The Fire Zac Taylor thread has the quote of the forum.

Reality is starting to sink in

Guess this is their 7-10 season before the break up the band and never get back to a Super Bowl. Hate to see it

ROFL

these turds have foot in mouth disease

they are living proof of how badly coaching matters

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">JaMarr Chase on facing the Ravens this Sunday:<br><br>“To be honest, I can’t name a single player on that defense.”<br><br>������ <a href="https://t.co/tdledZd9Uw">pic.twitter.com/tdledZd9Uw</a></p>&mdash; avery (@JaMarrJungle) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaMarrJungle/status/1703195685728702733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

They sure are a cocky bunch considering they've never won anything

They did win a conference title a couple years ago.

That's one stupid statement. The Ravens D is loaded with guys that can play big boy ball.

That and $2 will get you a cup of coffee

I feel gross when I have to cheer for the Ravens. **** you for putting me in that position next week, Chase.

Change original post/thread title to “…Ben gals eating a lot of sh1ttttt”

Burrow is f'd

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joe Burrow reinjured his calf today. Will he miss time? How long will he have to deal with it? <a href="https://twitter.com/ProFootballDoc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ProFootballDoc</a> shares his analysis. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RuleTheJungle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RuleTheJungle</a> <br><br>Watch: <a href="https://t.co/GnpXYruJo9">https://t.co/GnpXYruJo9</a> <a href="https://t.co/I3y3o8KFKt">pic.twitter.com/I3y3o8KFKt</a></p>&mdash; Sports Injury Central (@SICscore) <a href="https://twitter.com/SICscore/status/1703545521917563073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Bean Girls full of hot air.

I don’t think the Ravens are playing the Bengals again next week.

Burro making excuses about missing camp and yadda yadda yadda. What a ****ing pussy. Mahomes was winning on one leg.

That's not winning anything. Only one trophy matters.

Honestly, they've always had a defense and running game. It's what makes them the Ravens. Smash mouth football and I love they took it to CIN. In fact I actually picked BAL.

On a side note, Burrow re-injurying his calf is the very last thing they needed. They play the Rams next week and the odds of them beating them with a gimpy Joe Burrow and not favorable. Stafford is playing some pretty darn good football rn. If the Rams had Kupp it would be easy to pick them.

JaMarr Chase & JoVer Rated can go joust themselves

Healthy Aaron Donald chasing Burrow on a bad leg? Doesn’t sound great for Cincy.

This is one of the dumbest statements I've ever heard in sports. Glad he is not a Chief. We win Super Bowls without him and if he can't recognize a single player who you are about to play then you don't football. What a ****ing and idiot.

Burrow is broken. The Natti is in trouble.

They're to busy running their mouths to concern themselves with playing good football

He starts slow every year he’s been in the league. In 2020 it was the COVID year, 2021 it was the ACL recovery, and 2022 he had an emergency appendectomy. Then this year he had the calf. Dude hasn’t had a full offseason/training camp in four tries.

We’ll see if this time is different but I am just going to assume they’ll get it together soon.

LMAO

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bengals’ HC Zac Taylor told reporters that it was hard to say whether Joe Burrow would be ready to play next Monday night vs. the Rams due to his aggravated calf injury. The Bengals still are in the evaluation process.</p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1703852248965554636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Daaaaang

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They'll be 0-3 if he doesn't play.

That's going to bascially take them out of the picture for the 1 seed, and it might cost them the playoffs in a tough divison with a 1st place schedule.

Exactly, they'll be good at the end of the season. We will see if it's too little too late. They've lost 2 division games already but I'm pretty sure they'll put it together shortly.

Truth

Yes yes. Injuries are funny business.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joe Burrow after getting paid <a href="https://t.co/PwDUFWoQP4">pic.twitter.com/PwDUFWoQP4</a></p>&mdash; Blake Garman (@FrostedBlakes34) <a href="https://twitter.com/FrostedBlakes34/status/1703462632177471569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Aaron Rodgers had a calf issue too.
Cinci better sit him for awhile.

Agree with you, it's not funny. I think they should let him rest awhile. It's not worth the risk of long term damage. If it's pretty much a lost season for the team, they gain stronger draft picks in the 1st and 2nd Round.

They are 0-2 in their division. They are proper ****ed.

I'd have to think that if they have any hope of it not being a problem in the 'coming weeks', he may need another month to completely heal. That doesn't bode well for this season because the backups are not good.

They could have easily sat him these two weeks and been in the same position they're in now.

Agreed...and they risked making his injury situation worse by playing him the last 2 weeks against two pretty strong, physical defenses. We know how a lot of the players are. They want to play no matter what. Sometimes the coaches & medical staff need to look out for them and focus on healing.

Yep. You don't **** with calf issues or you end up with torn Achilles.

Makes you wonder if something was going on with A-Rod before his injury the other day.

I hope the Bengals don't tank too hard cuz it would be pretty annoying if they had Marvin Harrison Jr. fall into their laps

He had calf issues all through TC and decided to play on it

Dang...yeah I think Cincy should be very careful with Burrow.

