HoosierCat

https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/allbengals-insiders-plus/report-cincinnati-hires-new-mexico-state-assistant-ronnie-regula-as-quality-control-coach

Yup, tag him and move on. If they can get a long term deal, great, but in any event he’s here next season.

Yeah. There was spike of online chatter earlier today about a possible long term deal for Tee, and the cap coming in at this number I think explains it. Still a longshot but imo substantially less long than it was.

Mims. Lot of good discussion after too.

Bengals now 7th league-wide in cap space. EDIT 6th, apparently the NO number was screwed up. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cap/ Ravens at 24 with 12. Steelers at 25 with 8, don’t know if that counts the center they cut today, that was worth 5. EDIT Now at 12 after cutting the center. Cleveland at 7.7 OVER the cap. El oh el. NOTE even figuring in Tee’s franchise tag hit, the Bengals still have about the 11th-most cap space.

Also franchise tag amounts for 2024 are out. WR tag is $21.816 million. So they can tag Tee and still have $52 million + in space.

Bengals cap is 266. So they now have $74 million in cap space. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/cap/

All I know is that the cries of the cut Joe Mixon chorus appear to be growing louder by the day. I continue to hope they will be disappointed.

It should be better for the players. Paycor had the last slit film turf field, which was associated with a higher incidence of injuries.

KC signs punt god. https://www.nfl.com/news/free-agent-punter-matt-araiza-signing-with-super-bowl-champion-kansas-city-chiefs

A big thanks to Hamilton Co. taxpayers for the new FieldTurf field coming for next season. https://www.bengals.com/news/paycor-stadium-field-turf-update-2024-season

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/ranking-five-mlb-teams-that-could-make-2024-postseason-after-missing-out-on-playoffs-completely-in-2023/ getting some buzz…

Not enough film on Mims yet so he went Fuaga. https://youtu.be/b1_P4wuGtjc?si=YSiDHTR5TMxf-WdH

Yeah, Tart was another one with alleged attitude and effort issues, which is why he got cut in December. I think we can expect that most of the guys the Bengals will target will have some warts. They seem to have done pretty well sorting through them in recent years tho, more hits than misses. Hopefully the trend continues.

I remember liking Becton back in 2020. If his knee is ok, I would consider it. Certainly worth a look.

While there might not be a lot at tackle there now, chances are there will be, if the actual draft goes anything like the mocks. Take that pff post-SB mock. They have 9 tackles going in the first and 3 more in the second. That’s 12 new guys who all will either be handed a starting role or expected to challenge for one. Very likely there will be a Riley Reiff type situation if the Bengals want to just try to patch things for a year. Even if they do take a tackle early my guess is they will be looking for a cast off vet as insurance.

Seems like a good time for this with the two-week window for teams to use the tag starting tomorrow. Also, the salary cap could come in higher than expected. Was projected around 242, might be more like 250. An extra 8 million would be handy for a “tag tee, sign chase” scenario. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/salary-cap-is-poised-to-be-as-much-as-243-million-per-team-and-maybe-higher

Callahan swipes an assistant from his old team, Colt Anderson. https://sports.yahoo.com/brian-callahan-titans-swipe-coach-015200901.html

Cowboys becoming Bengals South. https://sports.yahoo.com/former-bengals-coordinator-joins-cowboys-011051993.html

Long one, take leak before starting!

good read on the new guy from hobs. This part is for TJ. https://www.bengals.com/news/from-arena2-to-no-9-new-assistant-justin-rascati-has-seen-it-all-from-inside-out

Once again, AJ to AJ (or anyone else) is not the future. https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-roster-moves-a-j-mccaron-released

“With the 18th pick in the 2024 NFL draft, the Cincinnati Bengals select Tory Taylor, punter, Iowa.” (in all seriousness I’m taking him in the sixth)

Yeah the buzz atm is Fields to Pitt, since the assumption is that Chicago is going QB at the top of the draft.

The funny thing about the PFF mock is that it does not not at all match what you get if you use the PFF draft simulator. For example, when I ran it yesterday and it got to 18 the top player of the board was Dallas Turner. Who goes at 8 in the non-simulator mock. Oh, and the second round pick was Chop Robinson. So I guess we're running a new all-Edge defense. Bottom line, the PFF simulator is utterly worthless.