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Giants, Titans, Dolphins, Bengals, Bills and, now, Lions: the Bobby Hart Tour rolls on. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/lions-sign-ol-bobby-hart

Also from bengals.com, Pollack on the RT competition. Sounds like Jonah has the edge. Offensive line coach Frank Pollack says Jonah Williams and Jackson Carman are still battling for the right tackle spot and there is no timetable to name a starter as the coaches set the lineup for Friday's preseason opener (7 p.m.-Local 12, NFL Network) against the Packers at Paycor Stadium. Before that is Wednesday's workout with Green Bay on the Kettering Health Practice Fields. "I love it to be day one of camp, but we'll let these guys compete," Pollack said after Sunday's practice. " We'll let our guys get through a couple of games and get (practices against) Green Bay, so I think it's fair to both those guys to really up their game and compete against another team, as opposed to our own." They've been rotating with the ones and Williams has responded on two fronts, his rehab from surgery for a dislocated kneecap and his move from left to right tackle, a position he hasn't played since his freshman year at Alabama. The quickness of Williams' transition has surprised Pollack. "It's really been a lot more seamless and smooth than I would anticipate for any guy. So it just shows the quality player that Jonah is," Pollack said. "He looks like he's been there for a few years. I'm impressed. I mean, hats off to him. It shows that he took the challenge and he worked on it every chance he could while he was rehabbing his knee." Carman hasn't played the right side in the NFL in a game, but he backed up both spots last season in practice and Pollack is hoping more snaps on one side leads to more consistency. "He's having a good camp. He may have a down day, but he recovers from it the next day. He doesn't spiral out of control," Pollack said. "He still jumps out as far as his athleticism and his power. He's getting a better understanding as far as what it means to be a tackle from an assignment standpoint, how to handle different movement and pressures and communicating better with his guard. "He just needs to get a little bit more from a consistency standpoint."

Bengals.com: The Bengals today placed DT Devonnsha Maxwell on the Reserve/Injured list with a right knee injury. Maxwell, a rookie out of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, signed with the Bengals as a college free agent in May.

Wilson extended. Baby: Can confirm that the Bengals and LB Logan Wilson have agreed to terms on a four-year extension worth up to $37.25 million. First piece of the 2020 draft class gets his new deal. First reported by NFL Network. https://www.threads.net/@bbaby41/post/CvioChTxp2t/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

One minute you’re sitting at the table, next minute Joey Porter and pack of goons looms out of nowhere and punches you to the floor.

Updates from Hobs: Running back Trayveon Williams rolled his ankle in warmups and reported on social media it's a mild sprain and he'll be back in a couple of weeks …. Undrafted rookie defensive lineman Devonnsha Maxwell from Tennessee-Chattanooga was also carted off with what appeared to be a knee injury

Treyvon Williams carted off with an ankle injury, per Baby. https://www.threads.net/@bbaby41/post/Cvaa3bTRqEq/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Let’s see if they can hang in there!

Details on Hendrickson’s extension are out. https://overthecap.com/player/trey-hendrickson/5689#google_vignette Bottom line, no cap savings this year, cap hit goes up next year. (Tho they can cut him next year and save $12 million vs. the cap.) From the link: Trey would have a cap hit over $20 million next season, so if our new first round pick works out this extension feels more like a parting gift.

Yeah they’re dicking around with something again, atm you appear to need the app.

Baby again: Bengals DE Trey Hendrickson dealing with an undisclosed lower body injury, per Zac Taylor. Will be something to monitor through the week. https://www.threads.net/@bbaby41/post/CvX-eRzxyoq/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== ugh.

Baby: Here’s something interesting: Jackson Carman might be pushing Jonah Williams at RT https://www.threads.net/@bbaby41/post/CvX3uz1xN2_/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Like I replied there, these things can happen when one guy wants the job and the other doesn’t.

Sinnett officially signed, Cochran moved from PUP to IR.

Apple to the fins.

Update: they are sign8ng QB Reid Sinnett https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/bengals-to-sign-qb-reid-sinnett

Rapien says he pressed Taylor on that and Taylor got pissed and walked away. In any event yeah, Burrow had some tightness/soreness after the first practice which was why he was wearing the sleeve.

Bengals signing another arm for camp, likely Drew Plitt, who was here last offseason. https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/bengals-working-out-familiar-face-following-joe-burrow-calf-injury Another indication Burrow’s camp is over.

Yeah that seems to be the general consensus here in the peanut gallery. Likely they will be very cautious so as to avoid reaggravating it.

Bell extended through 2026. https://www.mlb.com/reds/news/david-bell-reds-extension

“Several weeks” per Taylor. FWIW google tells me recovery time for a calf strain is anywhere between 3 days and 6 weeks depending on severity. Bottom line, sounds like Joe misses camp again…hopefully that’s all.

Another from the “guys we talked about” file. Schefter: Former Pro Bowl guard Trai Turner, who just signed this week with the New Orleans Saints, tore his quadriceps and is out for the season, per source. https://www.threads.net/@adamschefter/post/CvQArpSu1Ob/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== That sucks.

It’s still not really clear if they saved anything against the cap. What little has come out so far says that he got a $5 million raise this year (2023), no change to his compensation in 2024, and another year — 2025 — at $16 million. Basically, at least as far as this season goes, it sounds like they just took the money and space they got from Mixon and gave it to Trey. But we’ll see when the details come out.

Look, his gramma just died, cut him some slack…

My mom had a saying, “don’t borrow trouble.” So I’ll stow the speculation and just wait and see.