LMAO

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Being in the Bengals locker room postgame, it was obviously a dejected group. But from the conversations I had, it wasn&#39;t bc they are 0-2. It&#39;s bc players are worried Joe Burrow&#39;s calf could be a lingering issue. Thus hurting their chances of getting out of the hole they&#39;re in.</p>&mdash; James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesPalmerTV/status/1703882295588127219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The moment it started bothering him yesterday they should have shut him down especially on that shitty Bengals turf.

I ended up with it an Achilles tendinitis that bothered me for years trying to push through a calf strain , it might bother him for months even if he rests .

You all can thank me for drafting Burrow in 2 of my $ leagues. :banghead:

Feels like a little bit of karma at work after all the jaw jacking that team has done, they've been extremely arrogant

So good work lads, you're 0-2 and now have a 10% chance of winning a championship

Valid point about the artificial turf in Cincy. If I was the owner of that team, I would seriously consider putting in grass. They are soon going to have both a QB and WR on massive, top dollar contracts. Why risk having those 2 guys in a more injury-prone situation? Putting in a grass field at least provides some level of insurance to help those 2 star players stay healthy.

From Burrowhead to Burrowsled in three games

They went 0-2 last year too. It's a little soon for a victory lap.

Do you mean make the playoffs? Because they definitely don't have a 10% chance at winning the SB today.

I think the bigger deal is being down 0-2 with Burrow's calf injury popping back up. Big difference.

Not counting them out, but I'd be panicking as a Bengals fan if he's out week 3.

I can't see Burrow sitting.

His OL is getting him killed. He barely has any mobility. That’s a recipe for disaster.

:LOL:

His OL has been getting him killed his entire career. Several of us said he wouldn’t last without a major change.

Nothing surprising about this.

Yeah, Burrow actually moves well in the pocket normally.

Without that he's just going to get hurt worse.

They need to pull him now and play Grier.

CURSE OF BURROWHEAD LMAO

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;The Bengals are cooked. They&#39;re 0-2 in the division, they still have games at Jacksonville, at KC, at SF and Buffalo, and 4 divisional games.&quot;<br><br>— <a href="https://twitter.com/getnickwright?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@getnickwright</a> <a href="https://t.co/4NYpqiu0ne">pic.twitter.com/4NYpqiu0ne</a></p>&mdash; First Things First (@FTFonFS1) <a href="https://twitter.com/FTFonFS1/status/1703912071379701985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The health of Burrow is the key. They can still make it if he can shake off the calf injury.

Old Yeller was doing great for most of the book…..

I believe I saw Burrow is 0-12 when throwing over 20 yards. He’s not getting the jump ball luck so far this year he is so used to getting.

Hopefully they finish the job.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joe Burrow is 0/12 on passes of 15+ air yards this season<br><br>He&#39;s the only QB with multiple starts and 0 completions thrown 15+ air yards</p>&mdash; Doug Clawson (@doug_clawson) <a href="https://twitter.com/doug_clawson/status/1703588576674349502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

At least he had nice Snuggie outfits to keep him looking awesome while he limps around. He’s bruised fruit right now

Burrow looks like the worst QB in the AFC North so far

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bengals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bengals</a> Joe Burrow - Lean slightly towards sitting Wk 3. True judgment call. Can likely play but w/~20% re-injury risk. Re-injury would prob mean IR, 4-6 wks out<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chargers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chargers</a> Austin Ekeler - Data favors sitting Wk 3, return Wk 4-5. ~15% stats hit, re-injury risk upon return<br><br>2/10</p>&mdash; Deepak Chona, MD. SportsMedAnalytics (@SportMDAnalysis) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportMDAnalysis/status/1703967958677000419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

My apologies to Alex Smith for comparing him to this schmuck.

Nah, Watson is terrible. Deshaun was MVP for Pittsburgh tonight.

If Zac had half a brain, he would have made sure to run the ball more--especially with how good Mixon has looked so far--and designed a better short passing game to keep Burrow from having to run as much as possible. He still has a long, long, long way to go to be any kind of good game planner/play caller.

You try too hard, kid.

It's not Karma, dumbass. There's no such thing. Even if there were, what makes you the deserving recipient?

stfu

They had grass in PBS when if first opened. It was a freaking beach after a couple games. Bengals v Chiefs in '03 was on that 'grass'.

So much for me drafting Ekeler and Burrow in fantasy.

So what’s the problem? KC seems to be able to maintain a grass field and it gets pretty damn cold there. I would think Cincy weather isn’t too much different. Buffalo and Minnesota are the 2 places where I can understand having fake turf. Hard to maintain grass with 10 feet of snow.

Surprisingly, it's not really that. He's only been sacked 3 times. The line has been much better. Jonah is still shit, right side as much as he was on the left, but there's something def wrong with Burrow, whether he's been thinking about the calf or the contract. He's been a mid QB both games this year, missing open guys all over the field, visually and when he throws. Very much un-Burrow.

Wish i could get lucky and see anything intelligent from you. Come on, man. Just one post.