.
As for Peterson, no really, it IS about being greedy. But, if everyone else does it, you have to do it too.
Not happening if his agent is worth anything.