HoosierCat

Who could have seen this coming, amirite?

According to the dna test I did, I’m about 60% Irish/northern England, 30% southern France/Bavaria, and most of the rest is Scandinavian. So I too have a drinking trifecta!

Speaking of 2025 opponents, former Bengals and current Browns DB Tony Brown is now The Ap3x. https://substack.com/home/post/p-167486344

You get to retire?!?! Man, must be nice. Pretty sure I’m gonna die at work…

The rich get richer, and the taxpayers get soaked-er.

Lap and Parrish this time. https://www.daytondailynews.com/sports/lapham-parrish-to-be-inducted-into-cincinnati-bengals-ring-of-honor/PER7HKLRTNAJZBAO5V7KH56LQE/

This will make Mike's day, I'm sure.

He has one job…

Good convo with Dehner on the survey and more here. https://www.golongtd.com/p/substack-live-inside-the-cincinnati

New fan survey out and the verdict is in: everything sucks and ALL IS LOST!!! https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6485298/2025/07/15/bengals-2025-franchise-survey-results/ Highlights: FO sucks Tobin sucks Zac sucks We are never gonna win a SB Franchise going in the wrong direction This offseason sucked Organization hates its fans Seriously it’s pretty bad. Fan confidence has collapsed across the board.

Bengals kick the tires on another DT. https://www.cincyjungle.com/2025/7/15/24468182/cincinnati-bengals-free-agency-workout-kyon-barrs-2025-training-camp-roster

So here’s a breakdown on the situation worth reading from Breech over at cbs. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/back-to-school-back-to-the-draft-shemar-stewart-could-exploit-loophole-in-chaotic-rulebook-to-burn-bengals/ A couple points that really haven’t been discussed before. The first, money. Second, could he go back and play another year in college? Maaaaaaybe. That would be something to see.

I want Knight in camp, especially if Stewart is going to sit out. The last thing this team can afford is for its top two picks to both miss time.

Obviously Stewart's holdout has grabbed the spotlight, but it might be worth noting that Knight isn't signed either, like most of the rest of this year's second-round picks. I think a Knight holdout would be worse than a Stewart holdout at this point. Knight got raves in offseason works earlier this year and he is already pretty much locked in as the starter opposite Wilson. Meanwhile, Stewart was looking like much more of a rotational piece in the d-line, at least to begin with. Hopefully some other team can come up with a creative solution to the issue. Gawd knows it won't be the Bengals.

Meanwhile in Cleveland... Seems like there's another report of crap behavior coming out of Cleveland every few days. When this happened in Cincy we were branded for years as a franchise full of thugs and criminals. I wonder when that starts happening to Cleveland? (Spoiler: never, of course.)

YOU CAN’T STOP THE SAMPLE!

It’s the organization in a nutshell. When the Bengals FO reaches the playoffs, they’re like Crewman Guy in Galaxy Quest: they’re just jazzed to be on the show. Faced with actually having to win, they crumble. If only there was some tentacled alien Katie could bang…

Nope, no DEs yet. Well, ok, we have DEs but not, like, good ones. But hey, Myles Murphy laid off the Cap'n Crunch, so you never know...

So if Army ever visits my neck of the woods I know what to cook.

And you were right! They caught the whole exchange for "Quarterback." Gotta say I am with Burrow on this one.

Steelers extended their GM for some reason. So now a 29-22 regular season/0-2 postseason record gets you a new contract in Pitt. Is Mike secretly running that franchise too?

Sorry I wasn’t around to help!

Jake’s GF is hotter than Joe’s and I will die on this hill. https://thespun.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/nfl-quarterbacks-fiancee-posts-jaw-dropping-swimsuit-photo

Lol 16 years later and nothing has changed. Front office is still incompetent, o-line still sucks and we still don't have any answers at DE. I swear, the team ought to change its name to the Cincinnati Groundhogs.

The Bengals have never seen a roadblock they didn’t love. I get it, though. It’s dumb, but I get it. The Bengals have been forced out of their comfort zone when it comes to spending, especially regarding guarantees. This is a reaction to that, a nitpicky, lawyer-y reaction attempting to limit payouts to only perfect circumstances. But actually doing that would look awful in reality. Imagine Stewart suffers some season-ending injury in camp and then the Bengals use that to screw him over on his contract. Boy, that would make us a destination for players, huh? Like I said, I get it, but it’s dumb.