Flacco traded to Bengals

[Marcus Aurelius]

12 minutes ago, boyst said:

the internet? whats that?

Shadeur Sanders to start when?

Internet?

It came after the Arpanet ...

[BillytheKid]

The fact Cleveland would trade him to a team in their own division tells you just how much they are concerned about it. 
 

They must know Flacco won’t help them one bit. Flacco behind that O-line is not going to be anything to fear. 

[Bruffalo]

1 minute ago, Andrew Son said:

The AFC sucks.  Stay afloat until Joe is back

He's not coming back soon enough to save the season. 

 

Let's say Burrow comes back Week 16 (which I don't think he will, honestly): 11 games missed, so Flacco elevates you to win half the remaining games. I think that's generous, honestly.  so 6 wins. They're barely a wildcard contender at that point. 

[Simon]

1 minute ago, Low Positive said:

But why this and not Russell Wilson?

 

Have you see Russell at any point in the last year?

I'm shocked he's even on a roster.

[mushypeaches]

The problem is that our defensive coaching is just bad enough to let an immobile Flacco carve us up in December

[boyst]

1 minute ago, Marcus Aurelius said:

Internet?

It came after the Arpanet ...

It's a place where people discuss football teams but that's not important now

[Low Positive]

Just now, Simon said:

 

Have you see Russell at any point in the last year?

I'm shocked he's even on a roster.

At least he could run away from all the free rushers. 

[Simon]

8 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

They should have traded for Jameis as soon as Burrow went down. They might have won that division with Jameis instead of Browning. With the Ravens in disarray I understand adding Flacco. It just feels like the wrong guy.

 

In addition to their feeble OL, I think they've also given up the second most points in the NFL this year.

I doubt there was a guy available that could overcome the mess they've built.

 

[Captain Hindsight]

6 minutes ago, Senth said:

Not a smart organization imo.

Which one?

[Simon]

Just now, Low Positive said:

At least he could run away from all the free rushers. 

 

Honestly, I don't think he can even do that any more.

He was never all that fleet of foot and now he's closer to 40 than 30.

The guy just has nothing left to offer, imo.

[Virgil]

I wonder if Wilson or Winston was ever available from the Giants.  I feel like both would be a huge upgrade in Cincy.  

[PetermansRedemption]

If they wanted to compete, Cousins was the move. This is just a save face move for the fan base. 

[Low Positive]

Just now, Simon said:

 

Honestly, I don't think he can even do that any more.

He was never all that fleet of foot and now he's closer to 40 than 30.

The guy just has nothing left to offer, imo.

I have watched every Bengals game this year, and their problems on offense go back to when Burrow is playing. Their offense is based upon downfield passing to their stud WRs, but their OL isn't nearly good enough to hold up until the they can get open downfield. The funniest part is that they didn't adjust their offense AT ALL for Browning. He, like Burrow, holds the ball FOREVER. When it works, it's a thing of beauty. But with Browning, it results in 3 picks a game to go with the multiple sacks. 

[Senth]

5 minutes ago, Captain Hindsight said:

Which one?

Take your pick.

[Low Positive]

3 minutes ago, PetermansRedemption said:

If they wanted to compete, Cousins was the move. This is just a save face move for the fan base. 

You think Mike Brown is gonna pay Cousins ~20 million to keep Burrow's seat warm?

[skibum]

More bad news for Joe Flacco. His O-line situation just went from bad to worse! At least he had good interior linemen in Cleveland. He's going to get killed in Cincy!

[JP51]

17 minutes ago, Walking Tall said:

LOL….why am I now less scared of the Bengals than I was this morning?

Seriously...  from our perspective we match up better against Flacco than whomever else that might be mobile... we are horrific at tackling... especially if it is a moving target... at least Flacco will stand still for us... 

[Kirby Jackson]

13 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

In addition to their feeble OL, I think they've also given up the second most points in the NFL this year.

I doubt there was a guy available that could overcome the mess they've built.

 

You might be right. That division might be won at 10-7 though. Burrow already had them at 2-0. Could they have played .500 for a few months? Maybe, maybe not but the odds of that were much better with Jameis slinging it to those elite pass catchers than Jake Browning looking terrible. 

[Pete]

19 minutes ago, Senth said:

Not a smart organization imo.

dumb as they are, they still figured out how to put together a top defense

[Low Positive]

1 minute ago, Pete said:

dumb as they are, they still figured out how to put together a top defense

Not so hard when you draft that high every year. The fact that the Jets still have no redeeming features is astounding.