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Post#761 » by Jaydubb » Tue Mar 18, 2025 2:18 am

At least the bengals got Super Bowl champion Oren burks
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Post#762 » by therealbig3 » Tue Mar 18, 2025 4:43 pm

This is gonna be like some of those Drew Brees seasons…high powered offense, monster numbers…anywhere from 8-10 wins and MAYBE a playoff spot, probably not though.
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Post#763 » by JujitsuFlip » Tue Mar 18, 2025 6:12 pm

therealbig3 wrote:This is gonna be like some of those Drew Brees seasons…high powered offense, monster numbers…anywhere from 8-10 wins and MAYBE a playoff spot, probably not though.
Al Golden would have to end up as an awesome DC to turn that same/similar personnel from last season into a respectable defense.

Bengals in 1 score losses last season surrendered 33.3 points per contest and went 0-6 in such games. The worst part, in those same 6 games, the Bengals averaged 29.66 points per game.
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Post#764 » by El Turco » Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:02 pm

One score losses involve lot of luck though, they would have been a double digit win team even if they went .500 in one score games. I personally think Bengals are a lock for playoffs as long as they address oline in the draft.
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Post#765 » by JujitsuFlip » Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:37 pm

El Turco wrote:One score losses involve lot of luck though, they would have been a double digit win team even if they went .500 in one score games. I personally think Bengals are a lock for playoffs as long as they address oline in the draft.
Idk if starting 2 rookie guards is a great idea. Although i guess it can't be any worse than starting Cody Ford and Jaxson Kirkland.
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Post#766 » by azcatz11 » Wed Mar 19, 2025 12:01 am

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Guess he doesn’t like skyline. I lost a lot of respect for chase
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Post#767 » by JujitsuFlip » Wed Mar 19, 2025 2:27 am

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Guess he doesn’t like skyline. I lost a lot of respect for chase
Most people who aren't from here, do not like Cincinnati chili lol
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Post#768 » by Jaydubb » Wed Mar 19, 2025 3:41 am

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azcatz11 wrote:
Read on Twitter
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Guess he doesn’t like skyline. I lost a lot of respect for chase
Most people who aren't from here, do not like Cincinnati chili lol

I had to google what Cincinnati chili was because I had no idea. Sounds like an acquired taste
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Post#769 » by JujitsuFlip » Wed Mar 19, 2025 4:46 am

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azcatz11 wrote:
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Guess he doesn’t like skyline. I lost a lot of respect for chase
Most people who aren't from here, do not like Cincinnati chili lol

I had to google what Cincinnati chili was because I had no idea. Sounds like an acquired taste
It for sure is. A lot of people say it has way too much cinnamon in it but i don't really pick-up on any of the cinnamon notes, since it has like 18 other spices in it.

Also, out of towners go in thinking it's a soup when it's really a sauce. There are very few ppl who would eat a bowl of it. We put it over noodles or hotdogs. Less frequently its put over fries, even less frequently it's put over a baked potato. Some people will even mix it with sour cream and make a dip for nachos.

I think people go in trying to compare it to Texas style chili and it's just not a 1 to 1 comparison, they're 2 different things.
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Post#770 » by QB_Eagles » Wed Mar 19, 2025 5:18 am

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JujitsuFlip wrote:Most people who aren't from here, do not like Cincinnati chili lol

I had to google what Cincinnati chili was because I had no idea. Sounds like an acquired taste

How is it possible that I know about skyline chili but you don't? :lol:

Never tried it but it looks like a spicy bolognese sauce to me, not a chili.
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Post#771 » by wco81 » Wed Mar 19, 2025 5:31 am

Isn't chili a SW thing?

But Cincinnati made a variant?

Is there a large ethnic population, like Chicago which has polish restaurants?

Anyways, Chase can have any kind of food he wants made for him by a personal chef. Or have something flown to him.
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Post#772 » by JujitsuFlip » Wed Mar 19, 2025 11:13 am

wco81 wrote:Isn't chili a SW thing?

But Cincinnati made a variant?

Is there a large ethnic population, like Chicago which has polish restaurants?

Anyways, Chase can have any kind of food he wants made for him by a personal chef. Or have something flown to him.
Cincinnati used to be a "port" city way way way back in the day before all these other modes of transportation were invented, being right on the Ohio River.

That being the case, we have a diverse history of culture in the Queen City.

We have goetta which is cuisine influenced by German immigrants.

We have Cincinnati chili (Skyline, Gold Star, Empress) which is cuisine created by Greek immigrants.

We have LaRosa’s Pizza which is created by 2nd generation Italian immigrants.

Grippos which are known for their chips now days but invented the loop pretzel, was snack foods by an Italian immigrant.

