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the bengals are the worst run organization in sports and the worst coached team in sports

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@BMeek23 @AndreBengals who's #1?

@AndreBengals Its a top 2 pick they could make.

I'm not opposed to Rueben Bain at #10 but it wouldn't be as great of a pick as everyone seems to think.

@GatorOs @JoeGoodberry has given up 2 TDs in 87 man cov snaps

@JoeGoodberry super curious about that Devin Moore sample size

CB prospects and their Man Coverage Grade data from PFF.

Worth noting that based on his 10 split, it is likely that Woods would have had a final RAS in the low to mid 8s. Guys who run 95th percentile 10 splits tend to also run very good 40s.

@bengals_sans in theory, he CAN run 40 yards so i feel like we should assume like his RAS is 8.00 since we have his 10 to go off of

Choosing not to run the 40 is going to hurt him because that would all be green

Former Bengals LB Logan Wilson has announced his retirement from the NFL

@andreperrotta13 also, fwiw, the 2025 Lions had the 3rd highest APY/Cap ratio (138%) we've seen since at least 2011 so it makes sense they'd lose some APY and, as of rn, they're still 5th in the league for 2026 bengals are 18th for 2026. avg 99%. L5 avg 102%

Lions lack of big game FA shopping is likely due to the fact that their stellar first four picks of the 2023 draft are now extension-eligible. RB Gibbs LB Campbell TE LaPorta S Branch They'll definitely extend two of these four this summer (likely Gibbs & Campbell), and likely three (LaPorta). They are already paying Joseph near the top of the safety market, so they may hold off on Branch. Which really puts the focus on a team's Cash budget, which is the better lens through which to view and assess all of this, for any team, especially CIN. So the question should be: should the Bengals aim to spend 110%+ cash over cap in the prime Burrow years, or should they continue with their standard ~106% cash over cap? By keeping the yr-1 Cap Hits high, they hinder their ability to spend more (not recklessly, but strategically) in that current season. What does future flexibity matter if you never actually push the envelope a bit? And again, you can always just rollover any unused cap space, thus preserving both current year and next year cap flexibility. But by inflating the yr-1 cap, you purposely lose that current year cap flexibility to strategically spend a bit more to add a piece or two or three to add contributors so that you are not relying on middling players like Cam Sample or even Lawrence Guy on your defensive line during prime Joe Burrow years.

Because Hendrickson was at the finish line and they knew they were going to fail his physical to get out of the trade 🕵️‍♂️

@John__Sheeran lmao

@nangleberger Of idgaf about the mock lol

covering the bengals around this time means reading between the lines posted on the mothership. "the first wave of free agency" being used here indicates they are still looking bengals.com/news/bengals-c…

If Maxx's account is accurate, this is a bad look for the Ravens and GM Eric DeCosta to not even greet/meet with Maxx when he first entered the facility. An initial meet/greet would have obviously been before Crosby underwent the MRI with the Ravens' medical staff, so why wouldn't EDC meet with him upon arrival? Perhaps because EDC knew he was already going to renege on the deal and didn't want to show face. Also hard to believe EDC's utter BS last week when he said that, "No one was more devasted than (him/EDC)..." that the trade didn't go through. You didn't even care to greet the dude upon arrival, Eric.

Let's dig into the Bengals first big free agency signing in Bryan Cook! Where does he excel? How does he fit in Cincinnati? si.com/nfl/bengals/on…

He deserves at least *checks chart* $4 million

@BMeek23 @JonnyBengal consensus had him as an early 3rd rounder and he's stayed the same post combine he's definitely someone i'd be targeting hard at 41 (unless we go bain or bailey at 10 ofc)

@nangleberger @JonnyBengal Thats insane imo. He's a guy who was a round 4 guy prior to the combine. I'd consider him at 72, but 2nd round is way to high for me.

This might end up being close to my final mock prediction for the Bengals this year… we will see

@BMeek23 @JonnyBengal wild bc i'm thinking of him as a decent trade back option in round 1 lol

@nangleberger @JonnyBengal at 48? no

@BMeek23 @JonnyBengal not a fan of Dani Dennis-Sutton?

@JonnyBengal Those day 2 picks.......🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

@Andrew_Russell7 -not a big QB contract -get a decent look at a QB that has shown flashes -help raise their cap to keep them above the cap floor while tanking

If it’s a full on tank (it is) why did they shell out for Malik Willis?

@SamMonsonNFL Miami was already last in total APY on the team before this trade (total of top 50 contracts. data from spotrac) now they traded away their top APY (28.3m) this is how you tank lol

I don't understand combining THIS with signing Malik Willis.