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This logic reminds me of how Kellogg's used to say Froot Loops are "part of a nutritious breakfast".. if you first make a nutritious breakfast & then add the bowl of Froot Loops. A pellet of depleted uranium could also be part of a nutritious breakfast. Of the 10 teams with the least amount of dead money, 9 of them are successful! I used to sometimes go eat at this cajun joint that was very popular with the local NASA employees so that practically makes me an astronaut!

Maybe his short arms led to the poor driving? 😆 Too soon?

I'm tired of going to war with what we have

Trading down requires someone else that wants to trade up. If the Bengals know there's no one left at 10 that's worth the pick, we can safely assume all these other teams that actually employ scouting departments would know that as well. Really do not understand why a franchise so dependent on drafting would choose to do so with less information than all of their competitors. The cost is chump change for an NFL franchise - I think it's more about not having independent voices around that might contradict The Family. Dookie's comments about "the right voices" tells me they surround themselves with yes-men. Their culture is very much about not rocking the boat.

Faulk would really piss me off

She went from NFL Insider to NFL Inside Her

The contest will open this Saturday morning and run until the evening of Sunday the 19th.

The weirdest omission with that mock is no Arvell Reese. Even though he is widely expected to be the first defensive player taken in the draft.

But if they end up benched that would make them sad. It would also be an admission that starting them so soon was a mistake. People might even think they were a reach and it was poor drafting. The thing to do is stay the course & keep talking them up no matter how they play. That way no one's feelings get hurt. Isn't that better than some silly football game?

If constantly driving at high speeds and crashing were a football drawback…Myles Garrett would be working at Whataburger

He's not wrong. Whatever dirt Vrabel got up to is between him and his wife. Kraft goes to shady rub & tugs where the women are typically being trafficked. He needs to STFU because there are receipts.

Trouble in clam chawdah paradise ...

Duke: "Hold my beer!" 🍺

I'd want Bain. I'm a "trenches" guy and believe fully that dominate trenches make everyone else better, on both sides of the ball. I would have gone Sewell instead of Chase (I'm glad it turned out how it did). I remember when we drafted Levi Jones over Philip Buchannon and I was livid...after that played out I told myself I'd never be upset if we go trenches. Of course this team is testing that with back picks...Obwehi, Eric Fisher, Carman, Price, Shamar Stewart, Murphy, Jenkins, Zach Carter...I get missing on picks, but ALL of these guys were overdraft based on consensus boards except maybe Miles Murphy.

Same. Probably my puke pick for 10

Tops in the league!!!! We can put that trophy in the case with the 'Least dead cap space Super Bowl" trophy

^ Bain and Rodriguez would feed every family in Cincinnati... This defense would instantly become top 12 overnight.

Been the case with a bunch of these top 10's - "what about _____" and it's usually defense.. Need a couple of teams to go offense besides the Raiders & whoever takes Love. That'll leave good options at 10. Still think that could include Mauigoa, Freeling or Sadiq.. consider that a good TE would probably free up an extra roster spot. They've been carrying half a dozen & it's been a revolving door at the position. Wouldn't hate it. Could see giving up a midround pick or moving down later to get ahead of KC. A 3rd round pick isn't likely to fix the defense this year & who cares if we make WFT or the Aints a better team.. If they'd ever consider such a thing.. Don't need any of that new-fangled horse puckey around here! We've got our 2027 comp pick and that's all we need!

I am very glad to have Flacco back and i dont care if we pay him 10 mil and we dont need him he will help the defense in practice having a 2nd quality passer to go against and he should raise the expectation on the 2s which should point out some of the glaring holes before the season starts. even more so in preseason we wont be hoping the we find the back up quickly to help judge the rest of the #2s and maybe keep the fricking defenses honest and ours off the field

Because a consensus top 10 player is probably better than a consensus midround (or later) player. Drafting for need is how they got here. Would you rather have the best OL in the draft or another Shemar Stewart? Brown will be 30 when the season starts and is wildly overrated. Karras is 33. Risner will be 31. They have capable replacements for none of the above. Players get injured. At some point I'd like them to get ahead of the roster attrition and not be stuck drafting starters. Considering their approach to FA though I guess they don't give a shit.

