Geno Stone takes pay cut

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(Yesterday, 04:19 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I am a little confused. You answer is to not sign BJ Hill and then draft a rookie to win now. You mentioned it was a mistake drafting 2 DT's last year, but then trust them this season.

I am glad you are not making decisons. The biggest mistake the Bengals made in 2024 was not the drafting of 2 DT's who have different strengths and weaknesses. It was signing Rankins to replace Reader. Rankins and Hill are 2 similar tackles, bad move period. Then of course our luck not one but both Hill and Rankins get hurt, one rookie plying with a cast and the other injures in a knee in TC.

They got it right in 2021 after a 4 win season and almost got back to the Super bowl in 2022. Let's stop the BS using the word never.

Yeah. The main issue was not signing Rankins per se it was trying to go into a season with Lou's defense with no NT. And yes the injury luck on the IDL was really bad (remember us having to run Lawrence Guy out there because we couldn't suit up enough DTs ?). Well they fixed the NT issue with Slaton. Both Jenkins and Jackson flashed good play last season even despite limited snaps. Now add in that Lou got fired over taking 12 games to simplify his defense, and that Golden favors more 3 LB looks among other things and I am cool with them giving Golden what he asks for to run his scheme.