see this kinda ticks me off. If i were Mike Brown, i’d tag him anyway and let him be pissed at the organization, who cares? Chad did it all last season and he got over it. With the Bengals schedule seemingly softer then last years (very winable games Oakland, Denver, Chiefs, Jets, Packers, Bears, Lions, Vikes, Texans) and we atleast pick up 2 wins against the division heck we got a formula for something here. With Carson slinging him the ball I don’t understand why he wouldn’t want to play here? Oh so he wants JT O’Sullivan or whoever the f*** starts in San Fran throwing it to him deep, good luck. That’s what ticks me off the most about this TJ wants out business, why? The three or four places listed he wants to go (Seattle, San Fran, Eagles and Bears), three of them I’d consider less skilled then the Bengals and heck two of them don’t even have a starting QB. So basically he wants money but he wont let himself be seen as a greedy son-of-a-b@#$%. So he doesn’t want to be a possession receiver, he doesn’t have to. he caught so many balls because Ryan Fitzpatrick either scrambled or fumbled and couldn’t throw the pigskin further then 20 yards with any accuracy, clearly Housh was Fitz’s check down. With Carson he has the chance to go deep more often. Stop being a baby and suck it up, you criticized CJ all last year for being a poor sport suck it up and take the tag and quit whining, heck you might have a chance to do something against some of the lower ranked defenses with a healthy top 5 qb, unless you take the alternative of a qb shuffle in SF and Chi. Just nonsense and it clearly shows TJ is a whimp and wants to get paid, which I have nothing wrong with. But don’t be a hypocrit and then try and justify it because you think the Bengals are lousy, come on man

Okay sure, he’s played his guts out to deserve an extension, but if he is unwilling to budge and must use the media as a means to get his sentiment heard I don’t quite see the logic. He is only further alienating himself as a stuck up greedy wide-receiver like Ocho was last year. It’s all fine and dandy he wants the huge signing bonus but how is he furthering his career by playing for teams that I don’t see as contenders (Bears, Seahawks & Niners). Take the tag, see what happens next year with a healthy Carson Palmer, a healthy Chad Johnson and possibly a run-game against several opponents I think we have a legitimate shot at beating because our defense can only improve. Everyone knows Brown’s stance on dolling out money, it isn’t going to happen, especially for a Number 2 receiver who is 32 years old, the only team dumb enough to sign him for more than 2 years is the Raiders

The only problem with it is that Caldwell and Simpson combined for 12 catches in there career for 80 yards. Utecht is injury-prone and unproven and we don’t use the TE enough in the pass game, his main purpose is to run-block and Coats is a better blocker then Utecht anyways. Johnson, okay but Henry? really? we cut the guy and had to bring him back for christ sake, what was wrong with him cut ha. I just see a massive hole at WR without TJ its just unproven and adds another position we have to focus on. With him signed it looks alot more threatening

“The only problem with it is that Caldwell and Simpson combined for 12 catches in there career for 80 yards”

While I think this is a legit point, I don’t think it’s indicative to their potential. Truth is, the Bengals ran a lot of three wide sets, but also double-TE and two-WR sets, and all that jazz. With Chad Johnson and T.J. and Henry, Caldwell and Simpson just didn’t have the opp. for playing time.

And yes, I said the evil word potential. But no matter we do from here on out, we’re going to have to bank on potential and the ability to develop scouting reports to rebuild our WR position. So why not with Caldwell and Simpson?