HoosierCat

Oh not your fault. Like I said the players are fine and I’d be happy with those first three. The rest of the draft is just messed up because they forgot comp picks.

Well, I mean they had a healthy Burrow for like 6 games all season and one of worst defenses in the league and still ended up missing the playoffs about as barely as you can. That’s gonna get a guy looks.

That draft would totally piss me off because somehow they failed to make 2 picks, 174 and 251. Also note that the pick numbers are wrong after the third round. Should be 115, 147, 195 and 234. This is all because they forgot comp picks exist. Players they did take are fine tho.

Big enough news for its own thread. Also, congrats to Callahan and best of luck in Tennessee, except against the Bengals of course!

By all accounts they love Pitcher, gave him extra money last year to stay on, so I’d say it’s when not if. I’m optimistic but I doubt his elevation changes the multi headed OC hydra approach they have so we will see if it’s an upgrade. On the other hand at worst I think it’s same old same old, so…

Yeah, they shot down the trade idea pretty strongly last offseason. In 20/20 hindsight, that was clearly an error. I don’t blame them of course, no one knows the future, but it’s still a kick in the pants.

Just to be clear, I don't actually expect a tag & trade for Tee. If they tag him, it will either lead to a long-term deal (I'd give that maybe a 20% chance) or, like Army said, he walks next year. If they did trade him, I am pretty sure it would not be for multiple top 150 picks, though I agree with Amphar that the Bengals would want that. They just aren't going to get it. Jarvis Landry's numbers through his first four years in Miami are on par with Tee's, and all the Fins got when they tagged him and shipped him to Cleveland was a fourth and seventh.

Yeah, it feels like it’s Baltimore’s year. Not only did they win 13 games but they did it against the third toughest schedule in the league. (The second toughest was Arizona, and the toughest schedule was, of fucking course, the Bengals.) They looked dominant against Houston and the Chiefs are on these road again after a knock down, drag out fight. Right now my money is on a Niners-Ravens Super Bowl. Ick.

Wide. Right. I feel for Bills fans.

Watching the Bills Chiefs, all I can think is, damn, it’s nice to be able to run the ball.

Lions punch their ticket to the NFC championship game.

Turn out the lights, the party’s over for Houston.

Nice td teams!

Texans have no answer for Jackson’s legs

Wow great kick

Texans just killing themselves with flags

Lucky lucky lucky

Gotta catch that Schultz.

Well, this is the part where you tag and trade Higgins for a second (and hopefully more but at least that) and you cut Mixon to free up more cap space to sign King Henry and then I wake up from my dream because it’s Monday morning and I have to go to work…

Goodberry agrees and says they would have to trade up. He talks about using a third to move up but I think it would probably take at least their second rounder, or a first in 2025. I’m game but I doubt it happens.

So the Raiders game next season just got a little more interesting. https://myfox28columbus.com/sports/sports-news/former-bengals-head-coach-marvin-lewis-reportedly-back-nfl-job-antonio-pierce-raiders-hire-hired-cincinnati-arizona-state

I will die mad about those two super bowls.

Speaking of TE…

Meant to make a divisional weekend thread today but work got in the way, COB’s post seemed a good place to start!

Burrow buys a house. https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/bengals-quarterback-joe-burrow-purchases-cincinnati-ohio-mansion/