TheNewStandard

Eh...give his $ to keeping KK and Short, Love and Addison. Save the rest for re-signing KB and locking up our OL.

Hopa there's a CB that's the BPA in the 3rd round or higher.

2 minutes ago, jumpman910 said:

This can't be said enough.  People act as if josh should play for less money.  He's been making 5 round money the whole time which in the grand scheme of things isn't poo.  He should get every dime he can from an organization.  Just won't happen to be ours.  I'm happy for Josh regardless of what happens.  

The core of this team is built up the middle and though we know J-No is producing at a hugh level, I'm sure some other teams have left starting CB's hanging out to dry and there's no reason to not believe DG won't snatch some up in FA and the draft.

1 minute ago, RoaringRiot said:

Can you imagine if this gets ugly and Josh misses a few games? Gman's history with franchising players would be very bad. 

Hardy was not his fault...the decision was JRs. 

The longer Norman holds out, the less time we have to pick up a solid replacement and that's the department where DG is aces.

18 minutes ago, TheRumGone said:

Josh can be considered a core player. And yes he is worth it. All that stuff you were babbling on about his character and impact were the ramblings of an emo 12 year old. 

Josh was a 5th round pick, he's had to climb his way to the top in every single program he has been in. Anyone who says anything about Josh wanting his market value and being upset about a long term contract need to look in the mirror and ask themselves that very question in their own job markets. My guess is the ones who question Josh's integrity and character still live in mommas basement and use daddy's credit card. 

Takes one to know one. That's all I'm gonna say about your little temper-tantrum.

Josh is not worth his asking price. We'll probably get a 2nd round CB in this draft and it won't take him 3+ years to get where he needs to be to start and make plays regularly. Just look at Coleman, he came out of nowhere and had close to the same type of year that we got from J-no.

I have a feeling you'll stop banging that drum for J-Bo once he's decided to holdout.

I told y'all he was gonna hold-out. I hate saying "I told you so."

if he's holding-out, it's because he's worried about being injured or having a poor showing. 

He's not worth his asking price...there's no way around it. There's just no way that he gets a Kuechlyesque contract, that would hamstring us for re-signing Short and any other player that is considered as a core player on this team.

2 hours ago, RumHam said:

Do we look at replacing Ginn? We will also draft a LB in the top 4 picks. BTW, Harper replacement anyone? Boston could start next year but it's time to grab a safety if there is one ripe for the picking.

We drafted Shaq to replace TD when he retires, so I can see the team drafting a WLB if he is a BPA at our pick.

i truly believe this team has the personnel to draft BPA, regardless of our needs...especially considering that we have enough overage in our cap situation to acquire upgrades to our weaker positions.

i do, however, have a feeling that the front office will stay conservative in FA as signing our younger core-players are paramount (Star, KK, J-no and players along our OL.) 

1 hour ago, Match.com said:

I'm sad...not only because our guys played their ass off but the fact this team is blown up. And they deserve to be champions

We've been playing with proverbial band-aids for half of our DBs and if you really wanna call our team as being "blown-up," it should be stated in terms of improvement across our backfield.

3 minutes ago, mwright350 said:

Can we just bury (or at least partially cover with dirt) the Stew isn't reliable and won't make it through a season narrative?  He was a workhorse for us this year and an important part of our very good offense.  At the end of the season when he had some dings he sat out some time where he probably would have played if our record wasn't as good as it was.

I'm 100% with needing to address the future of the position (especially if they don't think CAP is the future of that position) but the statements made by some I don't want to dignify with a "you got quoted" notification that he's a huge problem are so far off base I'm not sure they're in the same ballpark as said base.  

There's little doubt that Stewart spearheaded our offensive rushing attack and because he's missed so much time over the years, due to injury, I feel he's still got some decent tread on those tires. 

Having stated that, he's gonna be gone after next season regardless and we need a feature back that is as diverse as our play calling demands. Wether the answer is on our roster or not is the big question and this draft would be the optimal draft to get that feature back that we need. 

I still think there's plenty of room to improve on our OL, DB and at DE. DB especially needs upgrades across the board.

Great to see the Panther Nation raise up their hands to rise-up and be counted for our team!

The Panthers are carrying the torch for all the Carolinas!

1 minute ago, MadHatter said:

Antonio Briwn too

And Deangelo

unreal. 

Still the Bungals?

OMg

Man...would you trade Benji for AJ? 

Nah...he'd kill our cap space. 

Yay Bengals!

cant stand the Steelers or their fans.

So....do you pull for a Bigbenless Steelers squad or a gio/Daltonless Bengals squad here?

Steelers backup looks like Johnny Manziel's disguise character picture.

Just now, Toolbox said:

No big ben is huge..

I'd never want injuries on anyone, but the Steelers are dangerous and I don't like danger in any way shape or form ...,and, oh yeah...ball don't lie.

Just now, Byrdman4real said:

Im calling a fan violent riot after the game if this continues

You don't know how many times I've seen opposition head-hunting our players and just wanted coach to pull the guys off the field and take a loss instead of our players getting hurt by dirty play.

Come on Bengals! Get it together! Dang...make up call for that headshot on Gio. 

That's funny...now they're trying to make the Bengal-crowd calm down for da' poor wittle Roofieberger can fell warm and cozy in his opponents stadium.

Aww-no, man...Steeler bias. This league has turned into a league that rewards history and culture over actual on-field play.

they come up with all these rules to try and protect all players, but only the big$$ teams get to benefit from them.

Goodell needs to be tarred and feathered.

1 minute ago, Kevin Greene said:

Steelers just so much more physical than the Bengals. And that was a fumble.

They're cutthroat for sure. 

Just now, Pox 08 said:

Imma be pissed if they don't throw a flag on that hit.       Bengals got flagged for a hit that wasn't even half that bad,   earlier in the game. 

Gio's not old enough.

Dang Gio...you got knocked the' fig out!!!