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Could be. BJ Hill has logged over 700 snaps the past 3 seasons. One season was over 800. There wasn't much a rotation under Lou. So eventually those amount of snap counts could catch up to him AND I think you get the best out of Hill with him playing under 500/600 snaps. That's kinda the issue with Trey. Sure any of these guys can pull a Whitworth. They also could decline fast like Geno or Hubbard. It would be wise to get Trey off the field slightly more to try to limit his run defense snaps. There's some comments from Al about wanting to do a better job defending the run with 6 man boxes. Is that 4 run focused DL 2 LBs? or 3 run stuff DL, 3 LBs?

I'd go with Lap but would do his a special induction by himself. Then go with 2 other players. But if limited to 2, Parrish has always been identified as the better CB by Bengal historians and then I'd go with Lap.

Didn't miss anything. This kinda proves the point. You are hung up on the Brown family bank account and not actually looking at the roster. There are several non biased sources that have this team among the best for this season. Which I think is what you are trying to debate. Seems like your kinda a mad about it.

If your realist opinions are worth shit then you could earn your fortune off your own merit instead of gold digging. Your opinions are probably not worth a shit and your probably not good looking enough to marry money. I guess your fucked?

Bengals have a pretty good roster. Bengal Nation has a lot of fans on message boards that love to live in the 90s. Bengals are 6th Vegas odds to win Superbowl currently. 4th to win the AFC. The only thing that means is objective people have placed odds/probability based on the way this team looks on paper and its favorable. Not sure what to tell fans that insist on being "realist", lol. I guess go bet the opposite and be rich. That's the beauty of sports betting you can cash in on all those realist opinions.

Not worried about Trey until game week 1. Its just posturing. He knows he's got the current contract in his pocket. He knows what the Bengals are offering. Knows what teams were willing to pay in a trade. These are just games you play to move the Bengals offer closer to the potential trading teams. That's my take. I think he showed his hand mentioning incentives. Unless Bengals threaten to pull an offer. There's not much incentive right now for Trey to move. Probably won't be all summer.

Hendrickson in street clothes at voluntary practice. Something going on, I guess.

I'll start to worry about Trey when they get to Week 1 prep week and he isn't here. A hold out does him nothing. He knows what teams were willing to offer. He knows what Bengals have on table. Crying to media and a holdout is unlikely to change either number upward and it could only go down. So is he stupid enough to miss game checks to gain nothing?

The big concern with the draft I have is 10 DL went off the board after they took a LB with 49 and before they were up again. I like what I've read about the LB. But even if they nailed the pick and a few of those 10 DL become impact players that might be a miss. They probably aren't resigning a 29 year LB to a top of market deal. Then they doubled down on another dime a dozen position at G. Another 6 DL went off the board between that pick and 4th. Again Fairchild becomes All World, are the Bengals signing him to a top of market deal when Mims is due as well? Don't know. We'll see but this was supposed to be DL loaded draft. Would have really like to have seen 2 DL in the top 4. Hope it doesn't prove out to be a miss taking positions that are typically considered dime a dozen.

Media got burnt hyping the Bengals pre-2024 and them not making the playoffs. Bengals aren't going to get objective "hot takes". The reality is this team was hyped as good going into 2024. Lost 4 games by 1 score or less (?) to teams that were in the division round/Conference, or Superbowl. Then finished 5-0. I like what I've read about the draft class. I didn't grade it high because its not what I wanted to see pre-draft. I think Golden is going to improve the defense and think the Bengals are sitting on one of the best rosters in the league. Meanwhile in Rapien World they've wanted to add 5-7 new starters from Free Agency to be happy. There's a lot of clown media that would be clapping like sheep IF they took the coveted "guard" round 1. Same people that threw out As when Billy Price was taken with Lamar Jackson was on the board and all they had was Andy. Nobody knows but anytime the Bengals get praise, don't meet those expectations people aren't going to rush out on a limb following that to praise them. They'll go with the crowd for the most part.

