Trade deadline

[cincygrad]

Bengals add running back. Clearly Moss is out for the rest of the year or they wouldn't have gotten involved. I don't know a ton about the kid, but it seems like a reasonable add for a 7th round pick.

Bengals twitter is butthurt that we did not add a defender. Looks like they fell for the ole Bengals media leak that they were serious about being players at the deadline. Once we got rid of our 7th, we weren't adding anyone else.

Here's the thing though.... The guys that Bengals twitter were obsessed with are no better than the players on the team. Yeah, Chase Young was a great college player but his recent pro production is no different than Murphy or Ossai. Same for the rest of the garbage on the open market. There is a reason why teams are willing to give away these guys for day 3 picks... They aren't good.

 

[BKBroiler9000]

The fact anybody bought the gaslighting by the Bengals beat and FO shows how stupid our fanbase is. They weren’t doing a fucking thing. The only reason the RB trade happened was due to Zack Moss’s injury and having no NFL caliber talent behind Brown. I do find it funny we essentially traded Joe Mixon for 8 games of Khalil Herbert…since they used the 7th rounder from that deal.

Even if they made a deal for a defensive player…Tre White, Chase Young, or Preston Smith weren’t fixing this defense. Going “all in” at the deadline at 4-5 with the worst defense in the NFL didn’t make sense either. The time to make a splash was 2022 when we were healthy, still had Bates and Reader, and had arguably the best team in the league. An extra pass rusher or lineman puts us back in Super Bowl. Maybe wins it.

This was all lip service because season ticket holders are pissed. Same ol’ poverty Bengals.

 

[DanBengalfan]

he fills in a few rolls. he's not going to be the new #1 rb like some of the idiots on facebook are saying.

nice to have him in for those west coast plays where we need a rb to block for burrow. and an option if chase brown needs a break.

 

[DanBengalfan]

The fact anybody bought the gaslighting by the Bengals beat and FO shows how stupid our fanbase is. They weren’t doing a fucking thing. The only reason the RB trade happened was due to Zack Moss’s injury and having no NFL caliber talent behind Brown. I do find it funny we essentially traded Joe Mixon for 8 games of Khalil Herbert…since they used the 7th rounder from that deal.

Even if they made a deal for a defensive player…Tre White, Chase Young, or Preston Smith weren’t fixing this defense. Going “all in” at the deadline at 4-5 with the worst defense in the NFL didn’t make sense either. The time to make a splash was 2022 when we were healthy, still had Bates and Reader, and had arguably the best team in the league. An extra pass rusher or lineman puts us back in Super Bowl. Maybe wins it.

This was all lip service because season ticket holders are pissed. Same ol’ poverty Bengals.

down deep, they know the odds are against them and they have to look at things from a business perspective.

 

[Cincyfan78]

Takes 2 to tango, and as @cincygrad already said...what was out there that would drastically upgrade what the Bengals have? I mean, if they wanted to throw a 2nd or 3rd rounder at a team, or multiple ... sure....but don't forget the Cap is an issue as well - and anyone making too much would then need a new deal which could take some guys from 1 year deals into new contracts - Bengals likely didn't want that...and other guys, like Crosby, were likely never available to begin with - even though we wanted them to be.

 

[DanBengalfan]

Bengals always get auction shy when bidding wars start happening.