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That's kind of my point. He's not really a leader.

We just gotta keep rowing this boat, Gug. I think it'll start filling up with fans once they take off the rose-colored glases

He should, given how he faded over the last half of the season Dude has ZERO legs to stand on

Oh boy, he's got that offseason fire. Let's hope that translates to not turning it over a half dozen times or whatever against the Jets

He reverted to prior form

We've never really had that, but for a couple times. The drought was the drought because the team was too good to be terrible but too bad to be good.

Problem is, he's the third best QB IN THE CONFERENCE. He's Roethlisberger to Mahomes' Brady and Burrow's Manning. Again, gotta MAKE the super bowl to lose one. We can't even make the CG, but for covid year

I wish people wouldn't mention Metcalf. Years later, I'm still pissed off about that.

Or at any position really.

Hilarious. ZERO speed on the edge on offense, and a TON of aged players on the roster

I'm literally laughing at everyone who answered WR

Check this thread or my thread a month and a half ago. Bengals have actually won an AFC CG But please do carry on.

Not "first." FirstS. This year's, next year's included. All of them.

I laid out a specific plan in a thread a month and a half ago. Basically, if you can't get a good enough haul for him, you keep him. If you could, for example, trade him to chicago for all their firsts this year and next, you'd reset the cap clock for the QB position, thereby making it easier to rid ourselves of dead weight like Miller, Knox and White, and you'd have ample high picks to restock the cabinet in a hurry.

think Burrow or Mahomes need mulligans?

Only want that to happen under a VERY limited set of circumstances that includes acquiring chicago's firsts this year and next. Other than that, no. Also, let's not lionize last night's performance.

And the dirty little thing that no one wants to talk about here is that our "MVP" QB cost us dearly in at least TWO of those games (Jets and Patriots)

Not half as annoyed as I was about miller that was a DUMB move, straight up stupid.

Time-honored tradition here

There are FOUR major issues heading into the offseason that need addressing immediately, if not sooner: Von Miller. They HAVE to find some way to convince him to retire outright, he's done. Damn it beane, that contract is an albatross. Dawson Knox. He's wildly overpaid. Again, Pay cut or potential cut. Tre White. Waste of a roster spot at this point. Sucks, but that's reality in the NFL. His career in buffalo is over. Stefon Diggs. Has lost his quickness, and now he can't catch any more, either. He's done. These four contracts are like lead shoes, and we're in a swimming pool. Gotta get creative and find a way to clear out this mess. Wish Beane luck. Of course my dream scenario is out there with Chicago, but that'll never happen. Ideally, I'd like to see us trade out of round one, for multiple twos and threes and start restocking.

They can't afford it at ALL, especially considering he'd be second string behind their actual starters.

Which given the situation, was the wrong call. Goal was to choke them out and score LAST.

I stopped at PFF

I can name two teams in our division who wouldn't

Nnnnnnnn I don't think so. Had a good ish year but was utterly invisible the past two weeks