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How much money is Jeff Ruby losing when he hosts Mims, OBJ and Trent Brown.

The only reason our fans complain about the pick is that they live under the delusion that we draft for the current season..... As I pointed out in another post - This is rarely the case. Of guys available at 18, which one would have started this season? Maybe the corner from Toledo? Newton...

I don't have much concern. He played three years in college. Almost every lineman redshirts their first year in college so the fact that he played at all that season was notable (and probably due to him already being huge). In his sophomore year, he backed up a player that was All-SEC on an...

Based on the way the board fell, I thought it was a good pick. It's clear the league does not value Johnny Newton as much as the mock simulators value him. I thought they might go with the corner from Toledo, but was happy they ended up choosing Mims. It's a good situation from him learning from...

I don't disagree....But the players do have a say in this because they negotiate directly with the league whenever they redo the collective bargaining agreement. They get a fixed percentage of all of the growth the league has enjoyed. If they want to see more guaranteed deals, I think they need...

Yes, but unlike when a player is tagged, the team can fine him for every day he misses. It adds up.

Giving away deals because of past performance is not good business. Sometimes you move on.

There is nothing wrong with demanding a trade. You can sit out if you want to. A team can also refuse to trade you and they can fine you if you sit out. It's all in the CBA. You use leverage when you have it - Having two years left on a deal you signed last offseason isn't it. By your logic...

I think people are confusing the timing.... The timing was all about an agent trying to dangle opportunity in front of other teams that might want to make a draft-night deal with the Bengals. It's a hail mary, but a reasonable approach from an agent to get a new deal for his guy. But, it's a...

I agree. If Browning was an unrestricted free agent, it's possible that a team would take a chance on him.... But it would be a situation where they also have a rookie or other option.

Correction - Hendrickson WAS a guy that you build upon. He was/is the cornerstone of the D from 2021-2025..... The years you have him signed. You don't plan 3 years into the future for a guy that likely won't be the same player when you get there. No incentive for the Bengals to do a deal right...

It's not negative, it's business. I don't understand why guys deserve lifetime achievement deals.... If the organization doesn't have value for a defensive end over 30, why would they extend him?

I could care less if he's happy. The Bengals have done right by him. He didn't bet on himself and now wants a do-over. There are other mouths to feed.

Watt, Garrett and Bosa all became all-pro type players on their rookie deals. They cashed in as free agents. When the Bengals gave Hendrickson a 4 year, 60 million dollar deal, people cried about them overpaying a guy that had one good season and didn't have a top-end pedigree coming into the...

They don't have to tag him. He has two years left on his deal. He has absolutely no leverage but to say he is going to retire.

I wouldn't be so confident in that projection for Garrett or Watt. Garrett's deal is effectively done in 2027 - But the way Cleveland plays the cap, they will have over 50 million due to Garret in voidable years. So, you'll pay 50 million to your cap and another big deal to a guy that is 32? Not...

As far as I'm concerned, the dude can pound sand. The Bengals gave him an above market contract for one year of production when they signed him as a FA. Then they gave the dude 13 million more than he was supposed to make last year in exchange for adding an additional year to his contract at his...

He was not going to be an unrestricted free agent next year. He does not have enough time on active rosters in the NFL to qualify for unrestricted free agency. He would have either been an exclusive rights free agent again or a restricted free agent (which is a little better for the player). By...

I agree to an extent..... I'm done with assuming the Bengals are drafting for current season needs. In the past 12 years, we have had exactly 3 guys that have been major contributors in their first year. Burrow and Chase were top 5 picks. Eifert wasn't even a starter - He did post almost 500...

This is where I landed. Going back to last year's playoffs, the same trend emerged.... You need pressure against the pass to beat the good teams and we are overly reliant on one guy. Pass rushing 3-tech guys are acquired in the first round or not at all (or at least rarely outside).

One of the Bengal twitter people discussed point 2 - If you go back and look at defensive alignment, Lou was using more of a hybird approach in alignment of his DTs even when Reader was healthy and in the game. There are also a bunch of advanced metrics that talk about how minimal rushing...

There has been a strange dialogue about how the Benals are mistreating Higgins by not coming to terms on a long term deal to get him off the tag. Some of this has been fueled by players at other positions signing deals after the tag. But, given the true value of these receiver deals AND the fact...

This article has good perspective on receiver deals. They seem much bigger than they are.... If Hill and Adams are only truly clearing 23 million per year, the Bengals probably aren't offering anything close to that number. And the tag is actually pretty damn good value for the player. I think...

I don't think the Bengals go offensive tackle in Round 1. I think Duke has decided to patch it with free agents and search for value in positions that don't often come up in FA (that's why he took Murphy last year; it's why he took Chase over going line, etc). I mean, he could have essentially...

Probably a better move to wait until after the draft. Teams see all that talent in the draf and assume they'll grab their guy at some point, but things change after the draft if you don't have enough talent at the position. Could also wait until injuries start occuring in preseason - I think...