My guess is they are attempting to trade Pratt but will dump him soon. He's not at voluntaries, I doubt he's apart of TC.

Sorry to see him go. He was a time bomb with DK and a questionable QB situation getting close to contract time.

Might as well get this started now: Hopefully the biggest TC watch will only be Right Guard and Secondary. Hopefully no surprise stories. With that said: Lucas Patrick opened up as the starter for RG at voluntaries.

IF I read the Texas Aggie stats correctly the DL leader in sacks the past 3 years has been 3 sacks (team leader as well) , 6 sacks, and 5 sacks (team leader as well). I don't know if its all the same coordinator or not but its clear that getting sacks from the DL wasn't a priority.

Trey last chance at leverage was pre draft. Thus the media noise and playing the game. Now there's "good vibes" as he he'll try to grab a raise for this year.

I hope they start the season off with the two toughest road games. If they are going to use the first two weeks as preseason then get the hard road games that are likely to be losses out of the way. @Clev @Balt.

I think Volson will get a shot at RG. He's not going to be cut, IMO. At worse he'll be depth. Joe also doesn't like under center. Likes spread and 5 wide. Doesn't really care about running the football. Likes to extend plays and manipulate coverage with his movement. Doesn't really throw it away. Those factors also effect the pressure numbers. The guy simply doesn't not care about being hit. I'd say he only cares about it IF it stops a scoring opportunity.

The only thing I'll say about draft grades nationally. For example Chad Reuter from NFL.com. Gave Bengals a B day 1. OK. However in his mock he had them picking an Edge (Mykel Williams) who was gone at 17 in the real draft. Then had the Shemar Stewart going 19 in his mock. If those were your beliefs pre-draft then the grade of "B" sounds a little weak. By virtue of your own mock there wasn't much separation of Williams and Stewart and the Bengals hit the need you identified.

The Bengals dropped 1 spot to 12th on the Power Rankings post draft. Basically leaped by the Broncos. So they are in tight 4th or 5th in pecking order in the AFC. Opinions on this Power Ranking have Ravens as AFC Favorites, Chief, Bills, Broncos, and Bengals.

I hope they try Dax back at Safety and not have the coverage safety limitations Lou required. I think he has the range and ball hawk abilities to be a factor there. But we'll see.

I think Myles Murphy has been out of shape entering TC the last 2 years. He was running with the scrubs early in TC and would have never made it back in the rotation (prior to injury) if Sample and Hubbard didn't lose time. Then he loses time to injury. Now he's cut out cereal and dropped fat. If that isn't the magic pill, I would put him on the path of being cut. I think Ossasi and Sample get first crack at Opposite DE snaps. D-line draft picks were an oddity this year. Top need but not a clear path to immediate playing time. I do hope there is more of a D-line rotation than what we've seen recently.

The lack of development of previous defensive drafted guys certainly plays in the criticism of this pick. Fans wanted more a sure thing. They got well IF you "film nerd stuff" this is a great pick. Nobody recently drafted on defense has morphed into a player that is a building piece on defense. They can try to sell Dax but unfortunately they shelved him his rookie season, threw him under the bus 2nd season, change position then injured.

I don't think Burton or Jones are unquestionable locks for the roster. Different reasons. Jones is small and has trouble staying healthy. Burton is a knucklehead. Talent wise, I think Burton will be tough to beat out. Now if he is still falling asleep in meetings etc. Different story.

I guess the Bengals haven't officially picked up Dax's 5th year option. Spotrac is just showing the cap hit IF it were to happen, I guess. If they don't that leaves them with potential two starting CBs hitting FA in the same off season. They have til May 1st.

I wonder if they attempt a Dax Hill extension this early. They've picked up the 5th year for 2026 but wondering if they would try. They've already proclaimed him as their best CB in 2024. Cam Taylor Britt. Wonder if they would try an extension as well this early. I would think they'd make him prove it this year.