“1) The Jaguars haven’t had a blackout since 2009.”

take the tarps off the empty seats and see if the other half of the stadium sells out?

Really? The tarps cover a whopping 10,000 seats, keeping our stadium at 67k+, which in fact is almost 1/8th of our stadium being covered, still keeping us in the middle of the pack when it comes to stadium seating, etc.
Seriously ppl, I understand everyone is entitled to their opinion on this site & beyond, but do your homework when you wanna throw facts out there or try to be a smart ass. I can live with the Jags signing for needs, not making much of a splash this year & go ALL IN next year with a young, ascending team taking the big leap of becoming apart of the elite. You’ll see!!

Normally wouldn’t pick on the Bungles, but their idiot fans have asked for it over the past few months.”
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You mean normally you wouldn’t pick on the Bengals but they fleeced the Raiders in the Palmer trade AND Hue Jackson is back with the Bengals.

Don’t take your anger over what your franchise did out on the FANS of another franchise. Be a man.

Very perceptive post!

The guy who said Cincy doesn’t deserve a football team was way over the line. As you said, Mike is a good business manager, but lacks some of the creative vision to be a great team owner. But that’s on Mike, not the fans. The fact that so many have supported the Bengals so loyally for so many years despite Brown’s tight-fisted ways is proof Cincy does deserve a football team. And that’s coming from a Steelers fan. Given the talent you already have, that money is going to come in handy when he has no choice but to start spending it.

Really need Reggie Nelson, Fanene & Pat Sims back.

I’m hoping they go after Marquis Colston – perfect fit for our Offense and a good guy.

I’d give Payton Hillis a chance in our offense also.

That being said, they won’t spend more than $25 million of it. If they were smart, they would extend the contracts of Geno Atkins and Carlos Dunlap immediately. They have the money to sign Carl Nicks and/or Ben Grubbs which would fortify a position of need. They then can concentrate on the secondary, receiver and running back positions in the draft. They should also give Pat Sims a nice contract as well, but he will get overpaid from another team. He’s solid but not great.

They will sign 2nd-tier free agents that will be ok but not great. This is Mikey’s last year to make lots of money and he will take advantage of it before the Cap Floor hits next year. The Bengals will not have the success they had last year and may end up having to start over again. The cap floor may help but we will have to see.

Normally wouldn’t pick on the Bungles, but their idiot fans have asked for it over the past few months.

Come on, smarten up.
It ain’t the city, it’s the owner and LA don’t want the team if Mike Brown is part of the deal.

take the tarps off the empty seats and see if the other half of the stadium sells out?

Drafting in the top 5 every year for the past decade helps with that.

that’s because NOBODY wants to play for the Bungles.

Cincinnati does not deserve a football team. Reds, respect due. Los Angeles Bengals of Anaheim.

Bengals are a horrible franchise

The Bungles will continue to play third fiddle behind the second fiddle Steelers and big brother Ravens
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why are these comments still on pft?

It’s not easy being the cheapest team in the league.

At least you won at something.

Retraction baby yeah!

are you kidding me? Ohio…the birth place of football, and yes, Paul Brown, the Grandfather of Professional football. Ohio doesn’t deserve a team? last time I checked the only thing anaheim produced was a feel good movie..

As a fan of the Jaguars, you’re partially right.

Part that you’re wrong about:

1) The Jaguars haven’t had a blackout since 2009. We’ve had a couple of close calls, but the bottom line is both the citizens of Jacksonville and the local businesses have stepped up to the challenge and answered the call. We have more average attendance per game than teams like the Bears and Steelers. Our stadium is grossly oversized for our market. We don’t use it as an excuse, a blackout is a blackout, but just as we don’t use it as an excuse, it’s not fair to say that we struggle selling tickets whenever we have gotten over that hump.

As to what you were right about:

1) We do have lots of cap room and the product on the field is very reflective of that. That being said, the new owner (Shad Khan) has stated that he understands that you have to spend to the cap in order to be competitive, and he is more than willing to do that. It’s a new era, new owner. You can’t criticize the team right now for it’s past failures, because Khan can’t control the past. If we don’t spend aggressively this year, I’ll be right back here and gladly eat my words.

Bengals leave Free Agency with 49.9 million in cap space.