3 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Other than complaining who do you honestly want right now that is realistic? Don't say Burrow. He is injury prone and only recently decided to not retire early. You don't give up multiple firsts for a guy who could quit like Luck after another bad hit. Don't say Herbert either because he sucks. You have no answers other than saying Hurts sucks, which is fine, but there aren't better options in the next 2-3 years. He's the guy. He's proven he can win. No free agent is going to be better and a rookie is going to take a year or two to develop. We get it Hurts has flaws but he's the best answer right now even if it's not a perfect one.

That's not always true

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I'm just happy Hunt's injury isn't long-term or season-ending. It looked bad when it first happened.

9 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Mannion is an evil genius

3 minutes ago, St0nedsk8er said:

The Rams released their kicker lol not surprised there..

Never want to see #92 on a kicker ever again lol

He’s losing his Twinkie paycheck. So he might actually lose weight.

Just now, Mike030270 said:

That's not always true

Depends on how high you pick them. How common is it for a rookie after pick 10 to lead their team deep into the playoffs year one vs them spending picks to build the OL this year and keeping Hurts around in 28 before the rookie takes over in 29? It happens but it's not the norm. Anyone saying they have to blow the team up at this point is panicking. You draft the guy in 28, let him play a year under Hurts, use the draft this year to address the OL and sign a FA vet TE along with DG for another year. There won't be much more the offense needs.

Speaking of injuries, it doesn't speak well of the blog's intelligence level that you idiots can't admit that the team is DECIMATED WITH INJURIES and therefore doesn't have the talent to win right now. No team could win with this many key players out.

I'm not a big fan of the coach, but most of the slander towards him, the QB, and anyone else is over the top and absurd.

The team, including the coach, the OC, and the QB cannot be properly judged until the team is relatively healthy and not playing 3rd and 4th-stringers all over the field.

4 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Other than complaining who do you honestly want right now that is realistic? Don't say Burrow. He is injury prone and only recently decided to not retire early. You don't give up multiple firsts for a guy who could quit like Luck after another bad hit. Don't say Herbert either because he sucks. You have no answers other than saying Hurts sucks, which is fine, but there aren't better options in the next 2-3 years. He's the guy. He's proven he can win. No free agent is going to be better and a rookie is going to take a year or two to develop. We get it Hurts has flaws but he's the best answer right now even if it's not a perfect one.

There is no "right now" solution. Even if Burrow were feasible cap wise (it isn't) the bengals arent going to do that mid season. No one is trading their starting QB midseason, and at this point there aren't going to be any free agent quarterbacks. The only other option is watching McKee suck, but taller.

For the offseason, you can't have an entire season of Hurts playing like he has so far and then say "well he's proven he can win and there's no one better"

1 hour ago, eagle45 said:

Say it

2 minutes ago, Arsenal79 said:

Speaking of injuries, it doesn't speak well of the blog's intelligence level that you idiots can't admit that the team is DECIMATED WITH INJURIES and therefore doesn't have the talent to win right now. No team could win with this many key players out.

I'm not a big fan of the coach, but most of the slander towards him, the QB, and anyone else is over the top and absurd.

The team, including the coach, the OC, and the QB cannot be properly judged until the team is relatively healthy and not playing 3rd and 4th-stringers all over the field.

They don't have the talent to win and yet were 2 retarded coaching decisions away from winning

1 minute ago, devpool said:

There is no "right now" solution. Even if Burrow were feasible cap wise (it isn't) the bengals arent going to do that mid season. No one is trading their starting QB midseason, and at this point there aren't going to be any free agent quarterbacks. The only other option is watching McKee suck, but taller.

For the offseason, you can't have an entire season of Hurts playing like he has so far and then say "well he's proven he can win and there's no one better"

Who is talking about midseason? I'm talking about after. And yes you can because even then there won't be better options. This team is still packed with young talent you don't have to blow it up. Spend picks on the OL, get another TE, Hurts will be fine for two more years and gives them their best chance to win. There are no FA options. A rookie in two years is fine but not the answer either. No offseason trade will make sense. Hurts is the best option even with his flaws. Don't panic and build around him until you draft a guy in 28 who will take over in 29.

Just now, devpool said:

They don't have the talent to win and yet were 2 retarded coaching decisions away from winning

They overachieved and got lucky to even have a chance to win these last 2 games.

