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THIS

Solid as hell.

I agree this is a sneaky REALLY important game for the Bengals to find a win. They need to win this.

I did not see this coming -

The Giants offensive line is a factor of five worse than even the Bengals' worst effort.

Hello all - I've had some personal stuff to deal with for a bit - and the bengals are not helping. I am in fire everyone mode, even though that is not practical. Hope you all are well.

That was every bit as bad as I feared. My only Burrow worry is that the calf is really still an issue and he does not have the abilty to move around in the pocket like he usually does or take off and run. If he can't do those things, he's a shell of what he usually is.

Not for nothing, but it is fun being good enough with real stars that in the highlight montages for the nfl we are in them.

I care a little.

And...they will need to save for Chase. I am not sure you can pay 2 WRs absolute top dollar and still have a reasonable roster elsewhere. And...Chase is not going anywhere, they will pay him after this year when he comes due.

Tee's agent being David Mulaghetta, same agent as Bates, is part of why I think he is gone. Mulaghetta is big on guarantees, and while they broke structure to accommodate Burrow, I don't think they want to break structure to accommodate Tee. I am happy to be wrong, but I have thought for awhile that tag and trade is where this going. What I don't want is tag-and-he-plays-it-out like Bates did and we get nothing.

The reality is tee is probably gone, but that has nothing to do with the details of Burrow’s contract as much as it does with chase being here. You really can’t pay two tip of market contracts at WR and not take massive hits elsewhere on the roster. chase will get paid. tag and trade after the season is over most likely outcome. And one that makes sense to me.

I was literally in a spot with no cell reception and therefore no connection to news so...lol...of course it got done now. And, yes, you are being a wet blanket TJ.

Re: the actual game this week, I confess to having a really bad feeling about it.

He’s just being coy. Jesus, grow a pair. Burrow is clearly playing week one.

They are not going with Chrisman.

I continue to almost 100% ascribe the slow start last year to Burrow having had an exploded appendix and rushing back and not being fully himself physically for about a month...

Enjoy.

Unpopular opinion I guess but…I love donatos and miss it greatly here in maryland

Marlon Humphrey out for awhile after getting injured in a joint practice. Foot issue. Gonna miss at least a few weeks. I am guessing Ravens would rather he have not played in that, in hindsight...

3/5 of the starting o-line was gone for the afc title game. Before that, when they were together, they ran off 10 straight regular season wins. And that is before Orlando brown. I just…it seems like the last loss, which was a game they really had every chance to win even with just Volson and Karras healthy, has colored things too negatively with this board. I know that the trophy is somehow all that matters, except, these last two years have been the best two seasons back to back that we’ve ever experienced as fans of this team and it feels like a fucking dirge in here too often. im 52 now, and maybe feeling the weight of the passage of time, but I just can’t always be sad and negative. The years are starting to run shorter than they were. Odds are, as with all teams, they won’t hoist the Lombardi, but…they might. They are good enough. Hoping burrow is healthy and I look forward to another ride with this team, even if it is not perfect.

The 98 was a joke from a PFF guy there - he wasn't being literal. What he WAS saying was that DJ Turner was flashing really well (again). Or, you know, he sucks, like Shula said. This board remains too full of ***damn eeyores.

And, for the record, it's hard work posting things in here, and the first day I did it, I got snark. I just figured, fuck it, why bother.

Dehner - from his column yesterday on the rookies so far in camp:

Wtaf. That’s literally the opposite of EVERY bit of reporting and obs from camp. Like, literally wrong. This is the kind of shit why I stopped checking in here as much. And why I stopped putting up daily reports from camp. So much negativity in general.