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It's why I honestly didn't want burrow playing all these reps in the preseason risking injury. I didn't think it would make a difference although I understand why they tired it. And honestly they got the w and if they destroy the jags maybe there is something to it. It's just really weird. He reminds me so much of Brady and I believe he's the best. So it's just bizarre. The pats game last year was completely ridiculous. I remember the Allen game vs the jets opening night in 23. I swear I thought Allen did about 3 lines of coke before the game lmfao. That was absolutely brutal. Allen had a brutal game vs the jags in 21 losing 9-6 lol. It's not as surprising to me with Allen because he always will have a little variance and that devil on his shoulder. Burrow is extremely poised, on time, patient. So it's just more surprising to me when burrow is off like that. The burrow game I remember watching that was one of the best I've seen the past few years was vs the 49ers in 23. Absolutely a work of art from the QB position.

Having watched Joe for several years now, my theory is this: unlike many if not most QBs — and honestly, a whole lot of people including me at times — Burrow isn’t defined by his job. What I mean is, have you ever met someone new and immediately you end up talking about what you do? Kind of exchanging cv’s and work stuff? We live in a capitalist society where a lot of our self worth is tied up in what we do, so it kind of comes naturally I guess. It’s what we value, and arguably that’s screwed up on a basic level, but that’s a conversation for another time. But Burrow? Once the season ends he’s off to Paris for fashion shows and stuff. He even walked a runway in a goofy out fit once. Football is this thing he does, and does well, but just for half the year. After that he does other stuff that interests him. That’s probably very healthy for him, but it means he has to sort of reload qb.exe every September, and that takes a week or two. Honestly I can’t fault the guy, as much as It frustrates me as a fan.

Reminds me a bit of (old school) Rivers era San Diego Chargers starting slow out of the gate. Bengals defense is looking better than advertised though, especially that secondary

They’ve been promoting an orange-out this week (orange tops, white pants). That might have been a mistake.

Wouldn't surprise me at all to see the Bengals rocking the all-white uniforms on Sunday

I'm honestly out of answers on why the Bengals and specifically Joe burrow on week 1 looks so off. I honestly can't explain it anymore, it's extremely bizarre. My only guess is, and this probably doesn't even make sense, is that because burrow and the offense is such a timing based offense it takes a couple games to get into a rhythm. I don't get it tho Regardless I do think the Bengals and Burrow come out on fire and play to their real abilities, especially the passing game. Bengals 34 Jags 17

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yeah, I figured, but had to ask

Most of the time we ate our own food- MREs (Meals Ready to Eat). That saved us from pissing out of our asses. We were also very remote in our operations, responsible for joint border patrol and training of the Afghan Border Patrol. We were rarely close to any major city when we ran missions. While main operations were in the Helmund province, we had an area of operation from Helmand all the way to the Khost province along the Pakistani border. At the check points, we would be offered flatbread which was good, lamb which made me shit like a madman and they always had fruits and nuts which I was not a fan of. I never had the opportunity for anything more well prepared as they were exceptionally poor and more hungry than us most of the time in those remote regions of the desert and mountains.

also, on shemar - yes, he should have at least one pass defenced for week 1 see at the 10:24 mark in the video below

just curious, Army: did you ever get to try afghani food, and if so, what was your favorite?

Yeah, it's going to be hot standing in that sun all afternoon. This is when my perspective helps out. I have a picture of myself in Afghanistan standing next to a temperature gauge and it was pegged at 140 F. I'm pretty sure it was hotter than that as we were all freaking out that you could literally see sweat come to the top of your skin and it would evaporate. I didn't know that was possible. Worse, we were heading out on a mission with full combat loads in up armored vehicles with no A/C. The top gun hatch was open, but that simply felt like putting a hair dryer right in your face at full blast. (Miserable) Sunday won't be that bad and I always remind myself... at least I'm not in Afghanistan !! WHODEY !!!

Well, the good injury news only lasted one week. Mims limited Wednesday and Thursday (ankle). New long snapper apparently pulled a hammy in his first outing. Still practicing tho. Also, no matter the score, the game is going to be a scorcher.

Caught some snippets of the Browns game and yeah--pretty lackluster offensive performance. Hopefully that gets ironed out by this Sunday cuz naturally I want the Bengals to beat the Jags like they owe them money.

Isaiah Williams off to the Jets. https://www.newyorkjets.com/news/jets-sign-isaiah-williams-release-xavier-gipson-09-10-2025

After absorbing some in dept All 22 breakdowns by the youtube community. Jordan Battle - IMO, finally showed some the hype he has been getting. Probably his best game so far and he might have started turning the corner late last year. Maybe. Arimus Mims - Just does his job and does it very well. I saw his PFF grades were low, bullshit. Might have a legit pro bowler over there. We'll see. Stay healthy please. CTB - struggled which most knew. Dax Hill - quietly did his job very good. Shemar - IMO, he needs to hit the stat sheet more as first rounder. Played very good complimentary football but guys with the first round target need to have stats eventually.

Run on your own gas sounds like something a gas station would say when they jack up the prices and don’t care that you are pissed about it.

Run on your own gas absolutely makes no sense. It seems more like a parody of a motivational phrase than the real thing. Not sure what Marvin was trying to convey. Also - football is the ultimate team sport. Encouraging individualism is the opposite of what one should be doing.

Color me shocked that they replaced a OL on the roster with a DL should have signed a OL

I remember Myles Cole and thought he would be a good late round flier. 6'6 280 is no small boy !!

Roster notes from the other thread applying to this game: Lucas to IR Pennel takes his active roster spot. Ex-Jag gets a one-week contract to spill all he knows about their D:

Here’s the full slate of moves from da site: The Bengals today made the following roster moves: **Signed DT Mike Pennel off the practice squad to the active roster. Pennel, an 11th-year player, signed to the Bengals' practice squad on Sept. 1. He was elevated from the practice squad to the active roster for Sunday's game at Cleveland, then reverted to the practice squad yesterday. **Placed G Lucas Patrick on the Reserve/Injured list. Patrick, a ninth-year player, suffered a calf injury in Sunday's game at Cleveland. **Signed DE Myles Cole to the practice squad. Cole (6-6, 280), a second-year player out of Texas Tech University, originally was a seventh-round draft pick of Jacksonville in 2024. He played in eight games as a rookie for the Jaguars last season and recorded eight tackles with one TFL. He was waived by Jacksonville on Aug. 26. **Signed DE Isaiah Foskey to the practice squad. Foskey (6-5, 280), a third-year player out of the University of Notre Dame, originally was a second-round draft pick of New Orleans in 2023. He played in 27 games over two seasons (2023-24) with the Saints, totaling 17 tackles, a half-sack and one PD. He was waived by New Orleans on Aug. 26. **Released DE Isaiah Thomas from the practice squad. Thomas, a third-year player, signed to the practice squad on Aug. 27.

I don't like that. He's still a productive player and would have been great depth here. Don't know what the asking price was, so maybe that was prohibitive. Whatever, next....

Meanwhile Pitt signing Peppers.

Just one of the dumbest things I've ever heard as a motivational type thing. The Bengals really need to reach out for help with clever acronyms, because whoever comes up with these should be fired.