Just now, Diehardfan said:

Who is talking about midseason? I'm talking about after. And yes you can because even then there won't be better options. This team is still packed with young talent you don't have to blow it up. Spend picks on the OL, get another TE, Hurts will be fine for two more years and gives them their best chance to win. There are no FA options. A rookie in two years is fine but not the answer either. No offseason trade will make sense. Hurts is the best option even with his flaws. Don't panic and build around him until you draft a guy in 28 who will take over in 29.

You're saying right now like there is a right now. You have zero idea what free agents would be good or not. Did you know Kirk Cousins was going to be decent in Vegas? You knew darnold was going to be decent in seattle? We don't need a joe burrow. We need an average QB, hurts isnt even hitting that mark right now

2 minutes ago, Arsenal79 said:

They overachieved and got lucky to even have a chance to win these last 2 games.

Two games in row against solid teams? Alright dude

Just now, devpool said:

You're saying right now like there is a right now. You have zero idea what free agents would be good or not. Did you know Kirk Cousins was going to be decent in Vegas? You knew darnold was going to be decent in seattle? We don't need a joe burrow. We need an average QB, hurts isnt even hitting that mark right now

I looked at the list of FA. You want Watson? Stop with Cousins holy crap. He has looked good during the season multiple times and hasn't done crap in the playoffs. You are grasping at straws. Hurts with a team around him is better than any of those guys.

Hurts is not the problem this year. He's about 5th on the list. No QB is going to do well with an OL made up of people off the PS. They are on their 4th string RB. Their TE can't stay on the field and they have nobody behind him. The plays being called are horrible and the coach just cost them two games. They also have no run game. Do you see that list?

Coach sucks

System sucks

Injuries have PS guys starting on the OL/TEs suck/4th string RB

No run game is the #1 issue but caused by the first 3

Now you can toss in Hurts having issues

People give Allen and Burrow a pass for a lot less than that. Build the OL in the offseason and the entire offense will look a lot better.

4 minutes ago, devpool said:

Two games in row against solid teams? Alright dude

The Rams have a good team despite the record and so are the Jags. Yeah. They were 7 point dogs for a reason.

19 minutes ago, Arsenal79 said:

I'm just happy Hunt's injury isn't long-term or season-ending. It looked bad when it first happened.

I said that it wouldn't be as long as there wasn't going to be a spiral fracture.

15 minutes ago, Arsenal79 said:

Speaking of injuries, it doesn't speak well of the blog's intelligence level that you idiots can't admit that the team is DECIMATED WITH INJURIES and therefore doesn't have the talent to win right now. No team could win with this many key players out.

I'm not a big fan of the coach, but most of the slander towards him, the QB, and anyone else is over the top and absurd.

The team, including the coach, the OC, and the QB cannot be properly judged until the team is relatively healthy and not playing 3rd and 4th-stringers all over the field.

Wrong.

This is how they won the super bowl. Next man up.

They were in position to win the rams game and the game this week. A testament to Siri's excellent coaching ability throughout the week.

I always expect them to win

11 minutes ago, devpool said:

Two games in row against solid teams? Alright dude

Its called Hurtscuses.

1 minute ago, HazletonEagle said:

Its called Hurtscuses.

The "excuses" of a decimated roster apply to the coach and the OC as well, but we all know your agenda.

4 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Wrong.

This is how they won the super bowl. Next man up.

They were in position to win the rams game and the game this week. A testament to Siri's excellent coaching ability throughout the week.

I always expect them to win

Yeah they won the Super Bowl with a 4th string RB and with 4 new starters on the OL including UDFAs. Excellent analogy!

Just now, Arsenal79 said:

The "excuses" of a decimated roster apply to the coach and the OC as well, but we all know your agenda.

Im crediting the coach despite the decimated roster. He got the team ready. The QB **** the bed again. He doesnt get the excuse because he let the rest of the team down.

1 minute ago, Arsenal79 said:

The "excuses" of a decimated roster apply to the coach and the OC as well, but we all know your agenda.

If Nick had blacked out and someone else coached the last few minutes of the last two games they would have 4 wins. That isn't on Hurts.

10 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Jalen is a massive problem.

It also appears that Kuper is flying far too low beneath the radar by this point in the season.

There is no shortage of OL talent on this roster. Its non-stop blown assignments since pre-season and its not getting any better.

Sirianni should be well below both of those guys on the list of issues.

And Im not sure we can evaluate Mannions offense properly either because if he wants all these condensed sets and 2 TEs for blocking, then Kuper needs to make sure his guys know who to block. We do see WRs open all over the field. Strong evidence that what Mannion does works. But the OL...