HoosierCat

Jay Morrison with the top position battles in camp: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/top-position-battles-to-watch-cincinnati-bengals-training-camp/ This one should be fun:

I agree completely. The schedule-makers were very kind to them and they need to take advantage of it.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I do want to see Trent out there. I'm just OK with it being, like, 30% Trent and 70% Mims.

Oline should definitely get reps to gel. I probably go easy on Trent Brown given his injury history but it's not like Mims doesn't need reps. Dax should definitely be on the preseason field. Burrow...I would give him a couple series in game 1, maybe a quarter in game 2, fine with sitting him game 3. By the time we gt to week 1 it will be pushing 10 months since he threw a ball in anger. Let's bang off a little of the rust prior to NE.

Yup. If the Bengals want to be taken at all seriously as a contender, they absolutely cannot let a New England team with a rookie head coach and either a rookie QB or Jacoby Brissett beat them in their own house week 1. They don't have to dominate or blow them out imho (though they should!) but come on, they basically got handed a classic college football homecoming game here. Go out and take the W.

Would be nice. Bengals record over the first 1, 2 and 3 weeks in the Taylor era: 1-4 1-9 4-9-1 Ugh.

Yeah, I know, camp is still a few days away but I saw something I thought it was vital to note. I'm sure you all remember the days when we awaited with bated breath the announcement of this year’s camp t-shirt slogan. Ah, those were the days! Now, in 2024, we have a new topic to keep us buzzing in the days leading to camp: the Joe Burrow haircut reveal. https://atozsports.com/cincinnati/bengals/joe-burrow-new-haircut-buzz-cut-2024/

I feel reasonably…optimistic about the oline and RT. Not confident, but optimistic. I think they will be better. Whether “better” ends up being good enough, we’ll see. Yeah, I would hate to see Mixon/Boyd be this year’s version of Perine/Hurst. Seems like the replacement plan is Moss/Gesicki. I’m comfortable enough with lineup of WRs after Chase and Tee that I’m not too worried if Gesicki flops. Moss tho…all I can say is the Goodberry statsball crowd better be right. Secondary could be good. Could also suck. I have no feel for what we are going to get on D this year. That yahoo piece is a good reminder of just how badly the D stank last season. My biggest fear right now is that yes, the secondary will look awesome, because no one need throw the ball as we won’t be able to stop the run.

This seems like a pretty fair assessment. https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-offseason-rankings-no-13-cincinnati-bengals-try-to-contend-again-with-joe-burrow-back-123132327.html

Yup, this was the most predictable outcome from day one. Now let's get Mims signed. Kid needs all the reps he can get.

Let me see if I have any problem on my laptop when I get in to work today.

Weird. Email on your account is a Gmail one, three letters (your initials I assume) and 4 numbers, that the one you are using?

What error message are you getting when you try to log in on desktop?

All right, fine. You two want some good old fashioned bitching and moaning? Here ya go. Hey, Katie, camp starts in nine days and our first round pick is still not signed! Think you can get off your bony ass and do your job? 27 other teams have managed to do it. What's that? Dallas Turner is still not signed at 17, so if you signed Mims now you might pay a few cents more than you had too? Well, ain’t you a chip off the old skinflint box. #povertyfranchise

Halfway through, we still suck, but at least this Hinds kid can hit.

Yuuuup. Also this is Bengalszone’s last 18 or so months in about 4 minutes.

Sorry I was at the drive thru.

Mission accomplished, had three piping hot & fluffy potato cakes with my double meat beef n cheddar today.

Speaking of (and Chase as well)… https://www.cincyjungle.com/2024/6/26/24186509/andrei-iosivas-and-chase-brown-s-transformation-bengals-duo-preps-for

Well, this could be a mess… https://deadline.com/2024/06/jury-hits-nfl-with-4-7-billion-in-damages-in-sunday-ticket-legal-fight-1235985229/

I’ll go with mumps!

5 weeks to the season means only 3 weeks before we learn Burrow pulled a hammy on the Fashion Week catwalk in Paris and will start the season on PUP.

Bengals aren’t going anywhere because no other city would build them the stadium amphar thinks they would.

Stadium upgrade deal drops in Jax: Notable given that the Jags are down at the bottom of the revenue and profit lists with the Bengals, yet somehow have a spare $625 million laying around.