Dysfunction at it's finest

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(06-14-2025, 09:43 PM)samhain Wrote: I blame the team for 95 percent of everything.  In this case I think it's a combination.  The public nature of the grievance on Stewart's part is kind of off-putting.  You can have a tough negotiation without going public.  I personally think the performance aspect is unhelpful.  Same goes for Trey, and I'm firmly on his side.  

If I respect the team for anything, it's their effort to keep things behind closed doors in these kinds of dust-ups.

That's the thing, I honestly am not sure you can with the Bengals. Public pressure has been the only thing that has historically ever worked against the Bengals. Their default state is to never change, never adapt, and never improve unless pushed to do so and even then as slowly and begrudgingly as possible.