Let’s get this straight. Mike Brown plays it passive yet again, waits for the chips to fall where they may, then decides he doesn’t like it. You sign your man early or you throw yourself to the mercy of the slotting system. What words are there possibly left to describe Mike Brown’s idiocy?

FriarBob is spot on. Keels accepts the offer currently on the table and his career is over. He has no incentive to accept and I’m sure Andre Smith is well past the point of being insulted by the sub-Heyward Bey offer.

“That’s a lot of money!” Well, f*ckface Brown family, let’s talk about the millions and millions of dollars you’ve burgled from the city of Cincinnati. THAT’S a lot of money. What a joy it must be to make so many people unhappy and hate a product they should absolutely love.

If Mike is disgusted by the money players get at the top of the first round, maybe he should figure out a way to win more games. Then he will be drafting later, and paying less.

Nadffilictar,if AS is lazy,out of shape and stupid as you say,that speaks volumes to the Bengals scouting department.The Browns want their cake and eat it too.They do the same thing year in and year out.IF they don’t want to pay out the $$$ then trade down before the draft or they could have passed on their pick.Of course,that would make them look stupid and unprepared.Come to think of it,that’s what they look like now. As each day goes by they are providing us with another WASTED draft pick.They readily admit that they build their club primarily on the draft.Were they hoping because of the recession to see the salaries go down ?? Why didn’t they jump in there and try and sign AS early ? I for one am not investing 1 cent of my money on this franchise until I see change and a commitmint to winning games not contracts.