HoosierCat

Looked like he got dinged

Damn

Throw the gawd damn ball joe

There you go

Lucky

So close Hilton

Yup need more of the quick stuff we saw last week

Crowd noise is brutal

Gotta get rid of the ball

Minor victory

Never had control

Leaving Kelce wide open is a strategy I guess

Not a fan of the play call, needed something g quicker

Sneed should know better. Can’t tackle with your head

Lucky

I’m expecting a loss. But yeah we will see.

Former Bengal! (Also former like 15 other teams…)

Browning & Prince elevated for tonight’s game. https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-roster-moves-jake-browning-isaiah-prince-afc-championship

Everybody hates us now! https://wapo.st/3RdR3Ck

Drive safe!

Road dogs again. https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/35538559/chiefs-favored-again-mahomes-injury-moves-betting-line

Re the guarantees, I thought Mahomes deal was interesting. https://overthecap.com/player/patrick-mahomes/5594 If you read the contract notes, it’s basically a series of annual guarantees of a future year. So, like, in 2023 all the 2025 money is guaranteed. In 2024 all the 2026 money is guaranteed, etc. I can see the Bengals doing something like that. Also notable is the % of the cap column. A number like 50 large a year sounds insane, but projections of cap growth mean it’s quite manageable from a cap perspective moving forward.

Hobs: It looks like the Bengals are going with the same offensive line they rolled out in Buffalo with right guard Alex Cappa (ankle) and left tackle Jonah Williams (knee) out of practice again Thursday. Cappa was walking around practice without a boot for the second straight day … Tight end Hayden Hurst (calf) surfaced on the injury report as a limited participant, indicating it happened during the day. Hurst hurt his calf early in the Dec. 4 win over the Chiefs and missed the next three games … Cornerback Tre Flowers (hamstring) looks good after missing last week. He went full for the first time Thursday. Backup linebacker Joe Bachie (foot) went limited …

Some numbers to ponder: For 2023, the Bengals are currently about $50 million under the cap. Burrow already counts $11.5 million versus the 2023 cap, virtually all of which is guaranteed. For 2024, the Bengals are currently $140 million under the cap. If they were to pick up Burrow’s 5th year option, which they will obviously do, that would be approximately $30.4 million, fully guaranteed. For 2025, the furthest OTC goes out, the Bengals are currently $249 million under the cap. So for the next two seasons, Burrow is already set to receive about $42 million. All but about $400k off that would be fully guaranteed. Estimates on Joe’s extension are in the $50 million/year range. Under a traditional deal at least half of that would be guaranteed. Given they are already committed to giving him north of $20 million annually guaranteed in 23 and 24, those number look doable. I don’t know where things go if Joe wants a Watson style fully guaranteed deal.

Joey Porter Jr. is certainly a pick…