Or just trot the mic cart out there...probably just as informative.

^ Also, I know in my bones that if the refs don't call the phantom holding on Logan in the Super Bowl, we win. Ruins my mood to even think about it.

I want a defense that doesn't surrender 40 points a game, now, in 2026. The fuck do I care if it means cutting some mid-tier free agent 3 years from now? If they can't draft a worthwhile replacement by then, so what? What's the worst that could happen, they have a shitty defense again? At least they'd win some games in between. If you think this is about the Bengals being such great guys they just can't bear the thought of not honoring a free agent contract you're fooling yourself. This is how the entire NFL operates, if "The Family" doesn't have the stones for it they should sell the team and use some of that 5-fucking-billion-with-a-B-real-American-dollars to go open a rescued cat shelter or whatever gives them the warm fuzzies. They can even keep Tobin around to tally up their Good Boy Points. FOH.

Here's what all these guys bitch about.... (using the Bryan Cook post from above) Complaint: they put too much of the cap/cash spending in the first year. Projected = 8M / 15.3M / 16.3M Actual = 10.6M / 14.3M / 15.2M These guys complain about that 2.6M on the 1st year of the contract but never look at the year 2/3/4 savings across the entire roster's worth of contracts. They just pretend that the 1M next year and year after don't matter because the cap is going to go up. The Bengals intention is to have him all 3 year years - hopefully extend him afterwards too. Next year, when the Bengals account for someone on the cap by 1M more than they expect, the "influencers" aren't going to recognize that it was already offset by Cook's contract that was signed this year which included a 1M less than their projected cap hit for year 2. Same with year 3 of Cook's contract - they'll bitch again when someone's cap accounts for 1M more than they expect without acknowledging that it was already accounted for with Cook's contract. None of them get it because they just don't want to. I guess what they want is a big name to be purposefully signed to a contract that the Bengals do not plan to honor. Something like the Raven's contract for Hendrickson which is 15M / 18M / 35.5M / 34.5M / 9M. That's a contract begging to be cut (cap-wise) after year 2. That's not how the Bengals do their contracts - it's why they offered 3 for 95M (probably something like 32.5M / 32.5M / 30M). They would have had the intention to pay him at least 2 if not all 3 of the years. That 3rd year would be an easy out for the Team if he doesn't "earn" it. Their contracts actually show that they have an incentive to keep the players vs. fake years added onto the end of them that are intended to never be honored. It's easy to bitch about the contracts and how they are done if you ignore them after year 1. Note: the exceptions to their normal contract structures are Joe, Ja'Marr and Tee. Those contracts are more like Hendrickson's with the Ravens where the contract is one you would trade / cut / renegotiate after a point where the dead money vs. cap hits flip For Tee's date of reckoning (contract wise) it's after 2026. Ja'Marr's is after 2027 and Joe's is after 2028. Those are the first years on their contracts where the team has to make a decision about the players. I completely agree that the Bengals have a huge image / PR problem with this stuff and if they were smart, Tobin would go through it and bitch out all of these "influencers" about how they're managing it vs. the fake BS contracts they wish they were using instead. It doesn't help that the family are a bunch of tough love lawyers instead of marketing majors too. They really do need better PR folks around them.

There is always one team picking in front of the Bengals that go a long way in determining which player Cincinnati ends up with. The year before last it was Seattle at #16 taking Byron Murphy; last year it was Arizona at 16 taking Walter Nolen ahead of the Bengals pick. Those were teams picking just in front of the Bengals. This year the team may be the Giants even though they pick at #5 while the Bengals pick at #10. I'm convinced that Harbaugh will choose either Downs or Styles, as he values LB (Roquan Smith) and safety (Kyle Hamilton) more than most teams do. He seems to be in love with both of those players. I know there will be 4 picks after that before you reach Cincinnati's slots, but I don't think any of those teams take whichever of Downs/Styles that Harbaugh. doesn't take. Cleveland at #6 will surely go offense - either OT or Tate. Washington (#7) loaded up on defense in free agency, so now it's time to give Daniels some help (OL or Tate). The Saints #8 always select premium positions when they have a top 10 pick. The Chiefs have glaring needs at premium positions like OL/WR/EDGE/CB. So maybe that leaves the Bengals to take whichever one of Downs/Styles that the Giants don't take.

