HoosierCat

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==

Reverting to the mean.

Dunno.

2 years, $26 million for those watching the WR market.

Report: mixon restructures. Waiting on particulars. https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/gm-report/report-bengals-agree-to-restructured-contract-with-joe-mixon

Raiders rb josh jacobs too. https://www.threads.net/t/CupwJ87yyTL/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== meanwhile joe mixon sitting pretty on $10 million this year.

This. Is. WILD. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/37965420/the-secret-history-dan-snyder-demise-washington-commanders-owner After reading this I have to say I no longer blame Mikey for voting no all the time. I wouldn’t want to be in agreement with this group of massive a—holes on anything, even the color of the sky or time of day.

Franchise tag deadline coming up next Monday. Up in NY Sarquon Barkley is threatening a holdout. https://www.threads.net/t/Cumrlghgr23/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Jets on Hard Knocks this year, per Schefty: https://www.threads.net/t/CumatYcOcQT/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

September 25, MNF. https://www.bengals.com/_mobileview/news/bengals-ring-of-honor-game-2023-monday-night-football-los-angeles-rams

OK for the record I did NOT have “Reds in first at the all-star break” on my bingo card this year.

Right. Only *I* am allowed to re-hash stuff from the bad days! Corey needs to stick to flipping burgers and stay out of my lane.

Huber calls it a career. So long Kevin and thanks for all the kicks. https://www.threads.net/t/CuZfdGruI3_/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

It’s weird what you can get used to and as bad as it might have been, you can still miss it because good stuff still happened too. It’s why I still sort of miss when the bengals sucked. Yeah the team was terrible and they drove us crazy but there was still a camaraderie there. I have no real desire to go back but at the same time…those were the days, y’know?