HoosierCat

So I did a quick three rounder on pff with the rule that I had to take BPA, regardless of position. The result: 18. CB Cooper DeJean (8) 49. WR Troy Franklin (29) 80. LB Junior Colson (71) 97. DE Javon Solomon (91) The number after each name is where they were ranked on pff's big board. Surprisingly, I don't hate it. DeJean and Franklin are both fantastic talents and absolute steals at 18 and 29, respectively. Colson is a three-down LB with elite coverage skills. Yeah, yeah, I know we have Wilson and Pratt and they both looked like shit last year. Solmon would need time to bulk up a bit but he's a situational sack machine and the way our DE room always seems to get hit with injuries we can't have too many pass rushers. Notably, restricting myself to taking to top player regardless of position didn't require passing on any needs. There were never any OTs to be had without making major reaches (best in the first would have been Mims). Only time there was a DT available was the first (both Murphy and Newton). Mostly it was edge rushers, LBs and safeties that seemed to cluster around Cincy's picks. IF this bears any resemblance to the real thing I would think there would be some opportunities to trade around.

Good but loooong look at value.

Re RB it’s low attention mock drafters. The see mixon gone hence RB. Re WR it’s a strong class and they have not shown a reluctance to draft to strength.

RB is showing up in the second because Mixon. I think they will take one but it’s a day 3 pick. I am all but certain there will be a WR in the first three rounds. Likely second. But again it all depends on how things fall.

It’s the Bengals, so a first round WR is always in the mix. The only thing Mike likes more than a first round wideout is a first round QB, and they are already set there, so… The biggest downside is that TJ would light PBS on fire and HamCo would jack up your taxes to pay for repairs. I suspect that if it isn’t OT or DT at 18, it will be corner. But who knows how the real thing falls, and while WR would aggravate me, it wouldn’t surprise me. I think Hobs mentioned this possibility in one of his recent mocks. He doesn’t see it because Tee is still here and they are apparently high on Iosivas, so getting a first round WR snaps would be difficult. Of course, that didn’t stop them from taking Murphy last year.

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Yup. As expected, Tee is going nowhere this year. Meanwhile, another one for the futures file when they start looking at a deal for Chase: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39947858/eagles-extend-wr-devonta-smith-2028-season

LMAOOOO https://www.audacy.com/937thefan/sports/pittsburgh-steelers/poni-steelers-have-discussed-a-trade-for-tee-higgins

Sadly, he never found the real killer... https://abcnews.go.com/US/oj-simpson-former-football-star-acquitted-murder-dies/story?id=16354000

So week 1 in Brazil will be Packers/Eagles. https://www.nfl.com/news/packers-to-face-eagles-in-week-1-s-sao-paulo-game

Everyone makes mistakes and thankfully this one doesn't appear to have hurt anyone but him. If I had a nickle for every time I was the dumb drunk or high kid behind the wheel, well, I'd have a lot of coins, let's just say that. So I will cast no stones. That said, his timing does suck, His value was already falling (in that "take every trade" mock I did he was the first pick I made...at 111) and this will certainly not help.

Some interesting stuff from the WaPo today on the looming stadium building boom (gift link): https://wapo.st/4aIOLnw

Oh, right, baseball started…checks standings…oh we suck again…early tho.

Yeah, I like Guyton as well. Definitely into a trade down scenario like this.

Okay, now for the most ridiculous mock ever. For this one, the rule was that any time a trade was proposed I had to take it (or pick one in the case of multiple offers). So I only picked when forced to, which meant I didn't select a player until the fourth round (and still got Sweat, lol). So here's Mike Brown's dream draft, 100% cheap rookies: 111. T'Vondre Sweat DT Texas 112. Jaden Hicks S Washington State 123. Cade Stover TE Ohio State 124. Maason Smith DT LSU 129. Jaylen Wright RB Tennessee 131. Cam Hart CB Notre Dame 132. Beaux Limmer OC Arkansas 135. Layden Robinson OG Texas A&M 150. Javon Baker WR UCF 157. Jonah Elliss EDGE Utah 167. Garret Greenfield OT South Dakota State 170. Tommy Eichenberg LB Ohio State 175. Gabe Hall DT Baylor 176. Isaac Guerendo RB Louisville 179. Caedan Wallace OT Penn State 182. Austin Reed QB Western Kentucky 199. Tory Taylor P Iowa 214. AJ Barner TE Michigan 215. Ainias Smith WR Texas A&M 224. DeCamerion Richardson CB Mississippi State 2025 SEA 1st 2025 DEN 2nd 2025 NYJ 2nd 2025 SEA 2nd 2025 BUF 3rd 2025 DEN 3rd 2025 HOU 3rd 2025 MIN 3rd 2025 NYJ 3rd 2025 HOU 4th 2025 MIN 4th

Yup great deal for Houston. Buffalo, well, I guess. Just more that goes to show why the Bengals are hanging on to Tee.

Sorry to hear that. Here in the great (/sarcasm) state of Indiana, property taxes rates are capped by a constitutional amendment passed a decade or two back. Homeowners can’t be charged more than 1%. Awesome, right? Well, funny that, it turns out that somehow your assessment just keeps going in one direction every year, no matter what. Bought my place nearly 20 years ago for $160k. Haven’t done a thing except for absolutely necessary stuff, and not even all of that, but somehow the bill I just got the other day tells me the place is worth double what I paid for it now! I’d happily cash out now if I could afford a new place anywhere north of (checks notes) Mexico.

Slow day again. Ended up at the PFN simulator. Silly as usual, but I'm sure TJ will approve: 18. JC Latham OT Alabama 49. Cooper Beebe OG Kansas State 80. Sedrick Van Pran-Granger OC Georgia 97. DeWayne Carter DT Duke 115. Maason Smith DT LSU 149. Jordan Jefferson DT LSU 194. Erick All TE Iowa 214. Edefuan Ulofoshio LB Washington 224. DeCamerion Richardson CB Mississippi State 237. Tory Taylor P Iowa

I would take this draft in a heartbeat. Sadly I doubt half those guys are there when reality comes around. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/bengals-seven-round-2024-nfl-mock-draft-sees-jerry-rices-son-land-in-cincinnati-along-with-big-defensive-help/

Interesting news out of KC today. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39863822/missouri-voters-reject-stadium-tax-kansas-city-royals-chiefs Probably not a good omen for any hopes of the Bengals squeezing more public funds out of Hamilton County taxpayers.

Looks like Boyd to Pitt is dead. https://www.cincyjungle.com/2024/4/2/24118941/tyler-boyd-chiefs-free-agents-steelers-49ers-lions-dolphins-bengals

Volson gets fourth-highest performance-based pay check in the league this year… https://bengalswire.usatoday.com/2024/04/01/bengals-cordell-volson-performance-based-pay-raise/

Yes, they were the last using the slit stuff, which has been linked to injuries. The new stuff is FieldTurf. I’m so old I remember grass at PBS. There’s a reason they moved to turf.