There's some drama in Cincy
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As someone I trust told me about things in Cincinnati this summer “ the vibe isn’t good “ <a href="https://t.co/DnBatgEZHg">https://t.co/DnBatgEZHg</a></p>&mdash; trey wingo (@wingoz) <a href="https://twitter.com/wingoz/status/1828895686999326977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Bengals are having a very strange summer <a href="https://t.co/ivRQx0AnxE">https://t.co/ivRQx0AnxE</a></p>&mdash; Matt Verderame (@MattVerderame) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattVerderame/status/1828862365338874123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Looks like they're off to a rousing start to the year.

You hate to see it, but mostly you love to see it.

has he been paid yet? Chase should probably hold out, all season if need be

That’s terrible lol

no rings and now they get to deal with the shit we had to deal with LMAO

The chickens have come to roost mother****ers

I admire how cheap the Bengals owner is. Not quite as cool as Jim Irsay, though.

can you imagine how miserable we'd be in a timeline where we never won a ring with tyreek hill, and then traded him, and then still had no rings and chris jones held out

and mahomes was a cocktease who couldn't stay healthy

and you have to pretend to like some overrated restaurant like the big biscuit or stroud's to feel special

Talking about being cheap and cool...has Clark put AC in our training facility yet?

Chase will hold out until after we play them to save himself the embarrassment of getting his ass kicked by the Chiefs.

They’ll beat the Pats without Chase, so no real incentive for them to pay him prior to the week 2 matchup.

He should hold out the entire season imho

I'm thinking that also, in the meantime it smells like victory.

He should retire to send a message

i'm imagining the delicious whining from their fan base all season, how they are going to beat us in the playoffs with chase, and then they go out in the wild card round LMAO

"chiefs dodged joe brrr, lucky again"

Chase wants Jefferson money and he wants it now. They may as well get it over with because it won't change. Higgins didn't want to play on the tag but is and late in the year if it's not going well he will get a run of the injury bug and hit FA.

Why put another dime into it just build the KS stadium already

because KANSAS

Where is Rfaulk43? He needs to get in here and answer for this debacle.

Lol, ****ing schlop eating cousin ****ers.

Buffalo and Cincy will be in a neck and neck battle for who implodes worse this season.

I actually really like that guy. Silly mother****er should join our side!

where is Florio saying he should hold out until he gets his money?

I would be very glad if he doesn't play in Week 2 against the Chiefs, lol

It really is an embarrassment of riches for the Chiefs fanbase.

The seemingly endless on-going collapse of the Donk is balm for the soul.

Add the utter failure upcoming in Buffalo and Cinci and I just don't know what could be better.

Of course, Back-to-Back-to-Back has a nice ring to it.

Damn shame.

The shit show in New England is beautiful too.

I told him to fist himself with Glass Joe’s gimp hand and he repped me.

Dude is a-ok in my book. Has embraced the CP ethos.

Below is a post on a Bengals forum. This guy seems to be in favor of playing hardball with Chase. Good luck with that approach!


"The team is enabling this...We need to start fining Chase under conduct detrimental to the team for each practice he misses from this point onward. If he doesn’t practice next week, we should suspend him for 3 games as allowed under the CBA so he can’t collect game checks."

"The team has no duty to both renegotiate Chase's contract two years early and make him the highest paid player at his position. He is not negotiating in good faith and essentially wants it all. While Zac Taylor protected Chase all preseason, that time needs to end because it shows a clear bias towards Chase that we cannot and should not provide to others in the future. Start holding him accountable with the tools in the CBA. If that kills the relationship, so be it."

"When Tyreek Hill began to be a problem in KC about his contract wanting raises constantly, they shipped him to Miami. We shouldn’t be beyond moving Chase if we can’t get control of this situation. Two 1st Round Draft picks and a player could go a long way. You then resign Tee Higgins at $30M per year and move on. People say without Chase we won’t win a Super Bowl, but I say with this circus we won’t get it done either. We paid Burrow to be able to do what Mahomes does and that’s to win with what he has…we need to trust that decision."

Bengals are trending dangerously high on the FAFO algorithm.

Wtf do you expect ina city that puts spaghetti in chili.

I’m sure after Lamb got his bag, Chase (rightfully so) wants his.

I sure hope it gets ugly for them, they end up paying him and he never lives up to the contract.

Chase needs to wait one more year like everyone else.

