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Pass on Wilkins he was let go because some lockeroom issues and the rumors are very weird.

At worse Risner is depth. Whether or not that's good depth or if he can displace a starter remains to be seen. I think its questionable because I can't see an available capable starting guard going for so cheap and being available for so long. In addition, one of his rumored visits was Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh cut Max Scharping then resigned him. So???

Dalton from the Double Deuce signed. So there will have to be a corresponding release.

Spotrac has the breakdown as $9m base salary. $20m signing bonus. First time I can recall them using the "void" year but it leaves them with $10-11m dead cap next year. This makes the franchise tag at the normal value and very much doable for Trey, I think.

Keeping 8 on the OL is a shock, IMO. Cochran? did not see that coming and had him squarely in as swing tackle. My guess there is some sort of addition coming. Not that I count every year but 8 total OL seems rare.

I go with a jersey on game day. Once it gets cold you can't beat a hoodie under the jersey combo.

Nevermind for now or anytime. Anybody with this mindset is a waste, adverse to actual thought. Sure, its easy to write an article about what could have been done IF this move flops. Dehner needs to go back and write a couple more Right Guard articles and how they invented the wheel. Go watch his highlights. There are too many sack fumbles to count. He's easily the best Bengal pass rusher in my lifetime. Quite frankly any team deemed a Superbowl Contender should be thrown on the same stove the Bengals Front Office constantly are because they didn't want to give up a first round pick. All those other teams are more interested in draft picks than winning.

Bengals had 3 years $95m on the table. So it was in the budget and they probably planned paying him $55-65m over 2 years. I think IF he plays like the last 2 years he's tagville unless another defender steps up. The harder part will be if he sinks back down to 11 sacks or whatever. Probably tagville sucking up cap room then trying to work a trade. Edit: From above it looks like the 2 year number was $55m neighborhood.

On this board I hope we are all fighting with each other over Trey drama next year. It simply means he had a great season again. I hope we are all fighting over half dozen other young defenders about how to get them extended. Good teams have contract drama, period. Go watch the Bulls or Cowboys documentary on Netflix. Its constant drama because GOOD players attract attention and money. The only true anxiety Bengal fans should have IS IF this group will get it done in the next 3 seasons. We have been there before with a loaded team captained by the Red Rifle and Marvin. Choke. At the end of the day. 1st they told us Cincinnati would ruin Burrow. Then when that was proven false, they told us poverty franchise couldn't keep the band together. Well fuck them and fuck anybody that believe that BS. The time has arrived. If they don't get the job done then of course the Hot Take producers will move the goal posts.

Browns trade Pickett.

Its 120% of previous salary. What if some of the new money is called a roster bonus? Edit: Cap hit of estimated $36m would be in range of Crosby and well under TJ Watt. Myles Garrett is the best deal this year and next but years 3 and 4 are risky for Browns. Supposed Bengals offer was 3 year $95. 1 year guaranteed.

Trey is DONE! According to Ian Rapoport. Or I guessing closing in on it.

Trey puts up good stats when hunting for a contract.

1 year deal would be the KC/Chris Jones approach after he sat out the 1st game.

AJ had some sort of shoulder injury or so the story goes.

I'm sure its happened before but not often. Top 150 picks typically don't get exposed to Practice Squad the first year. I would think most make it on the active roster for at least 2 years.

It didn't sound like they were planning on cutting Kenny Pickett either. Are they really going to go with 4 Qbs on 53? Plus Watson on PUP?

I think they could have something there with Rivers. He was up and down at tackle, but the fact they tried him there and inserted him with 1s when Mims missed a couple practices was telling. Long way to go, but I don't get the panic over the O-line JUST based on preseason snaps. Using that data point alone, the line looks solid. Now factor in its just preseason and the history I don't think they come close to proving anything.

Word to the wise, never invite Boomer to your wedding. He'll be airing your ass out on social media about the menu and open bar offerings. WTF? Its their Ring of Honor halftime party. Don't like it, don't come. AND your motherfucking ass sucked during Superbowl 23. There I said it.

Preseason goes either way. Best not to get caught up in the conjecture one way or the other. This is first Zac preseason when starters have played this much and they really haven't much at all. But at face value: O-line looks good. Defense - shit. Doesn't mean crap they've played less than 40 snaps. O-line even fewer pass protection opportunities which is what people care about when judging an o-line today. Defense has had several core guys out of the line up. I wouldn't boast or doom either unit at this stage.

Those survivor pools are hilarious. It seems like almost half or more of the pool is out week 1. I'm sure the Bengals loss to the Pats rocked a bunch last year. There will be one or a couple games this season as well. Hopefully Bengals do get out to that 4-0 start.

That's the guy who just visited. Risner.

Hassan Reddick lost money holding out. Did not recoup what he lost AND what he could have signed for before the holdout. Trey is holding in to avoid fines. Maybe he doesn't care about bigger dollars of game checks?

Volson news: Likely out for season. So there you go.

Browns have the ability to make it a grind it out game. Thus the Bengals need to put scoring pressure on the Flaco led offense to put the game on his shoulders. Start holding the ball and doing the dumb shit we saw vs. Washington taking a bad pass blocking rep and turning it into a 17 yard loss or a fumble is the dumb shit the all world QB needs to avoid. People don't like to say bad things about Joe Burrow but he has sucked in week 1 games the past 3 years. The defense will not be good enough week 1 to shoulder a bad offense and put the game on their back. If they lose a game with Cleveland scoring below 23 points then its on the offense, IMO. Is it fair, no. That's the way they are built and young defenders with new scheme probably isn't going to gel after less than 40 snaps which they don't give a fuck about anyway or looked as completely lost as they have. check it down all day long and for god sakes OL protect with 4 rushers and make them send 5/6 guys.