Today’s Random Thought: Duke Tobin said what? #Bengals

That’s the follow up question the media didn’t ask. Give Duke the history and ask why we should believe him. The two years with the Super Bowl & AFC Championship game are the exceptions not the rule for this front office.

I totally agree Lance, I do not feel great about the future after that press conference.

As far as I know they’ve won 0 SBs. So, no. They have NOT “done it” before. Unless, “doing it” is building a contender, in which case sure…. 3 times, and only when the QB was on a rookie deal.

Its also retarded. His track record speaks for itself. Burrow brought this organization back to relevance and they are slowly losing it again. They need more football people in the front office but that's not happening. They hang there hat on winning arguments, not football games

So because their way has worked as recently as 3 seasons ago(AFC Championship loss, which two of the 3 seasons since they lost arguably the best player in the world) this is some impossible thought they can do it again??? Weird logic huh

If Paul Brown was alive, he would take his son Mikey to the woodshed. He is not interested in winning as long as Hamilton County is giving him hundreds of millions of dollars he doesn’t care. If you have a consistent winner, you’re going to have to pay players a little more.

And thats the stuff that reporters should have said yesterday.......

@michaelkboston Anyone who listens to Lance needs a life.

You’re right. The odds are against winning. This is the textbook definition of insanity. Same people, same plans will likely equal the same mediocre outcomes. Very sad to see this playing out with Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase.

I'm not sure if a full-on fan revolt will change things. The Brown family doesn't care, much like the Castellinis don't seem to care about the Reds fans. Until the stands are unfilled...a lot...the owners won't do squat. And why would they? Fans keep showing up.

I can now see why the @bengals kept Duke Tobin hidden all this time. Not only is he very arrogant, but he’s a poor spokesman for the team. The press conference was disappointing, but not unexpected.

Tobin showed he is an egotistical, arrogant person who is in a position way above his skill set in that presser.

I totally agree lance, but why aren’t you at the presser asking that very question?

💯 and Denial

It's incredible how much unearned arrogance they have.

Lance, appreciate you using your platform and voice to call them as you have. Terrible Organization

Maybe Lance should have went to the press conference and asked some questions?

9-8/8-9 is what they shoot for. Good enough so the fans don’t lose interest, bad enough to not have to sign many big contracts.

Well said.

another thing is I can now say with complete certainty that Mike Brown is not interested in winning a Super Bowl. He's going to be 90 and still wants to stick with these two?!! How can he be that patient at that age? Because it's really not his goal. I don't know if it ever was

Hey, where ya gonna go!

My question is, what does ownership do when we go 8-9/9-8 and miss the playoffs. It's going to be a great 2027 offseason and I'm here for it.

You’re not in the HOF take the jacket off you 🤡.

@Bengals trade burrow. Save him

“Where ya gonna go?” In effect, that’s what Tobin and the Bengals said.

That arrogance trickles down like no other. When you’re around arrogance for that long, there’s simply no disguising it.

in 58 seasons the Bengals have been to the playoffs only 16 times! That's roughly 28% of the time. 72% of the time they don't go, so we're used to it. Their overall record is 409-490-5. 81 games under .500. They are an irrelevant franchise for the most part

With all those points and he still has a job.

Average or loser mindset. Those at the top. They all wont to win, and be winners, but will not chamge their mindset because of heiragance. Players know this. Upper management doesnt want to change because they dont want to eat crow.

Sounds like you don't have the intellectual capacity to understand Duke...Maybe he should have used smaller single syllable words for you.

Wow, you’re really putting a lot of stock into what he says, he’s irrelevant, just stop. Katie makes all the decisions.

Preach Lance