Not trading him.
From they start of the off-season this team has done everything wrong, including not addressing OBJ's injury that also didn't allow him to integrate with the team.
You don't trade a talent like that without having got a full season out of him under proper conditions.
Considering the draft history of this team, they will never sniff the talent level of OBJ.
You give it a proper shot, doing it right, and if it doesn't work out then, trade him.
I've been waiting for this team to have a full season under proper conditions for twenty years.
It's yet to happen. Whether it's the talent level, the front office, the coaching staff, bad luck, or some combination of the four, it has yet to happen since this failed abortion of a franchise returned to the shores of Lake Erie in 1999.
I think they'll hang onto him, or demand a king's ransom in the offseason.
Given how absolutely toxic the locker room has (seemingly) become, I think Freddie being jettisoned is a foregone conclusion at this point. Even winning out and finishing above .500 likely wouldn't be enough to save his job. He has promoted a culture of toxicity, entitlement, and a shocking lack of discipline and accountability that has culminated in a team leading the league in penalties and ejections, and is without its best defensive player because of a suspension.
The medical stuff, the Jay Glazer report, and Baker publicly throwing this staff under the bus are just the latest in a long line of gaffes that would have already gotten most other coaches relieved for having a clear lack of control of their locker room.
You can see it in the body language of this team every single week. They want the season to be over at least as badly as these long suffering fans do. They won against a team actively trying to lose. They will get embarrassed against Baltimore, they will probably lose at Arizona, and the Bengals will somehow accidentally luck into a victory.
Just another lost season in two decades full of them, but this one is by far the most disappointing. I'm sorry for all the fans (like myself) that bought into the hype and finally allowed themselves to believe that better times had arrived.