Jermaine Burton Accused of Assault & a Look Back at Bengals Disappointing Season

[@clementsfamily7002]

Think about it. We'll never be able to trust him. Let's just say he gets it together and stays out of trouble for an entire season, becomes a solid weapon, one that we count on. We make it to the Super Bowl. The night before the Super Bowl, he does something, anything, somewhere........and the big story on Super Bowl Sunday is "Jermain Burton has been suspended for the Super Bowl by the Bengals", or he straight up gets arrested for something. We'll NEVER be able to trust him. Cut ties now. If he becomes a star for someone else, so be it. Betray our trust once, shame on you. Betray our trust again...shame on us.

[@johnkammer4754]

How funny in your comment, this very thing did happen to the Bengals way back when...a Super Bowl we were in,the night before one of our player's got lost...they found out he was doing drug's with some of the local's.locals.. 😢😮😢

[@joeypruitt6002]

@@johnkammer4754yep. They probably would have won if not for that

[@trumanstaterocks1]

Stanley Wilson. He was a key running back. The Head Coach found him cocked out in his hotel room the night before the Bengals lost the Superbowl on a last secondTD.

[@thedailyvlog6854]

I never would have drafted him! I haven't heard anything good about him as a person. The only good things I have ever heard are about his football skills.

[@PSNyounowut2do]

@@clementsfamily7002 we drafted mixon after he did some stupid stuff and even while a player he was still doing bad stuff and we kept him on … I don’t believe in it - but you never know what that front office gonna do

[@beechball45424]

There is a reason that the Bengals take guys like Carmen and Burton earlier than any other team. It’s because they don’t have a real scouting department like other NFL teams. You will not convince me that they had a real club just how messed up Burton is mentally. When Nick Saban said basically, don’t draft my player and then you see how Zac Taylor reacted after they submitted the pick. It makes you sick! Taylor simply couldn’t have known how bad this was going to be and that is a failure of the Bengals. What a joke of a franchise!

[@pdureska7814]

Yes, their scouting department is below average for the NFL both in quality and numbers. Tobin not really a good GM. He's just a contract guy for Mike Brown masquerading as a GM. We could have gotten a good starting guard with the 3rd rd pick we wasted on this head case. i doubt the scouting department had the fore thought to get a psychological exam on the dude.

[@josephschmidt2183]

So they wasted a 2nd round pick on Jackson Carmen and a 3rd round pick on Jermaine Burton. That hurts

[@eddiemurphy15]

What hurts is the $2 million they forked over to Burton his first and perhaps only season for 4 catches and 107 yards.

[@NoName-wg6ip]

Personality disorders do not have cures. The Bengals cannot ask anyone except a mental health professional, specifically a clinical psychologist, to test and assess him, build a care plan and ensure he meets those objectives along the way. TJ Housh will not be able to help him at all without a mental health professional.

[@ironmanxrp4980]

1000% correct! It's very disappointing in this repeated gaslighting of players issues. This one specifically because it's easy to see he has some type of disorder but he can make plays and help us win games... he like football yes but needs the right environment that can actually bring him along... not just with football (it doesn't exclude his personal accountability) but with his background didn't just sneak up on them...

[@pdureska7814]

You are correct. Short of putting him on a leash and having handlers do everything for him to keep him out of trouble he's a lost cause. Plus, he's not going to learn the playbook properly. He's not going to put in the work like the other wide receivers to get on the field. I am sure Taylor thought the guy is a "steal" in the third round but its fools gold. He likely would have fallen further and maybe not even been drafted by anyone with his clear mental health issues.

[@travcontreras8562]

Agree!!

[@natej84]

Burton is a idiot. He landed in the best possible situation for him. Players coach, great wr coach, elite wrs to learn from, a patient team owner and freaking joe burrow throwing him the ball. This idiot throws it all away bc he has no self control. What a disappointment

[@andrewshaw3138]

Burton is a 23 year old kid with tons of pressure on him. Don’t get me wrong, he’s throwing these gifts away and it’s disappointing to watch, but we don’t know what Burton is going through and where his head is at. Not saying the Bengals should keep him. He just does not seem ready for the discipline and hard work the NFL requires.

[@discopotato188]

The Bengals were 31st in rushing per play. None of the bottom 8 teams in this metric made the playoffs. They were also tied for 2nd worst for rushing attempts per game. 1 out of the bottom 15 made the playoffs and that was the Texans. The sack attack scheme stinks. A balanced offense would make the oline tremendously better. Being able to grind out games would help the defense.

