I think Mike Brown has officially gone senile. The man has to be crazy. Coming off of one of the worst offensive seasons in recent team history (and last in the NFL) our moves in the offseason have consisted of firing zero coaches, signing a below average punter and franchising an average kicker.

But Number 1 Fan, Shayne "Ginger Balls" Graham is one of the most accurate kickers of all time.

Right, but how accurate is he from 45 yds out or more? Or how does he handle the clutch kicks? How many times can he kick the ball into the end zone to pin the opposing team at their 20?

These are things that you need to rely on your kicker for and everyone in Cincinnati (except Mike Brown) has lost confidence in Shayne to do that. By franchising Shayne Graham you have essentially lost TJ. You probably lose Cedric Benson and Chris Crocker.

By franchising your kicker, you have made the worst offense in the NFL significantly worse. Now instead of a nice, safe, smart pick at 6 in the draft of a strong left tackle, you can expect to hear either Chris Wells, Knowsean Moreno or Michael Crabtree's name called. Carson is going to get hammered next year and it is going to be another miserable season.

But wait, the Bengals still have a chance to turn this around. These are the following things Mike Brown can do to make this seem like a good move after all.

1. Sign Shayne to a longer term deal. I know this sounds contradictory, but by signing him you can probably alleviate 750,000 to 1 million dollars a year from his contract.

2. Sign Cedric Benson and Chris Crocker to deals. This will help in the running game and secondary and make it improbable you will draft a running back in the first two rounds.

3. Possibly sign a defensive pass rusher in free agency. This is a stretch I know, but if Mike happens to get the chance at Haynesworth I would hope he jumps.

4. Draft a left tackle in the first round. (No brainer)

If Mike Brown happens to do even 2 of the above I will be impressed.

There is still a small chance the Bengals work out a deal with TJ. I am on the fence on this one. Sure TJ is a great possession receiver who racks up a ton of catches, but his attitude is something I am getting tired of. TJ is the receiver you see mostly on the sidelines yelling at everyone. TJ is the one who never shows up for offseason optionals and comes into the season a little off timing with Carson. TJ also is the guy who not to long ago was the punt returner that could not hold onto the ball. Perhaps Caldwell or even Simpson can fill in for TJ in the next 2 to 3 seasons.

Franchising a kicker though, man that is a stupid move. For all the people waiting as long as possible before sending in their ticket renewals, this is not a strong play by the Bengals. Ginger, go buy another car to pose against.