Doc Brown

That was a huge surprise given the Bengals history of starting the season fast. I think seven wins is their ceiling because of them likely having to have two rookies starting on the o-line. On paper right now they have the worst o-line in the league. Plus, if they take Travis Hunter they'll be very thin on the o-line and if they draft a tackle they'll be really limited as far as passing weapons for Maye. Not good when your best WR on paper right now is a 31 year old coming off an ACL tear.

You said we were never one play away from winning a Chiefs playoff game and laugh at anyone who thinks we were. I presented a plausable scenario where they were one play away. Regardless of what you think of our coaching in the playoffs. A special teams trying a trick play and then lateraling it out of desperation easily could take 13 seconds off the clock. You don't have to admit you're wrong. That's fine.

T. White, Knox, and Brown was extended in early September. Oliver in early June. There's always time but Cook and Benford's stock may never be higher so they could choose to bet on themselves to cash in next year.

Doubt he plays catch with a kid in the stand during warm ups but I hope we don't boo him too hard.

My guess is a breakup was coming anyways and Daboll getting the head coach job conveniently worked out. Kirk Cousins for a 4th or 5th maybe?

Doubt it. They stuck the Texans game at 1:00 last year. It's more of a story here than the rest of the league.

Wow. That's quite the contract. Why not one year $10m with incentives up to $15m or something like that. Who are you competing with?

They probably had a special teams play ready to go like the Chargers did in 2023 against us. It very easily could've taken 13 seconds off the clock depending on how many times they lateraled it.

It might have been different if they played the Eagles during the regular season and saw what their tendencies were on offense and defenses. How could they exploit it for the next possible match up? It's also likely they focused heavily throughout the year because the odds of them meeting us in the playoffs were far greater than one of the five or six NFC teams that could make the Super Bowl. I rolled my eyes every time people said that the Chiefs were using the regular season games as practice. I may have been wrong.

We literally were a squib kick away. I'm laughing at you for laughing at other people. No offense.

I'm as guilty as they are and anything's possible I guess. I didn't realize the level of toxicity within the building though as I never thought they'd eat $31m in dead cap space.

Anybody go to the first Bills game at War Memorial in 1960? I'm just curious if the wind was more or less confusing there.

That was the joke. Poor one I admit.

They pry have Schopp and the Bulldog on right after for listeners to go "oh, that wasn't so bad."

You moron. It is strange how Grant slipped to pick 42 in this mock. I thought it was taken for granted that he'd be taken in the second half of the first round.

We take Thomas. Vikings take Emmanwori. https://www.nfl.com/news/four-round-2025-nfl-mock-draft-three-qbs-taken-in-top-seven-picks-steelers-select-rb-in-first-round

I disagree with the coaching. Having by and away the best turnover differential in the NFL is a coaching stat. I remember the deflategate "scandal" with the Patriots where people jumped to the conclusion that they fumbled at an absurdly low rate. I thought. No. That's coaching. You don't win five straight division titles with double digit wins with okay coaching even if you have peak Aaron Rodgers as your QB. You don't have have a positive point differential of +786 since 2020 without good coaching. Baltimore was second with +555 just to add how insane that stat is. "They are doing it without guys that are top 5 at their positions" is coaching (and maybe an indictment on Beane). I get the frustration of fans and the playoff failures. I get the anxiety of wasting maybe one of the top five arm talents and dual threats QB's in NFL history's career. When your "floor" is a division winner that wins a Wild Card game the last five years you just can't help but think their ceiling is a Super Bowl champion. I think they get there as long as Josh stays healthy and Beane finds him some type of consistent weapon at WR1.

I thought it was 31st. It would be interesting if he included Diggs as a first rounder where we would land.

I think his offensive line took it too literally.

Should've never been that close. Reid completely out-coached McDermott/Babbich on offense. That offense hadn't looked that good all season. The Eagles shutting them down in the Super Bowl made it look even worse. Brady and Allen not having a variation on the tush push may have cost us the game and Spags had them ready for it. McDermott challenging on that Xavier Worthy "catch" despite Hamlin holding on that same play would've saved the team 10 yards on defense? Wasted challenge. I thought McDermott made the right calls on the two point conversion decision and the 4th down decisions. I'll give him credit for that. His decisions throughout the year impressed me when it comes to 4th down decisions. A lot of head coaches with a defense background are usually stuck in their ways and McDermott has shown the ability to adapt with an always changing game.

Beane needs that end of the 3rd round pick back.

Probably but his stock is at an all time high right now and it may plummet by this time next year. It also depends on how many free agents we sign next year.

Always interesting to see how the sausage is made.

If he drops to 30 Beane and Veach can do the funniest thing ever.

So, BPA at certain positions then. What positions would you not take BPA besides QB?