HoosierCat

Good luck to ‘em!

Yeah, that’s a valid point. Neither side has any reason to delay any longer. Honestly this should be done, like, today. If there isn’t an announcement by Friday I’ll be surprised.

Chido cleared to practice per the .com.

The Bengals pointed to Mahomes’ deal with its rolling guarantees a while back so I expect it will look a lot like that. https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/07/09/patrick-mahomes-explaining-guarantee-mechanisms Basically this structure provides confidence to Burrow that he will actually get paid (because they would have to pay an astronomical sum to get out of it early and he would be a FA on top of that) while getting the Bengals out of the guaranteed money escrow trap (where thy would have to pony up nearly all the guaranteed coin at once).

Schefter: Sources: Justin Herbert’s five-year extension includes $133.7 million fully guaranteed, $193.7 million with the injury guarantee and springing potentially to $218.7 million guaranteed. https://www.threads.net/@adamschefter/post/CvI3R2op7Yv/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Here we go: Herbert 5 years, 262 million. https://www.threads.net/@nfl/post/CvI1pmLvxsz/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Harbaugh facing four game suspension in Michigan. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38069030/source-michigan-jim-harbaugh-facing-4-game-suspension

Well, in the .com story he’s basically all “I’m gonna die soon” so…

Little nugget in Trags’ media day wrap up re Collins and Chido. While both start on PUP, Chido is expected to be a short-term situation, while Collins is a more long-term situation. Nothing we didn’t expect but good to hear Chido should be back soon.

Bunch of stadium and food service upgrades announced today. https://www.bengals.com/news/paycor-stadium-upgrades-concessions-the-jungle

Apparently he’s going to…take less money. Report today is that he’s at camp after signing a one year deal for “up to” $11 million. Basically it look like the franchise tag plus $1 million in incentives. What a clown. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38067192/sources-saquon-barkley-giants-agree-1-year-11m-deal

Yeah, that seems to be the case. $23.4 million SB all up front.

You can only stretch that towel over so much butt!

Up front? So…no annual salary? Very curious to see the structure on this. Schefter: No. 2 overall pick CJ Stroud and the Texans reached agreement on a four-year, fully-guaranteed, $36.2 million contract. 100% of the money is paid up front. https://www.threads.net/t/CvFsPfIJB3p/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Alternatives: Only so many miles in the Lumina’s gas tank. Only so many rounds you can hover before the battery is out of juice. Only so many ditches you can get the oxcart stuck in.

Yeah the oline projection had the most surprises to me too. Collins has clearly been working hard to get back but it’s still hard to see him ready to go in September.

Tobin: no update on Burrow’s extension. https://www.threads.net/t/CvFbhnyLqp3/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Media day for Mike! From baby: Bengals president Mike Brown: “We have some good players that need to fed. That’s a challenge.” Equates it to a bag of corn to feed hogs and said there’s only so much corn to go around. https://www.threads.net/t/CvFf3ZLLsjO/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== lololol

Baby’s precamp 53 man roster projection from ESPN+ QUARTERBACK (2): Joe Burrow, Trevor Siemian RUNNING BACK (3): Joe Mixon, Trayveon Williams, Chase Brown WIDE RECEIVER (7): Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Tyler Boyd, Charlie Jones, Trenton Irwin, Stanley Morgan, Andrei Iosivas TIGHT END (3): Irv Smith Jr., Devin Asiasi, Drew Sample OFFENSIVE LINE (10): Orlando Brown Jr., Alex Cappa, Ted Karras, Cordell Volson, Jonah Williams, Trey Hill, La'el Collins, Max Scharping, Hakeem Adeniji, Jackson Carman DEFENSIVE LINE (10): Trey Hendrickson, Sam Hubbard, DJ Reader, BJ Hill, Zach Carter, Josh Tupou, Myles Murphy, Cam Sample, Joseph Ossai, Tarell Basham LINEBACKER (4): Logan Wilson, Germaine Pratt, Akeem Davis-Gaither, Joe Bachie CORNERBACK (6): Chidobe Awuzie, Cam Taylor-Britt, Mike Hilton, DJ Turner, Jalen Davis, DJ Ivey SAFETY (5): Dax Hill, Nick Scott, Michael Thomas, Sidney Jones IV, Jordan Battle SPECIALISTS (3): K Evan McPherson, P Brad Robbins, LS Cal Adomitis

Man, day 1 of camp that’s rough. Schefter: Lions’ S C.J. Gardner-Johnson suffered a non-contact knee injury during Monday’s practice before being carted off. Brutal. https://www.threads.net/t/CvFU7Lwu26J/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

End of an error: https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-owners-approve-sale-of-washington-commanders-to-josh-harris-group

Boomer and Chad. https://www.bengals.com/news/boomer-esiason-chad-johnson-ochocinco-ring-of-honor-2023 Meh.

Looking forward to 10 years from now when we get to have the same argument about Zac Taylor. https://www.threads.net/t/Cu4bCflu9XI/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Would be incredibly dumb. RB market is going to get any better. He will likely sit out camp then sign the tender before the first game.

Sarquon Barkley a holdout, at least through camp, per Schefter. https://www.threads.net/t/Cuz6Sn_JdHr/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==