[@Galaxy-ds4lw]

Cut Burton immediately. No coming back from his behavior and complete failure of a draft pick.

[@WhoDey1968]

For years I’ve been saying the same thing about the run game and I get destroyed by other fans. ZERO of the bottom 8 rushing teams are in the playoffs and only 4 of the bottom 16 teams are in the playoffs. 10 of the top 16 rushing teams are in the playoffs. It’s not rocket science as Jake says.

[@rickhosmer2788]

Pac man, Henry, mixon, hell i cant remember all the players with similar patterns, they all played and finally got it together for the most part, kids with alot of money find trouble easy

[@ironmanxrp4980]

You would like wirh James being the bengals historian... he'd seen this pattern with the bengals and act like the bengals don't draft with issues...

[@ericevans7295]

Lou will get hired before Cincy finds his replacement 😢

[@shamrockshawtty]

Probably

[@erichelmers3922]

That's not a bad thing they have to hire the right person that they like so they will interview at least 4 DC's

[@powerradio8217]

Good Riddance. P. R.

[@FirBurger98]

​@powerradio8217 i dont think lou was the issue, aside from Trey the players just didn't live up to their expectations.

[@powerradio8217]

Lou was held accountable for the failure of his defense and scheme.

[@lu_Mo__]

Lou-dini. Gets me every time. My Name is Louis, the same same as coach Anarumo. i'll miss him too. We share the same name. But as we said all through-out last year we had high expectations. The "mental" "thinking" errors on defense. We were a championship defense 2 seasons ago.

[@thedailyvlog6854]

I would not have drafted him! I have never heard anything good about him as a person. His skill as a receiver would not have been enough for me to draft him!

[@AtzcapotxalcoR]

Shades of Stanley Wilson.... 🤔😔🙏🏽🐅🐯

[@duanewright1412]

There's definitely a lot going on in this young mans head. I know the veteran leaders in the locker room have talked to him about how to be a pro on and off the field. It's possible that he just doesn't get it. Hopefully, this young man understands what opportunity his talents and the Bengals gave him......he will either sink or swim, it's up to him to surround himself with lifeguards until he chooses his path.

[@SnBheyrod]

I hope he gets help.

[@richardsexton9839]

With his actual talent and potential the bengals may look at trading him even for a lower draft pick rather than taking a total loss by cutting him. Could explain why they haven't cut him immediately after the accusations.

[@Darkmoonremix]

Bengals said "We can fix him" smh they need to cut their losses

[@anthonymartin407]

This is just a sign that Higgins needs to be resigned. Who we drafted to replace Higgins can't seem to get his head sorted, so he can't be trusted. I don't know if cutting him is the answer but the answer definitely is NOT letting Higgins out of the building.

[@newfoundmoralclarity]

Cut or trade, whatever. Joe can't play with WRs he can't trust

[@MrDle185]

Look, people willing to choke a partner, 90% of the time end up eventually killing that person. This dude need serious help. This is no longer about football. This reminds me of Odell Thurman

[@dennismcintosh3699]

He's got to go! Imagine they keep him what would that say to all the middle of the road players. They watch Joe, Tee and Jamar work their asses off. So they think this is the culture I have to work hard and be professional, just to have this guy come in and beat on a 19yo, miss practice miss meetings and still have a job. it just doesn't work. the guys on the roster will be thinking they can screw off, it will ruin the team. I understand If for easing the pain of paying guaranteed money out to a bust and saving cap space maybe "attempt" a trade. But he never wears orange and black again.

[@eddiemurphy15]

He's gone. The only reason they would keep him would be if Money pincher Brown didn't want waste a $1 million signing bonus and $1.4 million salary on a player with only 4 receptions. This guy should never have made it thru preseason. And probably was a negative drag on the team the WHOLE year. I remember a couple of those bombs Burrow threw to him where he was open. The pass goes over his head because the CLOWN slowed down and didn't expect the pass to come his way. So a professional team would get rid of him before the next season. But we know Mike Brown....

[@dennismcintosh3699]

@@eddiemurphy15 100%

[@rickbauls]

Mixon had a rough start and left loved. I hope Burton gets it together. I wanna believe he can

[@Seeker794]

2 players i had immediate reservations about, Burton and Rankins. Intuition was screaming "BAD IDEA".

[@MonkeyFeat]

Keep 915 together and get rid of Jermaine. Enough is enough.

[@2337baxter]

It stunk. The team stunk. Chokers choked. They fought Burrow’s winning instincts every down.

[@lawrencepennington7396]

Behind the scenes i really don't no what really going on with Burton!!!But I thought he might have some mentality problem and needs some help in that!!!

