HoosierCat

Re Joe playing I gotta say I’m with you. I mean, the guy drafted right behind him hasn’t even won a playoff game yet and just got enough money to buy a small country, while Joe is looking at playing this year for approximately 10% of his actual market value.

Let me put it this way: I don’t think for a second that the front office intends anything of the sort. However, as we all know, shit happens. Let’s assume for a minute that Amphar is right and the calf injury mucked up the timeline for a deal. The FO saw Joe hop off the field on one leg and immediately flashed back 20 years to when they made Carson the highest-paid player in the game, only to have Kimo rip his leg off a week later. So now things slip into the season. And Joe being Joe, he plays, and a week or three in, something happens and he’s out for an extended prior or loses the whole season. Well, that likely kills any deal this year. And next year is the cusp of free agency and suddenly people are throwing around having to use the tag and yadda yadda yadda. This is what I mean by an issue. I don’t think Joe is asking for too much, I don’t think the Bengals are being cheap, I think both sides have a good relationship and no one intends anything other than a deal to get done. It’s just that as the old saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Pay Joe now, Bengals. Don’t give shit time to happen.

Yeah, Ya-Sin is down too and the secondary is all banged up. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38202886/ravens-cb-marlon-humphrey-foot-surgery-indefinitely Looks like week 2 might be a good time to play them…

Hilton was barking about wanting to play some in preseason last week so it sounds like there’s some sentiment in the locker room for the starters to gear up. I’m always leery of injuries in preseason but yeah, it might serve them well to risk the starters in a couple series.

It is, effectively, done. The market has been set, we know what the numbers need to be. So…where the fuk is it? I just want to see this particular elephant escorted from the room, because the longer it hangs around, the greater the chances are that it becomes an issue.

So, it’s halfway through August and about 3.5 weeks before the real thing starts. I have just one question. Where’s Burrow’s extension?

In other news… https://www.fox19.com/2023/08/14/bengals-joe-mixon-trial-set-begin-alleged-road-rage-case/

In further news, Carmen was at LT in practice yesterday. https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/allbengals-insiders-plus/jackson-carman-switches-positions-backup-tackle-battle-heating-up Pretty clear he is now in a battle for backup tackle and might not beat out Smith or Adeniji. Also Collins went through a full workout yesterday.

I suspect the slo-mo makes it look worse than it was. Again, still bad.

Yeah clearly a snap count thing, which is still bad. That said, the fact he was playing in the fourth quarter while Jonah sat tells you everything you need to know about who will be the starting RT week 1.

Packers TE who was carted off is done for the year, torn ACL. Hate to see that any time but especially in preseason. https://packerswire.usatoday.com/2023/08/12/packers-te-tyler-davis-tears-acl-during-preseason-win-over-bengals/

With just one starter playing I don’t think you can look at much more than individual performances. This was a decent write up tho I’d add Battle to the winners list. https://www.profootballnetwork.com/cincinnati-bengals-winners-losers-preseason-game-1-nfl/amp/ also Trags: https://www.clnsmedia.com/bengals-quick-hits-tycen-anderson-picks-off-2-including-pick-6-evan-mcpherson-boots-4-fgs-packers-beat-bengals-36-19

Backups getting owned on D

Memo to Simmons: tell Mac to let them score.

Hudson out with a concussion. Tough break was having a good game.

At the half: some good, some bad, but given the Pack has been playing starters while the Bengals have been rolling out backups, yeah, I feel good. Also no injuries but Bachie and he seemed ok..

Nice play battle

Oof gotta catch that Jackson

2 picks for tycen!

Yeah even the announcers are getting on them a bit

Throw that screen out of the playbook now

Gotta Pay Joe!

Nice fourth down play by turner

Also good on Davis who put the pressure on

Oh hi tycen