HoosierCat

Rankins to IR/NFI. https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-place-dt-sheldon-rankins-on-reserve-non-football-illness-list-bengals-roster-update Apparently he tried to come back to practice last week, but couldn’t go and has reportedly dropped a bunch of weight. Exactly what he’s been fighting still isn’t known but the bookface group says he was hospitalized for a while. The rumor is meningitis. Tough break. I hope he gets well.

The good news, such as it is, on the draft is that they’re at 16 now and the most they can drop is one more spot. I think the best they could do now is 13, and that would involve Miami getting in over Denver. Realistically if they lose and some other likely things happen, maybe they bump up to 14. But overall they are pretty locked in.

All that and a bunch more. Missed kicks. Missed tackles. Stalling out in the red and purple zones leading to fourth down tries that fail. Injuries at OT and poor interior oline play. Underperforming draft picks. A front office that treats the trade deadline as just another day. And on and on and on.

Yeah that’s my thinking as well.

Fixed, thanks!

Saturday 8 pm. Broadcast abc/espn. Miami/Jets, KC/Denver 4:25 pm Sunday. Browns/Ravens is Saturday at 4:30 pm so the Steelers will know if they still have a shot at the division by game time.

I think the only competitor is Vikings/Lions, which will determine the no. 1 seed in the NFC. In that sense it s a sure thing but both teams will be in the postseason regardless. We’ll see.

Well, if I’m the nfl schedule guy, I want a game with playoff implications in the SNF slot and the Bengals @ Steelers game is the only game has that potential. So I’ll put my chip on it being the regular season finale.

Nope. In the 12 seasons from 1991 to 2002, the Bengals won 55 games. In the 12 seasons from 2008 to 2019, the Browns won 51. Even Mike Brown can’t out-Brown the Browns.

Intentional grounding on a screen because the receiver ran the wrong way. I mean it’s a LITERAL clown show.

lol no

Clowns suck

Clowns gonna clown…13-3 Fins.

Wait, what, I missed this, they dragged this disaster out even longer? (checks news) Ah I see gives them an out after next season.

Evan isn’t going anywhere. Adomitis OTOH…York’s miss was another bad snap. Glasgow has been pointing this out all year. The kickers aren’t the issue. Don’t be surprised if you hear the name Jeremy Crenshaw called for the Bengals on day 3.

Refs hose Cleveland

DTR sucks

Wow way to go jints.

Enjoy the early games, fellas. I’m headed out to the theater again in a few, MIL wants to see A Complete Unknown. Should be back in time to see the clowns let us down.

Today’s amazing fun fact I did not know: the final Higgins TD was the first OT touchdown scored by the offense (and only the second OT TD overall) in Bengals franchise history. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bengals-end-this-unfathomable-50-year-overtime-scoring-drought-in-wild-win-over-broncos/ ETA: the other one (click through).

Oh, as for the draft, the top 10 are now closed off for us. On the positive side I think 18, the lowest non-playoff spot, is also out. After today are at 16.

Oh I know, I’m just being a dick. Starting in January I got 12 more months before my age starts with a 6 and this whole December heroics thing to make sure nothing changes has just run its course with me. Joe is amazing, half man, half god, half possible centaur, I don’t know but I wish he was my dad. But the Curse of September has undone him again. Maybe next year, heaven grant I see it.

Right back at ya. Fuck you.

BOUNCE YOU DEAD CAT BOUNCE!!! — Mike Brown, probably