[@PSNyounowut2do]

Watch Burton get let go , KC picks him up and thrives .

[@shamrockshawtty]

IDK.....he seems to have major problems. Plus they already have that guy who killed someone in a car crash or something like that

[@stevem8762]

Yupp! That’s how things work out for the bengals usually 🤦‍♂️

[@scottiedeaton4159]

Saban told everyone he was a problem before drafting him

[@lawrencepennington7396]

Didn't really said that😮HE SAID HE NEEDS TO grownup a bit!!!Mature PERIOD!!!

[@thedailyvlog6854]

I don't want to relive the 2024 season anymore. I have already moved on to the offseason and to the 2025 season!

[@Zack-pq7yo]

And whoever idea it was to draft him make sure he never gets to have input on the draft again

[@PhantomLord187]

Judging from how happy Taylor was, it was likely him

[@jouleonoupshaw8236]

😅 fr it’s a reason why he went this low in the draft

[@WhoDey1968]

McMillan had a nice rookie season. 8 TDs? And, his team is in the playoffs.

[@RaydinAE11]

I’m getting on board with Eberflus. Give that man a pass rush and he can make it work. Proven.

[@dropthehammer-k3n]

Cut bait, how many more chances are Bengals going to give Burton, who obviously has no interest in playing in the NFL. Opportunity to catch passes from an elite generational QB and he'd rather be missing practices, allegedly abusing a woman, getting evicted from his apartment, and how many games has he been left off active roster.. when does it end?? I'm tired of stories about this kid and taking valuable Locked On minutes away from reporting news that matter. Clubhouse cancer. You can't change people like this.

[@Muzzlecrowe-li9kt]

I love the team but I hate this org

[@johnmcguire3999]

I think the two rookie DT were fantastic in the second half of the season!

[@asandman354]

Here’s a tip for the Bengals front office: If a Google search can’t find any info on a draft prospect’s dad, move along. That’s a project player you’re not equipped to develop.

[@orlandojohnson6384]

For those who remember, it kinda has that Chris Henry (rip) feeling to the situation. Best of luck to all. Who Dey!! Win lose or draw.

[@Suppention]

Does it matter? Why would you want him on the team?

[@jabasabon]

I don't know why everyone keeps saying that she's a 19 year old. 19 years old is not a minor. Whatever did or did not happen, is equally bad if she's 19, 20, 25, or 30.

[@dmanv69]

They emphasize the victim's 19 years of age to illustrate how young they are and to add weight to the situation. Regardless of age, it is still an unfortunate situation for a victim to be in.

[@dominicscarlato326]

That’s what the law says. But we all know when you’re 19 your basically still a kid. The other person who replied described it perfectly.

[@johnmcguire3999]

This assault, not rape. Nobody should have that happen to you. I don’t care if you’re 60.

[@jabasabon]

@@johnmcguire3999 It’s alleged assault, and you’re innocent until proven guilty. But obviously if it’s true, it’s absolutely terrible regardless of her age, which is why I am wondering why all of the articles continue to mention her age

[@chadpayne956]

​@@jabasabonespecially when he can't be much older than that

[@lu_Mo__]

Hopefully Tee and Jamar, and that WR room put their arm around Jermaine a little more. That's like their younger brother. Get tight. With brother-hood. Like how A.J. Green, Mohamed Sanu, Tyler Boyd did.

[@melod7670]

What is bad is Burton has gotten more production as WR on the field than Charlie Jones. Just think what the clown could do if he locked in.. You can't fix stupid though, trade him to the Browns, Raiders or Jags.. Those teams may be dumb enough to give up a pick for him.

[@michaelcraft8364]

Jarod Mayo for DC....that's a great hire. He can run the defense for Zac. And mayo would like to have a qb like Joe. He'd win and get interviewed to be head coach again

[@trevorsmith221]

Imagine wasting all that athletic talent, what a great life you could have. Start a children's foundation, love skyline, eat Graeters, show up at a Kroger. You would be a King in Cincy.

[@robertcarper6169]

I agree! What an absolute joke of a franchise! Cincinnati deserves so much better since 1968!

[@johnx6020]

Does anyone know what time and who do the Bengals play this weekend? I cannot find it anywhere.

[@dariusking2927]

I bet TJ feels like a dumbass talking this kid up 🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻

[@VN-lv7jd]

Why are we even having to discuss this Burton issue? I thought when Zac Taylor was first installed as head coach he said they wanted to bring in and draft guys who were stand up guys with good character (guys who were captains and good locker room guys), from programs that were used to winning. Not draft the kind of guys who would wilt under the pressure. Heck, even when Marvin Lewis was here he didn't waste a draft pick on Burfict as he was an undrafted free agent. So, I'd like to know what changed. Bengals, completely wasted their 3rd round pick. And in my opinion have lost their vision of what kind of a team they are trying to put together.

