HoosierCat

Same. They look improved, if going from dumpster fire to smoldering dumpster is an improvement.

CTB got burned again

Hilton, Rankins, Hudson, Irwin, McLachlan inactive.

CB Jalen Davis bumped up from the PS to the active roster for today.

And the Saints and the Bills…and the guy is still hobbled by a hammy. Please Pitt flush some draft picks down the drain for this gold digger.

As long as we’re talking draft, just for kicks I pulled pff grades for some of the prominent DTs we talked about earlier this year. Only four games so no conclusions can be reached, just wondered how things were stacking up now that Jackson is entering the mix. Byron Murphy 56.5 Darius Robinson 83.1 Jer’Zhan Newton 39.5 Ruke Orhorhoro 71.7 T’Vondre Sweat 80.1 Kris Jenkins 68.4

Ah, you’re right. And yeah all those others were 2022. Tycen Anderson too, I believe he’s still kicking around on teams. Really outside of Carter that was a good draft.

I have to cut him some slack on that draft. It was the post-Covid 2021 draft and it was widely derided for its lack of talent. They did get Ja’Marr and McPherson out of it, Sample’s been decent and Ossai is, well, not a complete bust.

That works, too.

Everything I’ve seen is that he wants to go to the Jets (because Rogers).

All in Sunday: Hendrickson, Hill, Murphy AND Jackson will all play against Baltimore, per Zac. Rankins and Hilton are not officially out but they’re out. Morrison is betting Guy get waived to make room for Jackson, which make sense but I’m not sure I wouldn’t dump Tufele instead. https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/cincinnati-bengals-will-have-4-of-their-5-injured-defensive-linemen-available-against-the-baltimore-ravens-01j9c435ctpx

Confirmed. Three year deal with a club option for a fourth. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41597289/cincinnati-reds-hiring-terry-francona-manager-sources-say

Yeah, was not expecting that. Hope he's up to it health-wise. Having a guy with a proven track record can't hurt.

Yoshi 1, No Fun League 0. https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/cincinnati-bengals-receiver-andrei-iosivas-wins-appeal-nfl-expected-to-tweak-celebration-rules-01j9a339dd54?utm_source=RSS

They are allegedly fighting each other.

Today in news I post that will annoy Army. https://www.si.com/nfl/steelers/news/pittsburgh-steelers-james-harrison-announces-fight-bengals-chad-johnson

There’s no comparison. For one thing, Jackson has far more experience and production. Shelvin only played in 21 games over four years in college; Jackson has 40 games under his belt. His production is higher as well (7.5 sacks v 1.5 for example). I don’t know if he’s a savior but he’s better than Shelvin.

That’s my expectation as well.

F**k. We're hosed. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/priscos-week-5-nfl-picks-bengals-upset-ravens-in-key-afc-north-battle-bills-win-shootout-vs-texans/

Hendrickson day-to-day per Zac. Re Murphy/Jackson Zac "wants to see how they look in practice" before deciding whether to activate them (they are both on a 3 week roster exemption). I'd say that's a pretty good sign they are both healthy, so just a comfort level issue. Even without his bro's tweet I would be surprised not to see Murphy out there Sunday, especially with Hendrickson dinged up.

As expected, Murphy and Jackson cleared to practice. https://www.cincyjungle.com/2024/10/2/24260343/myles-murphy-mckinnley-jackson-injury-bengals

Sadly I’m not sure Carl Plowed wouldn’t be an upgrade right now.

I pretty much agree with Sheeran here: https://atozsports.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals-news/lou-anarumo-starting-vonn-bell-over-jordan-battle-safety/ The deal is that Lou couldn’t re-sign Bell fast enough, then stuffed Battle in a hole and handed Bell the starting job, and four weeks in those decisions have landed enough egg on his face to change his name to Omletrumo. Hopefully it doesn’t take him too much longer to face reality.

Scharping back in the AFCN. https://fox8.com/sports/sports-illustrated/arena-nfl/si-pittsburgh-steelers-nfl/37027700/steelers-sign-replacement-after-james-daniels-injury/

Cowboys snatch KJ Henry from the PS.