Eh. I get what B1 is saying here. It's not so much "I don't want to play for the Bengals," because he's not saying that. But what do those comments show us about his state of mind if he comes in and we suck? Is he going to say, either directly or indirectly, "we're losing because of the organization [i.e. not me] and I want out."?MeatHeadbengal wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 11:49 amI read the article B1, no where is there any dbl talk. I'm not sure why ppl continue to push this narrative. We are not a bad franchise, if you look at the stats from 2004 on, we're one of the better in the league. Are we the best no, not by any means but we spend money internally taking care of our guys and we this off-season have spent money externally.Bengals1 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 11:18 amYou guys keep making excuses for him. There's a reason he keeps dropping these little hint-bombs in the press.
I have no doubt we're going to draft him and I also have no doubt he's going to sign.
But he's telegraphing his Carson Palmer like feelings.
Take it from a married man who's been trained to read between the lines. He's saying loud and clear... "Don't expect to just draft me and go on with business as usual Cinicinnati."
He's going to pull a Palmer sooner rather than later if this organization doesn't try and improve itself throughout his career here. He's not going to be content just playing in the NFL and picking up a pay check like Dalton seemed to be.
And one decent off-season is not going to be enough.
Personally I'm tired of ppl pushing this narrative and it's our own fans doing a lot of it.
I'm also not saying that we're going to suck. I think there's reason to be optimistic about the direction we're going with the FA period we've had and the boundless potential that every draft brings our hopeful hearts. And then there's probably no problem with Burrow. But I do think I see B's concern, and it's not totally unfounded.