Stripes

We’re still waiting on Lamb, and he came a year before Chase.

He hasn’t done anything “GM” in quite a long time.

I hereby pledge, as of this day, the 26th of July 2024: If the Cincinnati Bengals win Super Bowl LIX, I will get the ridiculous Joe Burrow Slim Shiesty haircut.

Seeing Moss walking next to Mims and Brown was hilarious. Tiny baby.

I would attribute slow starts primarily to: - Burrow camp injuries/ailments (biggest factor by a mile) - Slow-adapting in-game coaching - Fluke longsnapper injury - Bad divisional matchups against elite pass rushers that expose the OL deficiencies, regardless of preseason - The camp and preseason stuff could be factors too. Who knows. It’s the only thing they can control right now.

I have never been convinced that the lack of preseason playtime caused the slow starts in the first place, but I wouldn't blame them for changing something up. Carefully.

Joe playing in the preseason is terrifying, but I suppose him playing in any game is terrifying at the moment. Keep my golden god in one piece, please.

I already filled my mop bucket with hot cocoa.

I wonder what Marvin's camp t-shirt slogan would be this season if he was still around. "Play Football Today" "Do My Job" "Donuts Are For Winners" "We Are Doing Bengals Again" *Text-free photograph of Marvin clapping*

Might be a long-shot, but it worked for me once: At the log-in screen, don't use your actual email address. Bengalszone automatically generates an "email" based upon your username. My old username from when I was a ridiculous overposting teenager was "TDB", and I was able to log in with "tdb@bengalszone.net" in the email field. Maybe "armybengal@bengalszone.net" will work for you. The password might still be an adventure. May not work, I dunno. It's a strange system.

Now that I am aware of this situation, I am PISSED. RAGE.

*searches "Bengals" on YouTube for the 307th time this month, finds nothing but the same old bullshit, groans, and continues drifting through space until football arrives*

Welcome back UKB.

I think the Bengals' interior defensive line will be "worse" in the most general sense, but it will come as a trade. They lose the run-plug and probably gain some interior rush. So okay fine. The best run defense will be getting out to leads on offense anyway.

Cool now go win the Super Bowl before you lose him.

It’s a one year extension. Dunno the money.

LOVE IT.

Lemar Parrish is the easiest name of the year for me. I think he's the greatest defensive back in team history. Otherwise I am pretty wide open to anyone including Corey Dillon.

I listen because it’s there, but they kind of drive me nuts. Rapien is just kind of a dork. Liscow is an asshole. And Liscow drives me nuts during interviews, because he is incapable of asking a concise question. Every question turns into a vocal paragraph so long that by the time he reaches the question mark the guest doesn’t remember what he’s supposed to be answering. There’s also The Growler (formerly Hear That Podcast Growlin). It’s okay.

I may extend that semi-gauntlet I mentioned before one more week. The next game is the short week Cleveland TNF game.

Absolutely hate two TNF games against the division, but the good news is that this happened to the entire AFC North. Otherwise there's really no excuse to win fewer than 12 games against this schedule if the roster is reasonably healthy. There's no true "gauntlet" of a stretch. Beyond the six division games, KC, and PHI, this is a pile of inferior opposition. The worst it gets is probably this five-game stretch: @ BAL @ LAC BYE vs. PIT @ DAL @ TEN Even that has a bye week nestled beautifully in the center.

From the Bengals via Ben Baby:

I saw that SNF @NYG leak. If that's real, what the hell? What a bizarre SNF matchup.

I’d love Denver or New England. Let us finally open with a patsy.

Sorry, I’m blind and missed the other thread. Merge or delete, please/thanks.