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Irv is an athlete just can't get or stay on the field. His age doesn't matter to me because hopefully he'll have his career year and then price himself out of the Bengals range. You get CJ's 800 snaps out of Irv Smith then ole Irv will probably have a career year. If you get Hurst's 545 snaps out of Irv, then he'll probably have a career year. I still think they'll draft a TE in the range that would seem reasonable to contribute as a rookie: 1. Irv has not proven he's reliable to stay on the field 2. Still have a TE spot open and even if they resign Sample or whoever back that probably just bumps the roster bubble guys. 3. They'll have 2 TE spots open in 2024 IF they don't draft one 4. Draft class has good TEs

Kelce on Brown joining the Bengals via Cincy Jungle

according to Zierlein 1) CB 2) TE 3) Edge Defender Strongest position groups.

I'd like to have Sample back. Is that a done deal?

Interesting on Forbes. NFL.com mocks have him second round. Mel just mocked 16 overall to Washington. Tannenbaum obviously 1st to the Bengals. Which group has the best sources? Forbes might be to light for the Bengals as they like run support corners. He is an athlete for sure. If you land him and eventually pair with CTB that's an athletic pair. The Reuter 4 round mock Bengals passing of Forbes to take Miami CB, mocks Forbes at 61.

I would rather Hurst but Smith IF he gets the snaps can probably match the production they've seen the last 2 years with CJ and Hurst.

I like the fact the last two signings are former top 150 draft picks. If both can get and stay on the field it will be a big help. A vet RB really frees up the draft board. Would still like to see either Apple or Flowers return before the draft. I still think Williams will be moved prior to the draft or at least hope so. Hopefully that produces another top 150 draft pick or player.

Hopefully they get Apple type results because this one is clearly "trust in Lou". I still hope Apple is back along with Flowers and maybe some CB draft pick.

Trust in Lou type signing. Hopefully there's more CBs coming. Love the fact he is former 2nd rounder. first he's in and out of line ups and now he's on and off of rosters.

I think Lamar tanked last season. I think that and him giving vibes out that he wants to reinvent himself away from the running game/ running Qb would give teams a bit of heart burn trading typical draft capital and huge QB deal for him. If a team is trading for Lamar Jackson they want the one from his MVP year, not one that's going to try to prove to the world he's a drop back passer. He's never been that and probably never will be. He probably is costing himself some $$$ and certainly screwing Baltimore. Which is fine with me. Trade him to AFC West, so maybe one of those teams can hang a loss on the Chiefs.

Williams won't pull a Glenn. If push comes to shove he'll collect his $12m and play RT. There's a pile of money bags awaiting him if he can stay healthy and play just average RT football. Then he can address his LT over anything else desires during his FA tour.

Lamar indicates he issued a trade request to Baltimore.

Orlando Brown Good. Chiefs bad. Removing Lamar Jackson news over to other more appropriate thread.

Reuter 4 round mock 1. Darnell Wright OT Tenn - love the player. Don't think they are going OT this early. There are some nice prospects that go after. 2. Tyrique Stevens - CB Miami. Love the position. Still some good names going afterward 3. Zack Kuntz - TE ODU - As it stands they'll need a TE in this draft 4. Eric Gray - RB OK - As it stands they'll need at RB

That would be an A+ haul. I don't think the Bengals would try to convert Mazi. With out knowing what else is on the board, I would take these 3 picks. Although they are getting Mazi about 10 spots later than most projections and LaPorta about 40 spots later.

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I think they need a vet for the Perine role. He played 3rd downs and 2 minute drills over Mixon. I just don't see them getting comfortable with a rookie from any round taking on the pass blocking duties/hot route assignments in those situations based on any college film. If you add a decent vet like Zeke in the Perine role. Then they can realistically entertain replacing Mixon's cap hit. If you look at the highlights/stats of Hurst, Mixon, Perine. Defenses are not going to stop defending Chase/Higgins/Burrow with 2 deep rush 4. They need players that can simply take a underneath pass and get up field. 2 of those players that did it great last year are gone and the 3rd everyone seemingly wants to get rid of. Then they have secondary depth/experience. At the end of the day. Great team with a couple medium to small holes to fix before the draft.

I think they'll add vet RB at some point. There's a whole lot of local media speculation/assumption that Mixon is toast. Fine. To make that happen you need a decent replacement for Perine. Both can't be rookies, IMO. They should be adding McKinnon, IMO. He seems taylor made for what they need. Can pass block. Can catch out of the backfield. Probably older than what they want but I'd assume his price range is what they want. He'd be under $3m It would remove 10 TDs and 700 yards from the Chiefs backfield too.

Not entirely coach speak because "as is" probably has them as the AFC North favorite. However, they got work to do before the draft and its pretty obvious. Of course Zac has inside information over the fans so he knows what may have transpired just not known for public knowledge, yet. I don't think their plan includes - 13 lineman counting $55m against the cap. Someone or Somebodies is leaving at some point. RB 2 - Clear hole RB1 - As discussed before make $12m; most speculate his exit from the team TE 1 - Clear hole TE 2 - I'd say this is a need, maybe somebody on the roster can back fill, maybe not. CB? CB? - Not sure what number they'd be but Apple and Flowers play a decent amount in key roles and aren't resigned yet. S? - they lost 2, added 1. I just don't think its realistic to replace ALL these spots with the same quality via the rookie class.

cowboy fans loved to hate on him but not sure if that was because of skill or salary kinda like Mixon. Most cowboy fans or least vocal ones wanted Pollard. Certainly a big name that brings some sizzle and he has decent receiving yards. Glad to hear they are still shopping around for RBs. I would rather have McKinnon or maybe Hunt, but whatever they think.

Yeah that dude.

I would take the Tenn WR that is typically linked to the bottom of round 1. Name slipping at the moment. I also would like to hear some news about McKinnon and Hunt, but not sure what the Bengals have planned. They need the out of the backfield receiver type.

Chuck D (charles davis) has Bengals getting Mayer at 28. Darnell Washington he doesn't have selected in first, interesting. So he could swap that in. Some the other popular names that have popped up, he has them going prior to #28.

Another factor in TEs is Boyd. Its a similar role. Teams do design route concepts with TEs to acttack the same parts of the field as slot WRs. Boyd is a FA after this year, I imagine his price will be a tough swallow for the Bengals. It allows them to consider pass catching TEs in addition to in-line TEs when you consider that. On top of that its a deep class so how many will be sitting there during their picks in the first/second round.

Unfortunate news for Foster. Talk about your life turning upside down. On the verge of getting a raise to retirement with your life hanging in the balance.