Heck, even our dessert. Graeter’s Ice-cream is from German immigrants, it's super thick.
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Post#773 » by LAKESHOW » Wed Mar 19, 2025 11:31 am

I have no idea where the best eating spots are in Cincinnati, McDonald's? Lol...But I do get their reasoning, FULL On Mutiny if they don't keep the Star players happy. The Stars are marketable, Burrow, Chase, etc and these guys will attract the crowd and fill the seats. So they had to spend in these areas of the team. Linemen usually don't draw big. Unless Aaron Donald is on the team. So I get the reasoning
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Post#774 » by Jaydubb » Wed Mar 19, 2025 11:32 am

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JujitsuFlip wrote:Most people who aren't from here, do not like Cincinnati chili lol

I had to google what Cincinnati chili was because I had no idea. Sounds like an acquired taste

How is it possible that I know about skyline chili but you don't? :lol:

Never tried it but it looks like a spicy bolognese sauce to me, not a chili.

lol I don’t know. I was born and raised on the other side of the country, in Los Angeles California, which has a very different culture. I think I’ve heard of skyline chili before but I honestly didn’t know what made it different. Kinda wanna try it now.lol
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Post#775 » by Jaydubb » Wed Mar 19, 2025 11:34 am

JujitsuFlip wrote:
wco81 wrote:Isn't chili a SW thing?

But Cincinnati made a variant?

Is there a large ethnic population, like Chicago which has polish restaurants?

Anyways, Chase can have any kind of food he wants made for him by a personal chef. Or have something flown to him.
Cincinnati used to be a "port" city way way way back in the day before all these other modes of transportation were invented, being right on the Ohio River.

That being the case, we have a diverse history of culture in the Queen City.

We have goetta which is cuisine influenced by German immigrants.

We have Cincinnati chili (Skyline, Gold Star, Empress) which is cuisine created by Greek immigrants.

We have LaRosa’s Pizza which is created by 2nd generation Italian immigrants.

Grippos which are known for their chips now days but invented the loop pretzel, was snack foods by an Italian immigrant.

Heck, even our dessert. Graeter’s Ice-cream is from German immigrants, it's super thick.

Feel like I’d gain like 15 pounds if I got to Cincinnati for a week.lol
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Post#776 » by JujitsuFlip » Wed Mar 19, 2025 12:43 pm

Jaydubb wrote:
JujitsuFlip wrote:
wco81 wrote:Isn't chili a SW thing?

But Cincinnati made a variant?

Is there a large ethnic population, like Chicago which has polish restaurants?

Anyways, Chase can have any kind of food he wants made for him by a personal chef. Or have something flown to him.
Cincinnati used to be a "port" city way way way back in the day before all these other modes of transportation were invented, being right on the Ohio River.

That being the case, we have a diverse history of culture in the Queen City.

We have goetta which is cuisine influenced by German immigrants.

We have Cincinnati chili (Skyline, Gold Star, Empress) which is cuisine created by Greek immigrants.

We have LaRosa’s Pizza which is created by 2nd generation Italian immigrants.

Grippos which are known for their chips now days but invented the loop pretzel, was snack foods by an Italian immigrant.

Heck, even our dessert. Graeter’s Ice-cream is from German immigrants, it's super thick.

Feel like I’d gain like 15 pounds if I got to Cincinnati for a week.lol
Hahaha probably so, we have UDF ice cream and Montgomery Inn BBQ ribs too that are staples of the area and history.

I'm not saying any of this food is good or bad but when you grow up eating it, everyone in the tri-state grows to love it.
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Post#777 » by El Turco » Wed Mar 19, 2025 12:50 pm

JujitsuFlip wrote:.

We have Cincinnati chili (Skyline, Gold Star, Empress) which is cuisine created by Greek immigrants.



Greeks dont create cuisines, they just label others' food as their own
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Post#778 » by JujitsuFlip » Wed Mar 19, 2025 1:21 pm

El Turco wrote:
JujitsuFlip wrote:.

We have Cincinnati chili (Skyline, Gold Star, Empress) which is cuisine created by Greek immigrants.



Greeks dont create cuisines, they just label others' food as their own
Aye, i don't claim to know anything about that.

For Gold Star it was Jordanian immigrants who founded it, so maybe we can go with that lol
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Re: 2025 NFL Off-Season 

Post#779 » by DOT » Wed Mar 19, 2025 1:44 pm

El Turco wrote:One score losses involve lot of luck though, they would have been a double digit win team even if they went .500 in one score games

Jags tied the record for most 1-score losses in a season with 10 this year lol (overall went 3-10 in one score games)

Genuinely maddening to watch.
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Re: 2025 NFL Off-Season 

Post#780 » by El Turco » Wed Mar 19, 2025 2:18 pm

DOT wrote:
El Turco wrote:One score losses involve lot of luck though, they would have been a double digit win team even if they went .500 in one score games

Jags tied the record for most 1-score losses in a season with 10 this year lol (overall went 3-10 in one score games)

Genuinely maddening to watch.


I think Bill Barnwell had a good article on this, team record in one score games is the biggest indicator of performance next year. If your record in one score games is very good you are likely to decline and vice versa. Much of it comes down to bounce of the ball.
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