[@vernonlawson4599]

Cut bait...even Odell Thurman wasn't THIS bad!

[@dm8064]

Burton will get his shit together, but probably not with the Bengals

[@RunSamRun94]

Nobody wants him after Saban and then us.

[@lawrencepennington7396]

Pink Floyd would SAY this about Jarmaine Bruton,THEIR SOMEONE IN MY head but it's not ME!😮

[@ronmiller5938]

Cut em !!!

[@justmythoughts2786]

I swear it was obvious before they drafted him he been getting in trouble for years.. but these delusional fans oh it’s a great pic and I told people there was a horrible pick.. I think there is a fan that don’t watch college football I think and pick the Bengals make is great

[@johnmcguire3999]

Let’s draft X from the U! That guy is a team payer, and a perfect slot. Tee of Yoshi, Xavier makes sense

[@johnmcguire3999]

A reason we need to build our scouting department is to choose men, not just prospects. Carmen Jackson is another example. Lesser men are weak, and will never be strong enough to play in the league

[@johnmcguire3999]

Back in the day Tom Brady use to bark at his defense! That’s a team mentality. I think we failed to be united. Let’s really talk each other up next year!

[@ApplesauceNinja]

I don't care how talented a player is, if he has serious character questions, you pass on him every time. All Pro talent is worthless if their behavior keeps them off the field.

[@MikeM10_whodey]

I've heard this so many times where the Bengals are down to 2 people and thrybalways pick the wrong one. Or they don't wanna move up 3 4 picks and take the guy they want

[@lawrencepennington7396]

Burton NEED TO JUST WAKE UP AND MAKING THIS WORKS OUT FOR HIM BY GETTING behavior HELP PERIOD

[@ryanhenes6104]

No, Burton was a hit! No shit he was a bust. Nice headline you clowns

[@uog293]

The way he's acting the Bengals organization must have gotten him a scam Better Help subscription 😂

[@Deadman420_1]

2025 just might be the most embarrassing season ever

[@ironmanxrp4980]

Lets talk week one... defense held pats to 16 points and offenses floundered with lack of execution and turnovers... 3 to be exact chuck fizzle fumble, tanner hudson carrying the ball like a loaf of bread 🍞 and fumble and rhe int... how is this the defenses fault??? Pats for 3 extra possessions that left points on the field for us and they got points off of... fizzles fumble led to 3... shoulda woulda coulda another slow start on zac along with other key failed moments this year but it started in this game...

[@Whodey4life1981]

Zac taylor should be gone as well

[@ARIN4UK]

Bust and busted….

[@justchillin4065]

Pac Man # 2

[@msellers13]

Capital B on Bust

[@barmogan]

Guys I know this is a football podcast but how are you even still talking about Burton in termsof football anymore? Football should be the furthest thing from hood priorities right now

[@BlackRose-vi2yg]

Dudes probably already got CTE

[@zach3640]

Hahah welcome to being a bengals fan, each day seems to get worse.

[@richiehutchins5757]

Chris Henry 2.0

[@hackdano]

Pittsburgh qpuld certainly trade for him.

[@vinson5200]

Higgins Chase never in trouble that should mean a lot to the team. Paul don't give a dam because they not white.

[@justmythoughts2786]

That’s why I didn’t want to get rid of Joe Mixon as well because he wasn’t just a player. He was like the locker room leader. You could tell it all of his interviews he held things together.

[@JohnEldred-ez8eq]

Needs a come to Jesus moment. When someone who trust in Jesus that he rose again(Romans 10:9-10 KJV [9] that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. [10] For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.) Should start to show the fruits of the spirit. Galatians 5:22-26 KJV [22] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, [23] meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. [24] And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. [25] If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. [26] Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

[@bengalsfandom623]

Week 1 is just as much on Ja'Marr and his choices... target choices made complete sense with a player who threatened to sit out week 1 and hadn't fully practice since the 2023 season Name another top player who refused to to practice or whose camp went on a smear campaign after only their 3rd season.... JJettas didn't, Micah didn't Ja'Marr chose to hold in while AJ Brown signed early in 2024 to be the top paid WR at $32M... and AJ Brown was the best WR in man coverage in 2024 Ja'Marr had no GOOD reason to hold in or cause a stink this year