HoosierCat

Oh, also Hendrickson (finger) out v the Tits.

Duggar out. Risner, Cook questionable. Battle, Turner expected to play.

Happy for you Army. Seeing the Clowns beat Pitt only pisses me off more. Just underlines how little excuse there was for the loss.

Lucky it’s not worse after playing those dirty pieces of shit. Whole franchise should be burnt down.

Add Turner (ankle) to the limited list. At this rate we won’t have a secondary by Sunday.

Battle, Cook Limited yesterday. Duggar, Hill, Risner, Young DNP. (Young already ruled out.) Safeties PJ Jules snd Russ Yeast readying for possible action. Hill confirmed as slot corner for the game. Turner and Ivey outside. Golden making noises about giving Stewart more snaps. All I know is that if they can’t get pressure on Lawrence this game could get ugly fast.

Porter Jr. is Jerry’s problem now. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50074351/sources-steelers-trade-joey-porter-jr-cowboys

Jalen Davis (hammy) to IR. (Appears Dax will move back to the slot v Jax, with Turner and Ivey outside.) His roster spot goes to Hudson, who was signed to the active roster yesterday. Cook and Duggar both DNP Wednesday. Two safeties signed to the taxi squad: *Signed S Isaiah Nwokobia to the practice squad. Nwokobia (6-1, 205), a rookie out of Southern Methodist University, was a college free agent signee of the Bengals during the offseason. He was waived by Cincinnati on Aug. 4. *Signed S Beau Brade to the practice squad. Brade (6-1, 200), a third-year player out of the University of Maryland, originally was a college free agent signee of Baltimore in 2024. He has played in 26 regular-season games for the Ravens (2024) and N.Y. Giants ('25), totaling two defensive tackles and three special teams tackles. He spent this past offseason and training camp with the Giants, then was waived on final cuts.

I’ve said before and continue to believe that Zac Taylor brings nothing special to the table as a head coach. He seems like a good guy and the players appear to like him, but when it comes to the meat of the job — game planning, in-game adjustments, play calling/design, talent evaluation, etc. — he’s a replacement level guy. If Andy Dalton was the prime meridian of QBs, Zac is the prime meridian of head coaches.

Williams cut to open up the roster space for Tinsley.

Fins snatch Shaka Heyward off our taxi squad.

Young out. Tinsley resigned off the Houston PS.

I suspect the Stewart thing was just Zac/Al operating on the idea that this was an important game so you want your most experienced players out there. That said I agree, he needs to play. I don’t think there’s more than a 50/50 shot that Murphy gets a second contract here so it would be nice to know if Stewart has anything to offer.

Jags 56, Bengals 3

And all the teams the Bengals beat so far are 0-3, which casts those victories in a somewhat different light. Yesterday’s game was a replay of one we’ve all seen again and again over the last 30-odd years. The Bengals were dubbed “the Bungles” because they constantly lost due to their own unforced errors. All opposing teams had to do was come in, play a clean game, and wait for the Bengals to implode. You didn’t have to beat them, just give them enough rope and they would beat themselves. They did it again yesterday. Steelers had nothing to do with the muffed punt or the roughing the kicker penalty. Those were 100 percent on the Bengals and handed 10 points to Pitt. On the plus side yesterday pushed them from 25 to 17 in the 2027 draft, so getting closer to that top 10 pick!

Offense was mid. Defense was bad. Teams were atrocious. Zac had no answers. Golden was out coached, badly. It’s really amazing how this happens year after year, decade after decade. The Bengals never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. On the plus side at least I can toss my expectations in the trash and find more productive ways to waste my Sundays. Don’t worry Army, it’s all yours now.

Just killed themselves today with stupid mistakes and penalties. They are the egg team, coo coo ka joob.

Sigh. Oh well.

Nice Chase

Welp let’s see the two minute drill

Last years defense has shown up

Can. Not. Tackle.

Tricky tack call but I’ll take it

Lmao