Our poor man's Brian Simmons is holding out? Big surprise? His career is ruined, so I hope he gets every penny out of the clown that he can.

Our best defensive player is a unsigned rookie from a weak draft class.

We have the worst running backs, linebackers, safeties, and defensive linemen in the NFL, hands down.

But we are stacked at the 3rd Wide Receiver position!!!

For the second offseason in a row we lost more youth and talent than we gained, but we blame the players casue our coaches failed to developed them. Madieu will go to the Pro Bowl this year with Leslie while D-Jack stinks up the place.

LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE FOLKS, this is the last year I will have to watch Bone Crushing Thornton, D-Jack azz, and slow bus Rudi, I pray.

"poor man's Brian Simmons"

Never did I imagine I would ever hear that phrase. Not a ringing endorsement.

"Get a clue jack azz! Stop reading your history books" - quote from "Murf's Guide to Survivin' in Da Hood"

...All I know is Hobspin said he doesn't have Brian Simmons blazing speed, nor Takeo Spikes physicality. Wow. Sounds an awful lot like Caleb Miller. He even has his number. Whats ole Caleb up to these days?

I will go against rational thought and say Rivers is signed this week.



"The American Cancer Society says uninsured patients are 60 percent more likely to die within five years of their diagnosis."

Rivers is only one of three first round picks not signed.  At least the other 9 (?) picks are there.  Mike Brown prides himself in being stubborn when it comes to his first rounders in particular.  I'm thinking he'll have him signed sometime early this week.  I hope I'm right.  Of course, my luck it will turn out to be a Jamarcus Russell type situation.

http://www.nfl.com/draft/story?id=09000d5d808c2409&template=with-video&confirm=true

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_iZ8M5vSmU
http://www.petfinder.com/

I don't blame Mikey on this one. 7 and 8 are unsigned as well and Rivers is asking way too much based on #10. Once 7 or 8 sign Rivers will be slotted and it will be over.

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January 6,1991: The last post season victory for the Bengals.

Bump...Rivers still hasn't signed.  I have to admit I'm wrong.  I predicted Rivers would be signed by early this past week.  It's going on a new week, and he still hasn't been signed.  I wonder if he'll even make it to training camp.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_iZ8M5vSmU
http://www.petfinder.com/

Bengals and Rivers far apart

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3517510

.....He's already Bunglized. Mikey must still be making payments on his 1990 Lumina. 

This is a Joke and happens every year and will continue to happen. Mike Brown aint going to pay a dollar more than he has to. Until the #8 gets signed I dont think Mike will do anything.

The league needs to do something to avoid these holdouts every year. I say a set rookie pay scale so players can get into camp without having owners like "ramon noodle lovin Mike Brown" pinching penny's
on Players and fans expense.

I have the solution for Mikey and these "pesky gosh-darned golly-gee willacred" holdouts (1950's style slang). Just do what the Vikings did a couple of years back and let teams draft their picks ahead of them. In fact, just reliquish all 1st round picks for later rounds. There will be more Shirley types in the later rounds anyways. Just right up Mike F. Brown's alley.

What I think is totally hilarious is that Mike Brown probably thought that Rivers was the most "signable" guy and drafted him at that #9 position. har har har, Mike Brown. Very funny, you lovable loser.





"So he got fired? Big deal. It's happened to the best of us. So he got kicked out of his house by his 400 lb'ed wife?!?!? That's probably better for him anyways."-OldSchooler on ChrisMBHater's absence

Rivers needs to be in camp
Chick Ludwig
Dayton Daily News


Every year on NFL draft day, I hear the Cincinnati Bengals' first-round pick say he plans to be at training camp on time.

Good thing it's a teleconference call from Paul Brown Stadium's media room because I immediately stick my right hand over my mouth to muffle the laughter.

What I should be doing is sticking my index finger in my open mouth in a mock-gagging gesture because the player's veiled promise is often a lie.

Since I began covering the club in 1997, the only two first-rounders here on time were wide receiver Peter Warrick (2000) and quarterback Carson Palmer (2003).

Cornerback Johnathan Joseph (2006) signed the night the team arrived at camp and he missed the first meeting, so he doesn't count.

This year, it was University of Southern California linebacker Keith Rivers' turn to utter those words. I wanted to tell Keith: "Don't make me laugh - uncontrollably."

I warned Bengals fans negotiations weren't going to be easy because, as it stands right now, the 2010 season will be played without a salary cap.

A contract's length, signing bonus, yearly salaries and escalator clauses shouldn't be rocket science. But it always is.

To alleviate the hassle, and avoid a Rivers-style holdout, which reached eight days on Sunday, Aug. 3, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell favors a rookie salary slotting system.

Goodell visited Bengals training camp at Georgetown College on Saturday, met with players and joined the team for brunch before he jetted back to Canton for the Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremonies.

The trouble with a rookie salary slotting system is "it has to be collectively bargained," Goodell said. It's a big issue for the owners and players' union, but one that must be tackled and resolved.

"Something is wrong with the system and we have to address it," Goodell said. "I think it's better for the players, the teams and, most important, for the fans. It's a disservice when players aren't in camp."

 

 

 I dont know if this is true or not but read that Sedrick ellis was given at the #7 slot a 15 % increase in signing bonus and a 75% increase in base pay over the #7 Adrian Petterson last year. 75% increase in base pay from a year ago is insane no wander the Jags are saying Harvey's demands are ridiculous.

 Harvey wont be signed anytime soon by the Jags and neither will Rivers. Rivers might also be looking for a 75% increase in pay and Mike Brown is looking to give him 10% . Read somewhere also this equates to a difference of 20 million dollars. Mikey wont hand out one cent more than he has to.

I see this holdout probably going until september.

"Since I began covering the club in 1997, the only two first-rounders here on time were wide receiver Peter Warrick (2000) and quarterback Carson Palmer (2003)."

You still want to defend Mikey, SF2?

LOL

"The American Cancer Society says uninsured patients are 60 percent more likely to die within five years of their diagnosis."

I wont' defend Mikey on the last 15 years of draft choices being signed in September but this time I don't think he is to blame. The difference between the 7th pick and 10th were HUGE moneywise.

Its obvious that River's agent is hell bent on getting much closer to the 8 than 10 just as 8 wants to be much closer to 7. These guys are simply setting themselves up for next years' business, nothing more. They could care less if their client makes it to camp, particularly when the team is the Bengals.

Its all about the Benjamins.

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January 6,1991: The last post season victory for the Bengals.

It is all about the Benjamins.

I dont blame the agents or the players if we are talking about millions of dollars (as we are in this case).

You have two competing arguments, one says the 7th pick got huge money.

One says the 10th pick got little money.

The agents side with the 7th pick. The owners side with the 10th.

Life sucks, meet in the middle. It sucks the 6th and 7th owners sold the farm, but that is business. Unless you are playing hardball for the whole year, I have never understood owners who let guys come in after taining camp and then pay them for a year on the bench playing catch up...Makes no sense.

Sorry Mikey, pay the man and let Goodell install salary cap for rookies.