This should honestly surprise no one. Mike Brown was never going to allow this franchise to remain a threat. Burrow will end up pulling a Carson Palmer on them at some point, assuming Chris Jones doesn’t send him into early retirement himself first.

Considering Jefferson was a college teammate, he's going to do everything he can to top that contract, shit like that matters to these guys.

We’ve been on both sides of this equation. I’ve got to say that I’m really enjoying this ‘stable franchise’ side better than the ‘total shit show’ side.

Two other receivers in Chase's draft class already got contract extensions this year, even though they still had 2 years left on their rookie deals.

Jesus... red text? I feel like I'm in a blue light bathroom trying to find a vein...

There's always drama in Cincinnati after eating their chili

That would be funny. Get beat and then the "how do you like me now?" moment

I think Chase should pull a Belcher in the parking lot to really stick it to the cheapskate owner!!!

My favorite poster who's a fan of another team.

Kinda sounds like they r faulked!

Mike Brown said he would do everything possible to get a new contract with Chase. If they play hardball this year, it just gets more expensive in the future. At least right now you still have 2 cheaper years to help lower the average cost per year with Chase.

This is funnier than it has any right to be.

It's already ****ing stupid to have it drag on this long. The market is set. Jefferson and Lamb saw to that.

Well this…te he he…just a terrible…ha ha ha…situation…ha ha…
Ha Ha Ha
HA HA HO HO

A year ago the Bengals announced Burrow's contract during the Chiefs opening night game. Obviously it was a middle finger to Mahomes and KC. I would not be surprised if the Bengals do this again with Chase's new contract. And it's a middle finger to the Ravens as well since they are involved in the opening night game next Thursday.

Hold the line chase! Hold the ****ing line!!!! No practice until they pay 100 million.

Rfaulk owes me an apology

If he want to hide out I know where they took Jimmy hoffa.

Chase still has 2 years on his deal, he has shit leverage and will play.

You play for the team, wanker??

Omg, trade Chase and give Higgins 30 million a year. Yes please!!

when I was there in the 90’s and 2000’s, Strouds had the best chicken in town. The big biscuit had an excellent breakfast. What happened to them?

That’s not chili. :harumph:

This guy gets it. Invaluable poster. More Bengal fans should be like him.

Well, that's what they call it. Never been.

They are waiting to sign him because they want to wait for Burrow to get hurt. Once he gets hurt they should just trade everyone and start over.

He gets it but Burrow is not Mahomes. Burrow can't make sweet music without mass talent. Cincy knows this. He's a pocket guy not the one in 60 year Mahomes.

Never heard of him.

The wife and son made a concoction tonight where they took some ground beef that would have been used for taco tuesday on wednesday and put some Rao's marinara, oregano, basil and garlic in it and we threw that on top of some spaghetti and topped it with some parmesan cheese. Soooooooo good.

You guys think you know how good you've got it. But you don't really know how good you've got it.

Yep. I mentioned after the Lamb contract, Chase's writes itself. The only logical explanation, Mike Brown shit aside, is Chase's reps are being unreasonable.

I have no problem with him taking his talents somewhere else, if that's the case.

Congrats. You have uncovered something very similar to bolognese. The city of Cinncinati rejoices.

💯 it’s a respect thing.

For?

He's can make his shit stink now? It won't work otherwise

For sucking in the casino? :)

Why is Mike Brown against 10% private equity? Seems like he needs the PE cash for Burrow & Chase. But he voted against PE??

I get why Mexican restaurants use alliteration like Taco Tuesday to get people to come by on the least busiest day of the week with a deal. But for someone to cook tacos at home on a Tuesday because "Heyyyy it's taco Tuesday hehe" is just ****ing infantile.

PS. Your chili sucks. Even worse than British food.

I keep zeroing it out but it just comes right back...

He's worked hard to get his mitts on every single share of the Bengals he can. After what Art Modell did to his dad in Cleveland, i'd bet he's scarred for life and he'll never give anyone even the smallest opportunity to pry the Bengals from his family, whether that's a realistic possibility or not.

Next Cincinnati will invent fish sticks on Fridays during Lent

I agree. That's why we have taco tuesday on wednesday.

You're daft as a brush. Nothing is worse than British food.

Paranoia makes sense. But he needs that cash. He should do 2% for $100 million. That would really help on the Chase deal. And he still owns 98% of the team.

Yep. I've always said, give the Bengals 10 years and they'll catch up with the rest of the NFL. I had thought, recently, that now they were only a couple years behind but i could be wrong...