HoosierCat

I will wait to see the details but so far it sounds like they just added another year for $5 million to his contract. That would cost them nothing right now and keep their options open for 2026. Nothing wrong with that.

CNBC with the rundown on 2024 NFL ticket sales. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/04/internal-nfl-ticket-report-reveals-49ers-at-top-titans-at-bottom.html Bengals sold 634,106 tickets last season, which was not far off the average 654.5. Still a pretty cheap date -- relatively speaking -- too. Average ticket price was $118.45, versus a league average $135.24, and premium/club tix were way cheaper at $139.92 versus $198.55. Cincy's $91.2 million in net ticket receipts was good for 25th overall. Interesting note: each team last year received $27 million from the shared ticket revenue pool. The Bengals actually contributed slightly more, $27.4 million, than they got back. The Steelers and Ravens also put more than $27 million each into the pool. The division's only charity case? The Clowns, of course.

Stripes wins.

So earlier this year we got P.H.A.T. Now as the season begin we are B.E.S.T. Though it should actually be B.D.E.S.M.T. Dunno what it is with the Bengals and acronyms this year, but they are bad at it and they should not do it anymore.

Not a huge surprise but expect the d-line to be a bit of a work in progress Sunday, Dehner says.

Kiss of death delivered: Prisco picks the Bengals to win. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/priscos-week-1-nfl-picks-bills-outlast-ravens-jets-beat-aaron-rodgers-and-bears-ruin-j-j-mccarthys-debut/

My favorite Battle of Ohio moment came in a game against Seattle.

Package for the scriptwriter…

First depth chart issued. https://www.cincyjungle.com/cincinnati-bengals-roster/173733/2025-depth-chart No big surprises. Patrick gets the nod at RG but Risner is right behind him. Stewart backing up Ossai, Murphy behind Hendrickson. Charlie Jones to return both kicks and punts. Hill is the starting nickel corner, as expected. Fant over Hudson over Grandy at the back end of the TE room

I feel pretty good about the offense. I think the changes they made to camp and preseason this year, especially forgoing joint practices with other teams in favor of focusing on what they needed to do in practice and giving the starters more reps in preseason, are going to pay off this Sunday. I feel good about teams as well. The defense? That's the big question. We've heard the "oh, we weren't really trying, don't worry, it'll all be different when we hit the magic button ahead of week one" talk before, and pretty much every time it's not any different. So I expect that they will look awful Sunday and we are going to need to score 40 to have any hope of a win. I do think the D will improve once they get a few weeks in the new system under their belts and all the position battles/question marks work themselves out. But the O is going to have to carry the load for the first month of the season.

Meanwhile in Cleveland.

Welp, it's week 1. Let the disappointment begin! Some stuff from Hobs. Dax Hill is a go for Sunday. Coaches "continue to monitor the status of" DJ Turner and BJ Hill. Taylor wasn't ready yesterday to name a starting RG, though Patrick appears to have the inside track.

Sounds like the Chiefs were hoping he would sign up with them again via the PS but they might have pissed him off… https://www.arrowheadpride.com/kansas-city-chiefs-roster/180578/mike-pennel-signs-with-the-bengals

Bengals sign DT Mike Pennel. https://www.cincyjungle.com/cincinnati-bengals-news/173684/bengals-sign-mike-pennel-to-practice-squad

Pats claim Gregory.

One last thought: if Trey plays this season like he did last season, that ~$38m franchise tag just became a bargain.

& yeah the money is nuts but that the NFL now. Teams get half a billion a year in shared revenue. This is why Trey did what he did. NFL $$ is just on another planet.

See you just dint understand this makes them better against the run! No Parsons = CHAMPIONSHIP! #JerryLogic

LMAO

Didn’t see this coming. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46098144/sources-micah-parsons-traded-packers-gets-record-contract Pretty sure if you’d asked people in Feb who between Hendrickson and Parsons would get signed and who would get traded, the answer would have been the opposite of what happened.

New regime down in Jax, no particular loyalty to Baalke’s guys. Foster’s motivation level might go up some here versus there too.

Zierlein’s draft profile for Foster: https://www.nfl.com/prospects/javon-foster/3200464f-5342-2601-9382-68a5b7a3d54b PFF: https://www.pff.com/news/draft-2024-nfl-draft-favorite-picks-all-32-nfl-teams Also: https://www.pff.com/news/draft-2024-nfl-draft-highest-graded-offensive-tackles-in-every-category

Risner official per da site. https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-sign-dalton-risner-roster-update-august-28-2025 Yeast also announced. Also signed OT Javon Foster. Cut Gregory and Cochran. One open PS spot.

Bengals apparently did make one waiver claim, for DT Jordan Jefferson, but SF got there first. https://www.cincyjungle.com/cincinnati-bengals-rumors/173517/jordan-jefferson-49ers-waiver-claims-jaguars-cuts-nfl So they are in the market for a DT. I believe they still have one taxi squad seat left, so the scenario sketched out in the above link, where they sign someone and then try to get Gregory or Cross through waivers to the PS, is still possible. Bleacher Report on who's available...

I don’t have a problem with Risner either but there’s a reason he was still there. He’s a 30-year-old with back problems. He might be able to give us 10 games, or he might only last 10 plays. I’d rather have him than not but he’s an OWUD and we’ve seen that movie before. If we need him I just hope he lasts.