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Trent Brown is what he is. Dude showed up hurt in July, finally got cleared to practice August 4th, makes it to August 15th when back tightness sits him down. The frustrating thing is that when he’s not hurt, Trent can really play. He’s good. If he can somehow get right for the season, it will have a huge positive effect on our whole line. He’s really smart. My hope - his “back tightness” is minor and they’re just being super cautious. If that’s the case, he starts week one and if he can manage to ham and egg it with Mims, we’ll have one or the other in there. Could be good on the right side!

Chris Evans has a torn patellar tendon, out for the year. Sucks!

Also, injuries this year are tearing teams up. The two rookies I was most looking forward to watching: Amarius Mims - out several weeks with strained pec. JJ McCarthy (Vikings qb) - out for the season after knee surgery.

Hopefully D’Ante Smith is ok. To hear two guys were carted off with “air casts”, that’s not exactly encouraging.

Frank Pollack’s greatest ability is that he is not named Jim Turner. That dude set the bar so low that Pollack came in here, throws up on himself year after year, and we’re all like, “yes, ok, Pollack knows his shit, it’s coming around.” Hint: it never comes around. I think Pollack will serve up more of the same this year, and that’ll probably be it for him.

Mike will adopt this verbatim. Might leave out the part about giving Ja’Marr’s money to Tee, but other than that he’s all in with this.

Brad Robbins injured his leg in practice.

It was so effing predictable. Draft a good tackle, watch him get injured. At least this one wasn’t a complete loss of rookie year (Jonah Williams). Our luck on drafting linemen must improve. It almost can’t get worse. Jackson Carman, Cedric Ogbuehi, Billy Price, Russell Bodine, etc. It truly is maddening.

Someone better call a SWAT team, I’m about to take hostages.

Helping my daughter move down in Austin. Very unlikely I’ll be able to get it on the tube here.

Chase still not practicing? The Bengals and Zac are pretty blase’ about this whole thing. Maybe we’ll, once again, learn the lesson that guys can’t just flip a switch when games start.

Horrible news, Sample was doing a great job of redeeming his family name in the bengalverse, now this.

“How the Gambling Industry Swallowed Sports Media Whole.” That is the most accurate and succinct summation of this recent development.

If I want to follow some of these reporters, what platform would be the best? I do not have Facebook, instagram, or twitter. I don’t really have any social media (except Bengalszone!) which one would be the best to get to follow bengals news/updates, etc?

Is Chase practicing yet? I need to start following some of these reporters.

Mims the word. Heh.

Amarius Mims, that’s all I have to say.

Myles Murphy cramping up on practice yesterday, had to leave.

I don’t know what that means with Murphy. The team was counting on him to step up this year and take more snaps, be a contributor. Maybe he’s out of shape and getting a message.

I stand corrected. I was under the impression guys at Chase’s level got extended before they played that 4th year on their rookie deal. I went looking - from Chase’s ‘21 draft class a grand total of one player has had his deal extended, Rashod Bateman from Baltimore. And there are very good to great level players in that class. Devontae Davis, Penei Sewell, Chase, Trevor Larence, Micah Parsons, and Jaylen Waddle. all those guys are playing their 4th year on their price controlled rookie deal. You win again, Mike Brown!!

True. But imagine Chase and his situation. They are costing him very real money by making him play out his deal. Almost every other team would pay him this year. They absolutely can do it. But there is a risk of alienating your player, and be aware your younger players are watching this. “We’re the bengals and this is how we do things,” can be followed by “I’m Jamarr Chase and this is how I do things (fakes a hamstring injury through his franchise tag year then signs with someone else).”

Same. I love having a little fun at his expense, but at the same time there’s just an odd feeling I have. Kind of a combination of pity, empathy, and I’m also a little dumbfounded. Mike is a bit of a marvel to be getting around as well as he does. If you know many 88 year old men you know what I mean.

Robbins said he went to some punting camp this summer and learned how to punt.

GB just gave Jordan Love a new deal, 75 million dollar signing bonus all to be paid before the end of the year. Everyone please keep Mike in your prayers.

Lamar is really sick, can’t practice. I wonder what’s up, covid, the flu, some random virus?