2024 Cincinnati Bengals: Bounce Back?

[Kingspoint]

He had either outside WR with inside leverage in a 1 on 1 matchup. It's not a guaranteed first down of course, but that's a much better chance of succeeding than a RB pass in the flat. If Chase is 1 on 1, throw it up.

Also, as Mike was commenting in the video, you call that play to take a shot. Those are the primary reads. And Burrow didn't even give it a chance.


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What was it yesterday? Under 5.5 yards per attempt? That's the definition of passivity. Last place teams and QB's at the bottom of the league (non-starters) put up those numbers.

[Kingspoint]

https://x.com/bengals_sans/status/18...agKJkhUxTq_R9g

Burrow had all day long and he panicked.

Burrow didn't practice enough in games during the pre-season. So what if he might get hurt. It's football. Taking that chance is better than Burrow wasting the first few games of the season while he gets acclimated to the game.

[KoryMac5]

Bengals offered Chase 4 yrs 140 90 of that 140 guaranteed talks broke down as the guarantee would not kick in until 2027 according to James Rapien.

[RiverRat13]

Bengals offered Chase 4 yrs 140 90 of that 140 guaranteed talks broke down as the guarantee would not kick in until 2027 according to James Rapien.

Cash poor family-owned franchise that can't afford the necessary dollars to put guaranteed money in escrow. The franchise's ability to navigate the cap and to sign impactful players because the Brown family isn't independently wealthy is a major issue. They try to get around it with large signing bonuses, but true blue chip players aren't going to agree to that.

[Hillsdale87]

Cash poor family-owned franchise that can't afford the necessary dollars to put guaranteed money in escrow. The franchise's ability to navigate the cap and to sign impactful players because the Brown family isn't independently wealthy is a major issue. They try to get around it with large signing bonuses, but true blue chip players aren't going to agree to that.

It's very fun to be a fan of Cincinnati teams who both have the poorest owners in their sport.


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[Kingspoint]

It's very fun to be a fan of Cincinnati teams who both have the poorest owners in their sport.


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We do the best we can.

"If you can't get what you want, you better want what you can get."

[Kingspoint]

Bengals offered Chase 4 yrs 140 90 of that 140 guaranteed talks broke down as the guarantee would not kick in until 2027 according to James Rapien.

That's more than fair for someone who has 2 years left on their contract and is under control for 4 more years, in addition is gauranteed $21M+ next season (unless he breaks both legs), with the Bengals having another option in Tee Higgins that they could offer much less to for the same number of years. As much as Burrow is going to get paid, he should be able to do just as well with Higgins as he can with Chase, freeing up possibly $20M+ per season to help in other areas (like getting a real Tight End that doesn't fumble in the Redzone, or adding a higher quality Corner than what they currently have, or adding extending Hendrickson for another season). I can think of many areas where I'd rather see Higgins plus a "better player at another position than what they have" over Chase and not having that other position improved.

[pedro]

Burrow just almost never seems to throw the ball more than 10 yards anymore. He seems changed to me.

[Kingspoint]

Burrow just almost never seems to throw the ball more than 10 yards anymore. He seems changed to me.

He needs a real TE that can open up the middle downfield.

There were rumors that this was supposed to be Gesicki, but that never happened, and when he did (and Burrow made a perfect throw), Gesicki drops the ball, in the endzone, with what should have been a TD, leading to zero points for the Bengals and points for New England.

I was afraid their refusal to pay Boyd $2M was going to lead to fewer opportunities over the middle.

[Boss-Hog]

Burrow just almost never seems to throw the ball more than 10 yards anymore. He seems changed to me.

Is that based on the one game that's taken place this season post-injury or something prior to the injury? If it's the former, I think it's hard to make that assessment, especially that he's changed, after one game no matter how bad it was.

[Kingspoint]

Is that based on the one game that's taken place this season post-injury or something prior to the injury? If it's the former, I think it's hard to make that assessment, especially that he's changed, after one game no matter how bad it was.

NFL Live on ESPN is about to have a Bengals reporter on sometime in the next 3-15 minutes and suggested that Burrow's wrist is still a problem. That could have a lot to do with not throwing downfield.

[Kingspoint]

NFL Live on ESPN is about to have a Bengals reporter on sometime in the next 3-15 minutes and suggested that Burrow's wrist is still a problem. That could have a lot to do with not throwing downfield.

They (NFL Live panel of 4) all agreed that it's Zac Taylor and scheme why they aren't even attempting downfield passes.

Something interesting that most viewers couldn't hear as they went to break,...

"Watch the Tackles of the Cincinnati Bengals. They give the play away every single time."

[Kingspoint]

It already looks like no Tee Higgins again for Week 2. Listed as day-to-day, but all signs point to no Tee Higgins on Sunday (hamstring issue).

Nothing major, yet, as he hasn't missed any playoff games, but he missed the 3-pt loss at home to HOU and the 6-pt loss at home to PIT in 2023, and if he doesn't miss just one of those games, we might have won the game and then made the playoffs last season.

So, Higgins continues to miss more games as his career moves along and during contract years. Not the best way to get a new contract.

1 in 2020
3 in 2021
1 in 2022
5 in 2023
2 and counting in 2024.

[pedro]

Is that based on the one game that's taken place this season post-injury or something prior to the injury? If it's the former, I think it's hard to make that assessment, especially that he's changed, after one game no matter how bad it was.

No. Just an unsubstantiated observation over last 2 years.

[Boss-Hog]

No. Just an unsubstantiated observation over last 2 years.

I think he looked as good as he ever has the five games he was healthy last year after getting over the calf injury. Those didn't look at all like what we saw Sunday; that resembled what he looked like while playing on a bad calf (minus the lack of mobility). The year before that, they lost the at the gun in the AFC Championship due in no small part to his play. It remains to be seen if and when he'll get back there, but Sunday really didn't look to me like the past couple years - calf injury games aside.