He’s talking about Dexter Lawrence

^ The picks 1-10 from the NYT link, in case it's firewalled for you ... 1. Las Vegas Raiders: Fernando Mendoza, QB, IndianaThis is my fourth mock draft of the 2026 draft cycle, and it’s the fourth time Mendoza is at No. 1, unsurprisingly. The Heisman Trophy winner will be the first player drafted next Thursday and should immediately increase optimism around the Raiders’ organization. 2. New York Jets: Arvell Reese, edge, Ohio StateA pass rusher, be it Reese or David Bailey, appears to be the Jets’ favorite. Reese isn’t a tweener — he is a “whatever you want him to be” edge defender. He can set an edge, play off or be a full-time pass rusher. That type of hybrid skill set can be utilized. 3. Arizona Cardinals: Francis Mauigoa, OT, MiamiIt won’t be surprising if the Cardinals use this pick on a pass rusher such as Bailey, but the idea of securing their right tackle position for the foreseeable future will be an appealing option. It will be interesting to see if the Cardinals receive any viable trade offers to move back. 4. Tennessee Titans: David Bailey, edge, Texas TechHead coach Robert Saleh wants to collect pass rushers and have a healthy defensive line rotation. (In his four seasons at the Jets’ helm, the team drafted a first-round pass rusher twice.) It’s not a hard sell on why Bailey makes sense for Tennessee. 5. New York Giants: Caleb Downs, S, Ohio StateOver John Harbaugh’s 18 years as head coach in Baltimore, the Ravens drafted nine positions in Round 1, including safety (three times). Though using a top-five pick for that position is uncommon, Downs has rare football intelligence and (despite not testing in any drills) is above the line in terms of on-field athleticism. 6. Dallas Cowboys (from CLE*): Sonny Styles, LB, Ohio StateProjected trade: Browns receive Nos. 12, 20 and a 2027 fourth-round pick; Cowboys receive Nos. 6 and 39 The Cowboys could sit at No. 12 and have an impact defender fall to them, but it won’t be surprising if the organization gets aggressive. Styles would not only be an immediate starter at a position of need, but also wear the green dot as a rookie. In this projected trade, the Cowboys surrender two of the first-rounders they hold this year (plus a 2027 pick), but they get back into Round 2. 7. Washington Commanders: Jeremiyah Love, RB, Notre DameA backfield that includes Jayden Daniels and Love would be bad news for defenses. Though the price tag is high for the position, Love has the talent to become a top-five running back before the end of his rookie contract. 8. New Orleans Saints: Carnell Tate, WR, Ohio StatePass rusher or cornerback are attractive options here, but the Saints urgently need to find upgrades at wide receiver — especially as they figure out if quarterback Tyler Shough is a short-term stopgap or a long-term answer. 9. Kansas City Chiefs: Rueben Bain Jr., edge, MiamiBain is one of the more polarizing prospects in this draft (for multiple reasons). But his profile fits Kansas City and would give defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo an inside-outside disruptor on the defensive line. 10. Cincinnati Bengals: Mansoor Delane, CB, LSUThe Bengals have drafted several first-round cornerbacks over the years, but never in the top 15. That streak could come to an end with Styles and the top-tier pass rushers off the board in this scenario. Delane would be one helluva consolation prize.

Would they accept a potential 99th overall comp pick in 2027? 🥷

Last year showed that the Bengals will take 24-25 year olds (like Dark Knight) as they seem them as immediate starters and essentially quasi-free agents, rather than rookies. If you don't pay for the expensive second contract anyway, this could actually be a sound strategy. Basically, use your draft picks to pick up 2nd-contract free agents for cheap first contract prices.

No doubt impressive - and he played big in big games. He’s all about football and he just plays with violence and attitude. Really, they haven’t had that since Vontaze.

