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Brock Purdy throws 4 picks. Troy Aikman: Purdy’s inaccuracy is one of his strengths in this offense.

Fun game to watch, enjoyed seeing Peyton and Denver get beat. RE Belichick, he has said he has a ton of respect for Paul Brown and the bengals organization. So there’s a chance!

Zac has one huge redeeming quality - he’s not Mike McCarthy.

I’m screaming at people in a Walmart parking lot.

Taylor needs to feel some heat. This habit he’s fallen into of getting handled in the division can’t go on. IMO he’s way too comfortable.

Christmas is fucking cancelled.

Jonah Williams statement game.

Team looks completely unprepared to play this game.

Very little spirit in these Bengals.

Rainy day in central Ohio, probably Pittsburgh as well. Our boy QB’d in the PNW, so he should be able to handle wet weather. Bring it!

Seems like a no brainer. Get him in here. Nice work by that writer when selecting potential landing spots - Cowboys, Niners, and Browns. Laziest take ever.

My suspicion was that he’d failed a drug test or something. Per their contract, probably appealing it and allowed to work but couldn’t be assigned any actual work during the appeal. It seemed to me he was on something, like some kind of heavy tranquilizer.

Story from Gary Works: I went there to troubleshoot a malfunctioning piece of equipment. I meet my contacts in the locker room at the plate mill (where they produce the first iteration of steel, giant rectangular slugs of steel). Anyway in the locker room there are a bunch of chairs and benches and a battered steel desk. We sit and have our meeting. When we arrive and during our whole time in the locker room, there is a guy sitting at the desk. He’s got work clothes on and a parka with the hood up. He’s reclined back in an office chair, with his boots up on the desk, arms folded and eyes closed like he’s asleep. He never moved, opened his eyes, or in any way acknowledged that we were there. The whole meeting, like half an hour. None of the US Steel guys spoke to him or said anything about him. We leave and get our work done (US Steel techs had installed equipment improperly), takes about 4 hours. Back to the locker room to debrief and part ways. We walk in, exact same guy sitting in the exact same position, like this dude seriously hadn’t even moved. We have our meeting, make plans, and say goodbye. Same exact thing, the guy never moved or opened his eyes or acknowledged us in any way.

I’ve been in the Gary Works of US Steel many times for work. It is an amazing place.

I wonder if mouth-breathing Steeler fans read the news. If they do, they are probably too stupid to see the prophecy staring them in their primanti fat faces. US Steel, that symbol of American industrial and military might, has agreed to sell itself to Nippon Steel. The ultimate symbol of Stiller pride. Their logo is literally the US Steel corporate logo. Sorry Steeler fans, your grotesque empire of vicarious glory is crumbling.

Santa drives a sleigh that is a miniature Viking ship, cranks Amon Amarth all night on his rounds, and is a sometimes participant in Viking battle re-enactments.

Tomlin will have to come up with some new tough guy metaphors, business school platitudes, and he’ll definitely need some new mirror aviators. Also never forget he’s never had a losing season. Mason Rudolph legacy game coming up! George Pickens is reportedly so pumped he’s going to give up to 40% effort. TJ Watt will take a break from injecting steroids long enough to blindly rush the passer on every down, including run plays. And of course we’ll see some good old fashioned cheap shot head hunting, good ol’ stiller footbaw!

Will prevail without fail.

Maybe our offensive staff saw this coming, but no one else did. The body of work anyone had on Browning was with all the depth guys running a very base offense in preseason. It apparently was difficult or impossible for him to show his ability in that situation. My opinion of Zac Taylor has improved significantly based on Browning’s development and performance.

Volcom said it - watching these last few games with a whatever happens attitude has been really fun. I don’t know if it’s the way they’re playing or the no expectations mindset, but it’s one of the most enjoyable stretches of bengals football I’ve watched. Playoffs - even if the changes are 33% as I saw on the tube yesterday, it makes the games interesting to have some sort of chance to get in. I also enjoy watching the dude on tv try to work through all the permutations, this team loses to that one then this third team has a chance. Guy’s up there trying to explain what is essentially derivative equations, it gets kind of funny at times. The AFC is a marvel this year. The NFC is a half vacant strip mall.

The avalanche of hypocritical self-pitying screeching coming from Steeler nation may reach critical mass before we play them Saturday. If it does, and sets off a nuclear kablosion, steeler fans will disappear. Left behind will be some used scratch offs (all losers), unpaid child support notices, Meemaw’s old dentures, and a stadium giveaway terrible towel from 1988.

Minkah out for sure. Cam Heyward in concussion protocol, so he’s a wait and see guy. Ja’Marr separated his shoulder yesterday, they tried to MRI it today but he was in so much pain he couldn’t put it in whatever position they needed for the MRI, so he’ll try again tomorrow. Sounds very unpromising for Saturday. Though I will say, Ja’Marr’s physicality is freakish. You never know.

The nfl just suspended Steelers starting safety Damontae Kazee for the rest of the season. So they’ll be missing both starting safeties Saturday. Kazee just can’t stop cheap shotting guys. They’re probably putting him in the Pittsburgh hall of fame right now.

Wow I just read that column by Mark Madden that Hoosier embedded in the first post above. What an absolute no holds barred takedown of Tomlin and truly the organization as a whole. Delightful.

Jax kicker falling on face.