Stripes

I'm not 100% convinced that Trayveon wouldn't be as good as Mixon.

The Ravens signed Nelson Agholor. That’ll definitely resolve their receiver problems!

I'd refer a TE that can block, but would still welcome Moreau gladly. The importance of receiver capacity well outweighs the importance of blocking at that position anymore. Scheme it up, boys.

Two teams out of 32 teams do not disprove collusion when your own definition calls for a "majority".

I have zero interest in anything Jackson Carman. Jonah might be tough to trade on his fifth year money.

I'm just glad the Bengals are still aggressively addressing the OL. I didn't think that was happening after the trio last March.

Maybe Jonah moves. Maybe he’s traded. Maybe RT is still in flux for a bit with Collins hurt. I don’t care. A massively important position has just been upgraded for a team in Super Bowl contention. Joe Burrow is going to shred the league in 2023.

Got ‘em. Bigger gain than everyone else lost (possibly combined).

I’m not concerned with losing Perine, and I think they should still move on from Mixon. The Running Back Store is never out of stock.

I sure hope Rooke E. Poole can rush the passer consistently.

Just gonna put my preliminary groan here for when the Jets grab Aaron Rodgers and make the AFC QB warzone even more ridiculous.

I'd like to see them improve the facilities for players' families. Whatever biases are inherently introduced by an NFLPA survey, this still gives an impression of player perspective. Ignoring it outright would be foolish for any organization. That doesn't necessarily mean they have to care about having charging outlets in lockers.

If they could somehow get him at a reasonable price, sure. I have always found him a bit overrated though, and he kind of smells like a FA bust to me. I have no good evidence to base that on, it's just a scent I am catching in the breeze. I think he could be a good #2 next to Awuzie.

Sample size of four games. Gonna be difficult to get me to treat that as a pervasive issue. The 2021 offensive line had bad players. They allowed early sacks. The 2022 offensive line had better players with no experience together. They allowed early sacks. That’s about it for me. No need to dig deeper.

I don’t think playing in Arrowhead matters, honestly. It’s preferable to be at home “spiritually”, but I don’t think the AFCCG was a loss because of its location.

I think that poop start to the season was part of the team’s natural progression (clearly augmented by the appendectomy and fluke longsnapper things). They needed to be reminded that they weren’t going to just walk over teams. The 2022 Bengals had a ton in common with the 2021 Chiefs.

I don't think that necessarily means "it's time to leave the Bengals". The whole "I'm HIM" thing suggests separating from the pack among linebackers, i.e., becoming elite. He could still end up gone regardless. We'll see.

Even before Burrow showed up, Zac showed a real talent for free agency recruiting. It was remarkable how he was able to attract players like Vonn Bell and DJ Reader to a 2-14 team. Now, with Burrow and the organizational culture of Katie and Elizabeth Blackburn, I expect the Bengals to be able to bring people aboard as long as the cap space exists.

Not this year. Still, two finalist nods in a row should bode well moving forward.

And so, after their 55th year of existence, the three-time AFC champion and ten-time AFC North/Central champion Bengals have two (2) Hall of Fame inductees.

Perhaps Joe smells a decade of uninterrupted Super Bowl contention and knows what it'll take. I'll temper my expectations though. He's justified to ask for a bag if he wants to.

That truly would not concern me. I appreciate what Mixon has provided here, but he is showing signs of the usual short RB shelf life, as we all kind of expected, and it'd be a good time for fresh legs anyway. If I felt that the RB position is hard to replace I might be less nonchalant about it all, but I tend to believe that it's the single most disposable position among the starting 22. Now I'll grant that I wasn't thinking about it at all until the "warrant for an arrest" appeared on my screen. But I don't consider Mixon an essential piece.

Highlighted the key term of contention

Well that’s… weird. I guess we’ll see.

Gone. We could use an upgrade anyway.