Because unless he repays money from the void years (he won't and shouldn't), the team still has to account for it. They spread his bonuses over 3 seasons but he's only under contract for 1. So after the one year, the remaining bonus goes on the cap. BTW, this is a good signing, along with Risner. Bengals have missed a lot of opportunities in free agency but at least got their 2 most significant free agents to be (after Hendrickson) back under contract. The offense still needs a better starting TE and some depth but it's not the disaster area the defense is.

Good signing. We need someone to replace Jermaine Burton on the inactive list every week.

I thought the rookie LBs found their footing (relatively) after the bye. Knight in particular. Carter, I see as more of an ADG specialist kinda guy, as Sparky said… I don’t feel great about him starting. They definitely need some veteran leadership there. If it were me, I’d grab 1-2 guys in FA; there are some out there with warts that could still help, assuming they are healthy… Holcomb, Strnad, or Rodriguez to name a few. And draft one guy as well. For example, I love J-Rod and he’s a day 2 pick for sure. Joe Giles-Harris is a really good ST player and I’d like to see him stay around.

I'm with you on Burfict, but I'd prolly pick Bill Bergey and/or Reggie Williams first.

I'd take Vontaze Burfect over Wilson .. All day long .

Logan can wait his turn. IMHO the best Linebacker that needs to be on the Ring before Logan is Takeo Spikes

Logan retires:

Some talk we are sniffing around a trade for Jordyn Brooks

There is no real advantage or disadvantage to it. Goodberry doesn't understand basic logic or math, so he's constantly hitting on this. If you had 50 coins to spend over the next 5 years, it doesn't matter how much you spend in each year. As BBR aptly points out, frontloading just means you have more to spend next year. There is no real advantage to back-loading contracts because it always comes due. you may see more space today but you are taking away space tomorrow. The cap going up isn't a factor at all. It hurts my brain trying to explain this to people on twitter.

Damn so both Hill and Waddle are gone Is Miami already trying to tank for Arch Manning?

