ndirish1978

We have basically just been treading water while the other teams in our division load up. I don't understand how Beane isn't making moves while we see players take below-market deals

Brown should in no way should be a lock, he was terrible last year and should not be a starter on this team.

Don't sell yourself short, you don't seem that old

You could not be more wrong

We have tons of holes and 6 draft picks. Hard to justify using one on a backup we hope never plays unless it's the last one. The rest need to go to pluggin actual holes.

Thanks @SDS, happy to hear he's ok and hope the personal issues are all resolved without issue! Best wishes @YoloinOhio!

They both played Nickel LB like 80% of the time

I just want Poyer back so we can draft a decent safety to learn under him and Hyde.

It's likely Kyle Allen and he's not anything to get excited about.

I'd rather get Sutton. I don't think we're in on any "high" trade asks anyway.

I'll show him a mid-level contract, which is all his play has earned him. Hoping we trade him for a player, not picks.

@SDS Have you been able to communicate with Yolo since your initial request for info? Just asking to see if he's ok.

Fins and Jets getting better and we're getting worse. Not the most fun offseason. Hard to replace Edmunds and Poyer on this D.

Significantly worse than what I thought was going on. Heartbreaking to read about the situation.

Yeah versatility isn't a great help on the Dline when the versatile players stink at each position.

My expectations are a wild card spot and that's about it. Like other on the board I think it's a big mistake to move forward with the same coordinators, though I'm not on the fire McDermott train just yet. I feel a lot of frustration because it seems like the organization is great at presenting a vision and pushing forward to realize that vision but it very very poor at making adjustments even when glaringly needed and that's at all levels: At the HC level we see things like rotating starters or letting people clearly not succeeding stay in starting positions when we clearly need to cut bait on them. We drafted Elam in the 1st and I think it's fair to say we wasted a lot of his development this season. At the coordinator level we are so concerned with being multiple that we don't pick a strength and dictate terms to the other team on either side of the ball. Frazier's "bend don't break" defense only works if you can get sacks or turnovers, in games where we get neither, we are in trouble. Dorsey cannot call a game. Feels like he just lets Josh call whatever he wants. There is no concrete identity to the offense. We did not have a single complete game this year on offense, that is damning. At GM level we see BB consistently drafting BPA but it's not working out, you have to consider need a lot more. Boogie Basham and Bernard should never have been picked where they were when there were positions of greater need with good players left on the board. I like Beane's FA signings but his drafts have left a lot to be desired. Then you have press conferences like we just saw from the GM where he basically said "we're gonna just keep moving forward with what we have, we don't have money to spend on big FAs, so we've basically just got who we've got." But at the same time he acknowledged we are behind other AFC teams, so basically we're just "hoping" we get better? I don't really know what the plan is here.

Yes it is

Poorly coached, poorly executed, just poorly prepared.

Both coordinators need to be fired, but we won't do it. Just like we need to draft OL early and watch us draft a S.

I like how everyone says we want to play in the elements so we can have an advantage in the postseason, but our team is the one that plays like garbage in the elements. Burrow unfazed, we can't complete passes downfield. Bengals have backups on oline? No worries, they are still better than our starters on D. F this team so much.

We aren't even close to the Bengals, we need 4-5 players on D and a whole new Offensive line.

4 yard scamper? No, it's good for 9. Heartless game by the D