Bengals Off-Season Thread

• osu45804

  

  ... Well I got my popcorn ready week 1 & now it's stale ..SMH
  
  So there are obvious changes that NEED to be made... Bratkowski OUT .. Marvin OUT ... Who would you like to see them bring in as new Head Coach & Offensive Coordinator IF those changes are made? ... Biggest need in the draft? We need another pass rusher to go along with Dunlap & Odom ... I think it's safe to say T.O. will not be back and Chad has been my favorite player for the past 7 years so I kinda don't wanna see him go but if he does WR will be high up on the board as well... then we need OL help and we HAVE to draft a QB high this year..
  
  1. Pass Rusher
  2. WR
  3. OL
  4. QB
• jordo212000

  

  - I love Marvin, but it is time for a change
  - Get rid of Bratkowski (I don't love him)
  - Either retain Zimmer as the DC / let him interview for the head coaching job
  - Do not re-sign 85 or T.O., install Simpson as the #1 guy.
  - Try and re-sign Benson as long as it is reasonable
  - Don't get rid of Palmer yet. But draft Luck if he is available.
• osu45804

  

  The average score of a Bengals game this year was.... Opponents - 24 Bengals 20 .... A LOT of close games and a lot of blown leads.... Something positive to take away from the season I guess lol
  
  Key Players this year:
  
  Cedric Benson 1111 Yards rushing 7 TD's 5 Fumbles on 321 Carries
  Carson Palmer 3,970 Yards passing 26TD's 20INT's
  Terrell Owens 72 Rec 983 Yards 9TD's --- in 14 games
  Ochocinco - 67 Rec 831 Yards TD's -- in 14 games
  
  Dhani Jones 128 Tackles 1 Sack
  Keith Rivers 72 Tackles 1 Sack
  Carlos Dunlap 20 Tackles 9.5 Sacks in basically the last 8 games of the season as a rookie
  Ray Maualuga 70 Tackles 1 Sack 2INT's
  
  
  Leon Hall 43 Tackles 4INT's
  Johnathan Joseph 40 Tackles 3INT's 1TD
• jordo212000

  

  Definitely some nice players on the defense to build around. Chad Johnson really hit the wall this year. Not sure what happened to him. Didn't hear much from either after week 3 or 4
• stroups

  

  I would love if the bengals got
  
  1) Nick Fairley / Bowers
  2) Michael Floyd / Julio Jones
  3) Justin Boren/ John Moffit
  4) Mark Barron/ Will Hill
  
  Safety is a big concern but I don't anybody worthy of a high pick.
• heel023

  

  I wonder if Palmer will take a pay cut to stay next year?
• jordo212000

  

  heel023;622561 wrote:I wonder if Palmer will take a pay cut to stay next year?

  
  I think he has already said that he would probably not take a paycut
• Commander of Awesome

  

  osu45804;622242 wrote: Carlos Dunlap 20 Tackles 9.5 Sacks in basically the last 8 games of the season as a rookie

  
  He was a consensus top 10 pick coming into his last yr at FL but then seemed like he phoned his season in. I was skeptical of this pick, but his second half he really came on, seemed the light came on for him. Did a player in front of him get injured or was there any other reason to explain his increased playing time?
• LJ

  

  So even though he hasn't officially been fired, the Bengals are techincally without a head coach right now as Lewis's contract has expired
• heel023

  

  Looks like Marvin Lewis will be back.
• stroups

  

  heel023;624212 wrote:Looks like Marvin Lewis will be back.

  
  I didn't really want to see marvin back but im not super pissed about it. The oc needs to shown the door though.
• jordo212000

  

  heel023;624212 wrote:Looks like Marvin Lewis will be back.

  
  Oh gosh. I was hoping that we'd both part ways. I love Marv but man, I really think both sides need a fresh start. The team appeared to have quit on him early in the season.
  
  I guess at the end of the day, I could stomach his return as long as Bratkowski is shown the door.
• stroups

  

  Blaine gabbert declaired today....I wouldn't mind grabbing him in the second
• jordo212000

  

  stroups;624320 wrote:Blaine gabbert declaired today....I wouldn't mind grabbing him in the second

  
  I think I saw somewhere where he is expected to be a 1st rounder.
• Terry_Tate

  

  jordo212000;624296 wrote:Oh gosh. I was hoping that we'd both part ways. I love Marv but man, I really think both sides need a fresh start. The team appeared to have quit on him early in the season.
  
  I guess at the end of the day, I could stomach his return as long as Bratkowski is shown the door.

  
  I don't think the team ever quit on him, but Ocho and TO certainly may have. They did win 2 of the last 3 and had a great shot at beating Baltimore, as well as almost beating the Saints. The talent isn't far off, it's just youth and stupid mistakes.
  
  I honestly hope Marvin comes back. If he comes back, then some changes will have to happen, and one of those has to be that Bratkowski is gone. As much as I had given up on Carson, he brought me back to his side the last two games as it was amazing how good he was once Ocho and TO were gone. I'm not sure which Carson will show up next year, but I'm fine with Carson coming back. Also, the Bengals were absolute garbage for years before Marvin. He comes in, builds the team up to win the division, then 4 years later wins the division again with only 3 of the same players(Carson, Ocho, Bobbie Williams I believe). I think the players all like and respect him and my dream scenario is he comes back with Bratkowski and Ocho gone. We'll see what happens though.