HoosierCat

First depth chart issued. https://www.cincyjungle.com/cincinnati-bengals-roster/173733/2025-depth-chart No big surprises. Patrick gets the nod at RG but Risner is right behind him. Stewart backing up Ossai, Murphy behind Hendrickson. Charlie Jones to return both kicks and punts. Hill is the starting nickel corner, as expected. Fant over Hudson over Grandy at the back end of the TE room

I feel pretty good about the offense. I think the changes they made to camp and preseason this year, especially forgoing joint practices with other teams in favor of focusing on what they needed to do in practice and giving the starters more reps in preseason, are going to pay off this Sunday. I feel good about teams as well. The defense? That's the big question. We've heard the "oh, we weren't really trying, don't worry, it'll all be different when we hit the magic button ahead of week one" talk before, and pretty much every time it's not any different. So I expect that they will look awful Sunday and we are going to need to score 40 to have any hope of a win. I do think the D will improve once they get a few weeks in the new system under their belts and all the position battles/question marks work themselves out. But the O is going to have to carry the load for the first month of the season.

Meanwhile in Cleveland.

Welp, it's week 1. Let the disappointment begin! Some stuff from Hobs. Dax Hill is a go for Sunday. Coaches "continue to monitor the status of" DJ Turner and BJ Hill. Taylor wasn't ready yesterday to name a starting RG, though Patrick appears to have the inside track.

Sounds like the Chiefs were hoping he would sign up with them again via the PS but they might have pissed him off… https://www.arrowheadpride.com/kansas-city-chiefs-roster/180578/mike-pennel-signs-with-the-bengals

Bengals sign DT Mike Pennel. https://www.cincyjungle.com/cincinnati-bengals-news/173684/bengals-sign-mike-pennel-to-practice-squad

Pats claim Gregory.

One last thought: if Trey plays this season like he did last season, that ~$38m franchise tag just became a bargain.

& yeah the money is nuts but that the NFL now. Teams get half a billion a year in shared revenue. This is why Trey did what he did. NFL $$ is just on another planet.

See you just dint understand this makes them better against the run! No Parsons = CHAMPIONSHIP! #JerryLogic

LMAO

Didn’t see this coming. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46098144/sources-micah-parsons-traded-packers-gets-record-contract Pretty sure if you’d asked people in Feb who between Hendrickson and Parsons would get signed and who would get traded, the answer would have been the opposite of what happened.

New regime down in Jax, no particular loyalty to Baalke’s guys. Foster’s motivation level might go up some here versus there too.

Zierlein’s draft profile for Foster: https://www.nfl.com/prospects/javon-foster/3200464f-5342-2601-9382-68a5b7a3d54b PFF: https://www.pff.com/news/draft-2024-nfl-draft-favorite-picks-all-32-nfl-teams Also: https://www.pff.com/news/draft-2024-nfl-draft-highest-graded-offensive-tackles-in-every-category

Risner official per da site. https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-sign-dalton-risner-roster-update-august-28-2025 Yeast also announced. Also signed OT Javon Foster. Cut Gregory and Cochran. One open PS spot.