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Inactives: Cincinnati Bengals 24 CB Marco Wilson 81 WR Jermaine Burton 85 TE Cam Grandy 93 DT McKinnley Jackson 95 DT Howard Cross III Jacksonville Jaguars 30 CB Montaric Brown 32 RB Cody Schrader 64 OL Wyatt Milum 92 DL Danny Striggow 95 DL B.J. Green II 96 DT Khalen Saunders Sr.

Having watched Joe for several years now, my theory is this: unlike many if not most QBs — and honestly, a whole lot of people including me at times — Burrow isn’t defined by his job. What I mean is, have you ever met someone new and immediately you end up talking about what you do? Kind of exchanging cv’s and work stuff? We live in a capitalist society where a lot of our self worth is tied up in what we do, so it kind of comes naturally I guess. It’s what we value, and arguably that’s screwed up on a basic level, but that’s a conversation for another time. But Burrow? Once the season ends he’s off to Paris for fashion shows and stuff. He even walked a runway in a goofy out fit once. Football is this thing he does, and does well, but just for half the year. After that he does other stuff that interests him. That’s probably very healthy for him, but it means he has to sort of reload qb.exe every September, and that takes a week or two. Honestly I can’t fault the guy, as much as It frustrates me as a fan.

Well, the good injury news only lasted one week. Mims limited Wednesday and Thursday (ankle). New long snapper apparently pulled a hammy in his first outing. Still practicing tho. Also, no matter the score, the game is going to be a scorcher.

Isaiah Williams off to the Jets. https://www.newyorkjets.com/news/jets-sign-isaiah-williams-release-xavier-gipson-09-10-2025

Roster notes from the other thread applying to this game: Lucas to IR Pennel takes his active roster spot. Ex-Jag gets a one-week contract to spill all he knows about their D:

Here’s the full slate of moves from da site: The Bengals today made the following roster moves: **Signed DT Mike Pennel off the practice squad to the active roster. Pennel, an 11th-year player, signed to the Bengals' practice squad on Sept. 1. He was elevated from the practice squad to the active roster for Sunday's game at Cleveland, then reverted to the practice squad yesterday. **Placed G Lucas Patrick on the Reserve/Injured list. Patrick, a ninth-year player, suffered a calf injury in Sunday's game at Cleveland. **Signed DE Myles Cole to the practice squad. Cole (6-6, 280), a second-year player out of Texas Tech University, originally was a seventh-round draft pick of Jacksonville in 2024. He played in eight games as a rookie for the Jaguars last season and recorded eight tackles with one TFL. He was waived by Jacksonville on Aug. 26. **Signed DE Isaiah Foskey to the practice squad. Foskey (6-5, 280), a third-year player out of the University of Notre Dame, originally was a second-round draft pick of New Orleans in 2023. He played in 27 games over two seasons (2023-24) with the Saints, totaling 17 tackles, a half-sack and one PD. He was waived by New Orleans on Aug. 26. **Released DE Isaiah Thomas from the practice squad. Thomas, a third-year player, signed to the practice squad on Aug. 27.

Meanwhile Pitt signing Peppers.

Worth a shot. He busted hard in NO but his last year at ND crossed with Golden’s first, so maybe he can get something out of him.

Joe usually plays better too. Rating changes week 1 to 2 from the last 3 years: 2024: 75.2 —> 103.7 2023: 52.2 —> 85.6 2022: 61.7 —> 89.9

I expect it depends on how much they end up needing to cover injuries. But yeah if they get to December and still have double-digits left they could knock out a deal or two.

Looks like this week is P.H.A.T and B.E.S.T versus F.A.S.T.

For anyone wondering, Risner contract details: Leaves the team with $12.75 million in cap space for 2025.

Hubbard get the Ruler of the Jungle nod for the opener. https://www.wlwt.com/article/cincinnati-bengals-sam-hubbard-2025-ruler-of-the-jungle-home-opener/66023479

I think everyone saw this as a win before the season, so of course that means they lose by 50 or something... More seriously, I feel pretty good about this one, even if the Jags did bully the Panthers on Sunday. The run D looked pretty good against Cleveland but Etienne (143 yards vs. Carolina) will be a test. Here's the the arrival of week 2 Joe!

You could hear Joe changing the play at the line multiple times, I don’t think that’s an issue. I would point to execution because of what did work, the first couple drives. The stuff they had scripted, and had practiced over the week, looked reasonably good. But once they got into improv territory they stalled, and once Cleveland adjusted at the half, they were straight-up shut down. (And at that point yeah I have to look at Zac, too. They had his number over the last 30 minutes and he had no answer.)

Taylor says Patrick will be out “a couple weeks.” Risner getting the starting nod for now.

Yeah you will see the same kind of thing if you look at previous week one games. Week two Joe, week three Joe, he sees and hits Chase there. Week one Joe is just never quite at NFL speed yet.

If this year goes like past years, then we will see Burrow improve substantially over the next couple of games. The same ought to be true for the offensive line, which had a rookie making his first start and a guy who just signed with the team a few days ago inserted due to injury. Nowhere to go but up with this group.

Stewart with the second best pass rush win rate among all rookie dl this week. https://www.cincyjungle.com/cincinnati-bengals-analysis/174246/shemar-stewart-2nd-best-pass-rush-win-rate-rookie-dls

Joe had a bad day but I think it's worth noting it was also his best opening day since the Minnesota game in 2021. In the three openers after he posted QB ratings of 61.7, 52.2 and 75.2. Yesterday he hit 87.8. So even if he wasn't Joey Brrrr yesterday, it seems like the effort to bang more of the rust off in preseason paid some dividends.

No matter what happens tonight, Bengals will finish week 1 on top of the ACFN. 1-0 overall 1-0 in the division 1-0 in the conference Best possible start. In the AFC only the Chargers can say the same.

Yah we need all the healthy oline we can get. Just noting this because while I was not on the “RG is a disaster we need to sign Risner stat” bandwagon, props to those who were, we needed the guy and he came through. fun fact from cbs sports: This marked the first time in 55 years that the Bengals were able to win a game where they were held under 150 yards. Damn. 1970.