Here is a new Consensus Top 100 from The Athletic (hopefully it formats nicely): Consensus NFL Draft boardRankings as of March 16, 2026 Page 1 of 2 Table with 6 columns and 100 rows. Currently displaying rows 1 to 50. (column headers with buttons are sortable) Rank Player Position School Last Change 1 Arvell Reese LB Ohio State 2 1 2 Fernando Mendoza QB Indiana 1 -1 3 Jeremiyah Love RB Notre Dame 3 0 4 David Bailey EDGE Texas Tech 5 1 5 Caleb Downs S Ohio State 4 -1 6 Sonny Styles LB Ohio State 7 1 7 Mansoor Delane CB LSU 12 5 8 Carnell Tate WR Ohio State 8 0 9 Rueben Bain Jr. EDGE Miami 6 -3 10 Francis Mauigoa OT Miami 9 -1 11 Makai Lemon WR USC 13 2 12 Spencer Fano OT Utah 10 -2 13 Jordyn Tyson WR Arizona State 11 -2 14 Kenyon Sadiq TE Oregon 16 2 15 Vega Ioane IOL Penn State 23 8 16 Jermod McCoy CB Tennessee 15 -1 17 Monroe Freeling OT Georgia 29 12 18 Keldric Faulk EDGE Auburn 14 -4 19 Akheem Mesidor EDGE Miami 26 7 20 Denzel Boston WR Washington 20 0 21 Avieon Terrell CB Clemson 18 -3 22 Omar Cooper Jr. WR Indiana 42 20 23 Kadyn Proctor OT Alabama 19 -4 24 Dillon Thieneman S Oregon 33 9 25 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren S Toledo 37 12 26 Caleb Lomu T Utah 25 -1 27 Kayden McDonald DT Ohio State 24 -3 28 KC Concepcion WR Texas A&M 30 2 29 Peter Woods DT Clemson 17 -12 30 Caleb Banks DT Florida 22 -8 31 Colton Hood CB Tennessee 34 3 32 Cashius Howell EDGE Texas A&M 21 -11 33 Zion Young EDGE Missouri 39 6 34 T.J. Parker EDGE Clemson 31 -3 35 Max Iheanachor T Arizona State 46 11 36 CJ Allen LB Georgia 28 -8 37 Anthony Hill Jr. LB Texas 43 6 38 Ty Simpson QB Alabama 27 -11 39 Blake Miller OT Clemson 48 9 40 R Mason Thomas EDGE Oklahoma 35 -5 41 Brandon Cisse CB South Carolina 32 -9 42 Chris Johnson CB San Diego State 40 -2 43 Germie Bernard WR Alabama 47 4 44 Jadarian Price RB Notre Dame 60 16 45 Chase Bisontis IOL Texas A&M 61 16 46 Lee Hunter DT Texas Tech 36 -10 47 Jacob Rodriguez LB Texas Tech 82 35 48 Keionte Scott S Miami 51 3 49 Chris Brazzell II WR Tennessee 54 5 50 Christen Miller DT Georgia 38 -12 Consensus NFL Draft boardRankings as of March 16, 2026 Page 2 of 2 Table with 6 columns and 100 rows. Currently displaying rows 51 to 100. (column headers with buttons are sortable) Rank Player Position School Last Change 51 Gabe Jacas EDGE Illinois 59 8 52 D'Angelo Ponds CB Indiana 52 0 53 Antonio Williams CB Clemson 67 14 54 Malachi Fields WR Notre Dame 70 16 55 Jake Golday LB Cincinnati 44 -11 56 Emmanuel Pregnon IOL Oregon 45 -11 57 Zachariah Branch WR Georgia 56 -1 58 Eli Stowers TE Vanderbilt 49 -9 59 Derrick Moore EDGE Michigan 58 -1 60 Malachi Lawrence EDGE UCF NR NR 61 Max Klare TE Ohio State 50 -11 62 Josiah Trotter LB Missouri 69 7 63 Chris Bell WR Louisville 41 -22 64 A.J. Haulcy S LSU 55 -9 65 Gennings Dunker G/OT Iowa 63 -2 66 Davison Igbinosun CB Ohio State 62 -4 67 Connor Lew C Auburn 66 -1 68 Keith Abney II CB Arizona State 57 -11 69 Kyle Louis LB Pittsburgh 73 4 70 Ted Hurst WR Georgia State 96 26 71 Keyron Crawford EDGE Auburn 87 16 72 Keylan Rutledge IOL Georgia Tech NR NR 73 Bud Clark S TCU NR NR 74 Elijah Sarratt WR Indiana 64 -10 75 Treydan Stukes S Arizona NR NR 76 Zakee Wheatley S Penn State 80 4 77 Caleb Tiernan OT Northwestern 53 -24 78 Michael Trigg TE Baylor 93 15 79 Malik Muhammad CB Texas 92 13 80 Domonique Orange DT Iowa State 75 -5 81 Zxavian Harris DT Ole Miss NR NR 82 Jalon Kilgore S South Carolina NR NR 83 Skyler Bell WR Connecticut NR NR 84 Jaishawn Barham EDGE Michigan NR NR 85 De'Zhaun Stribling WR Ole Miss NR NR 86 Dani Dennis-Sutton EDGE Penn State 71 -15 87 Joshua Josephs EDGE Tennessee 81 -6 88 Chandler Rivers CB Duke 91 3 89 Romello Height EDGE Texas Tech 68 -21 90 Sam Hecht IOL Kansas State 97 7 91 Gracen Halton DT Oklahoma 99 8 92 Genesis Smith S Arizona 100 8 93 Garrett Nussmeier QB LSU 90 -3 94 LT Overton EDGE Alabama 65 -29 95 Logan Jones IOL Iowa NR NR 96 Austin Barber OT Florida NR NR 97 Mike Washington Jr. RB Arkansas NR NR 98 Kage Casey OT Boise State NR NR 99 Drew Shelton OT Penn State NR NR 100 Sam Roush TE Stanford NR

So Joey B is just out there crushing ass. He's getting early 2000's boy band level of ass. I still hold out hope that he will settle down with Sophie Cunningham and sire incredible super babies, far superior to us normies in looks & athletic ability.

One can hope that plays out and Joe2 stays a A Bengal..

They'll resign Flacco if he wants to remain here. Can allways cut Johnson if so.