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Give this hero the 🗝️ key to the Queen city 🧡

For me, the O-line has to pick up where it left off at the end of last season. That is the single most important thing. Protect Burrow, provide decent run blocking all season and this, when healthy will be a top 3 O in the league. Picking up where they left off the prior year hasn't always happened.

We are winning the super bowl this coming up season. I guarantee this.

Vontaze will forever be one of my favorite Bengals because he fought back. The Andy Dalton and Marvin Lewis lead Bengals needed Burfict to balance out their calm and passive demeanors to let other teams, especially the Stealers, know that there will be consequences if you play dirty and we can play just as dirty or worse. I would put Burfict in the Ring of Honor, he was that dude.

Because no one cares. He’s been adjudicated and it’s all over with. The dude just threw some footballs around for a couple days…no one gives a shit.

This I agree with. Kitna's kid or not, it was a very bad look and a stupid thing to do. They should have just had a trainer toss some balls if they really really needed 1 more camp arm for the rookies. Honestly, I am surprised by how quiet all of the media was about this.

... I feel confident in diagnosing him with having that dawg en em. 🩺

If the Bengals played in Covington I'd hate it. Don't know why, but the team is supposed to be a part of the city....maybe that's just my view of it.

riiight, it's about bringing people together! definitely not tax breaks & the misappropriation of public funds for a football stadium.. group hug?

It will be interesting to see if Hendrickson keeps up his yearly contract renegotiation requests and holdouts with the Ravens and how that team responds if he does. Loved his production, but didn't care for the yearly public drama at all.

What would be hilarious is if Verse doesn't do an eventual extension with Cleveland and leaves in 3 years after his 5th year option. 😆 I'm sure Verse is pissed. Imagine selling your beach house in Malibu to live next to the flaming river and a meth lab. 💩

i wouldnt be shocked if they ended up top 10, but i wouldnt predict it.. on paper they probably should be. even if you get the worst possible outcome of a healthy Dexter Lawrence, its a HUGE win. Just isolating that one move, you are going to get one of two things out of that deal. A great player commanding double teams and still being effective a player distracting the offense, OR not requiring double teams and his life is easier and effective. i think there is too much talent and athleticism around him to not have some full 180 success from that group. Howell is primed to do some interesting things on this defense, and not just in the pass rush realm. DB's were either already good or were replaced with good players so no real concerns there.. Linebackera re auxilary help players in todays NFL. you still need good ones, but a great one doesnt really move th eneedle as much as it did 20 years ago. if the DL is forcing proper gaps and the linebackers are ready theyll be in those gaps. teh DL not hitting or holding gaps reall helped fuck the linebackers who were already a half step slow learning last year.... expecting anything short of big leaps from those two probably isnt based on realistic information. like most, the defense is a house of cards, a few select injuries and we got problems, but if remotely healthy it should be a fun, well improved group.

God I hope this pays off.

this is a tough one for me, some folks on here act like we are starting Nick Vigil and Malik Jefferson and hoping for the best. Knight was an averaged 45.8 Defensive grade before the bye and the evacuation of the defensive cancer that was Logan Wilson. Knight was a 58.7 after the bye. The superbowl cham Seahawks linebackers were 65, 65, and 51 defensive ranks the superbowl patriots linebackers were 59 and 2 defensive ranks. the second half of the season the bengals played 3 playoffs teams and the ravens twice. so 5 of the 8 games were against good oppnents. and the young palyers on defense play quite a bit better on that half. it shows clear and visible progress. the guys on the field showed everyone they can be amung the performance level, as rookies, of the linebackers who played for the two superbowl teams. its also not 2006 anymore, and ray lewis linebackers neither exist nor are part of what defenses are today. so i think bengals fans are putting too much stake in what the linebacker roles are in the NFL today. 25% (exactly) of Knights snaps were on the line for pressure, which isnt his role or skillset or purpose, injuries to half of our DE's forced that to be part of it. if we want to make the list of reasons for failure and poor performance its a long and easy one: rookies new system so no vets to teach system no vet LB aside from defensive cancer who got paid to play elsewhere to bring them along quicker injuries in front of them forced them out of their roles that they were just learning in the first place injuries and poor play in front and behind them put them in trash positions in games, covering too long, left on an island, etc. and still showed improvement, growth and production as much as you think they should, let alone being thrown to the wolves. how many of the big plays or drive extending plays were scramble drill plays? no one can cover forever, and rookies, on the field too long, in various roles, so in a system that seems it will be featuring maybe 2 linebacker most of the time, with Mafe/Howell etc playing some coverage roles now and then, i dont really see any reason be have any concerns about the LB talent we have. depth, whole new story, but over the last 5-6 years the LB has become the least important role on a defense, if you can get an insant talent that is versatile and top 5 guy, its a huge gain and a huge win.. but the league has turned into has a small top tier (5-8 guys in the league) a huge middle tier (the next 30-40 guys) then the lower tier, like what logan wilson was doing on the field last year. and if you wanna dig into that pool even more, of the top 20 defensive raked LB's, 25% of them didnt even play 500 snaps. and are situational role guys who are edge LB and non traditional LB guys who only line up on the line to blitz really. IMO, if linebacker is our weakest position, we are in great shape.

I’d much rather have Flacco at $6m/year.

Just stay healthy and they are an inevitability ...

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With a telescope Bears fans in Indiana can look at their former city ...

A new tradition to be proud of ...

Can't be that much different. Still in QB purgatory.

🌈 Not that there's anything wrong with that..

its funny because purses are for girls! honestly glass houses here with Burrow lets not get too carried away

We finally got a little Erick All clarity today. I will ignore Hobson's bad headline pun this time, since he smartly noted All's very real impact on the offense in a sadly small 2024 sample size. Erick, As Usual, All In Bengals tight end Erick All Jr., one of the most impactful players they've drafted in this decade despite playing just nine NFL games as a rookie, thinks he'll be playing in his tenth with nearly two years in between games. He wasn't always so sure about that. "It feels completely stable. It feels like a normal knee," said All after Tuesday's OTA practice he looked sharp with a brace on his right knee. "I can plant on it really good. I can bend it really good. Everything is completely different, and that gets me hyped up. This is the best I've felt (in the pros). I feel like my old self." But to get there, All had to miss all last season with an ACL he tore on Nov. 3, 2024 during his rookie year. It took that long for what All describes as the doctors rebuilding the knee after it was repaired in Iowa when he tore his ACL in the seventh game of the Hawkeyes' 2023 season. Even though All says he could play tomorrow, Bengals head coach Zac Taylor is ultra-cautious about the next move. "It's been challenging for him. I think he's handled it really well. Now we're in the progression phase getting back on the field with no contact or anything right now," Taylor said Tuesday after the workout. "We'll assess training camp as it gets closer, but it's been really good to get him on the field, have him back in the walkthroughs. I think mentally for him that's probably been really helpful, just not sitting over there doing the rehab things. He's got an attitude that you just love. He loves football, that's really clear. He's passionate about it. To be able to get him back out there working with the guys has been big for all of us." How much does he love it? Taylor offered the quote of the offseason as he described All's All-Out style. "With the word physical in the dictionary is a picture of Erick All," Taylor said. "Trying to put his face though somebody's soul." All, a fourth-round pick who complements his maniacal blocking with YAC moves in the pass game, allowed Taylor to break his offense out of its three-receiver tendencies in '24 and mix it up with two tight-end sets that kept teams guessing run or pass with All's skill-set on the field. "However they decide to use me. That's blocking and killing somebody or high-pointing," All said. "I love to hit. If they have me hit, I'm in heaven."

"Adjustment" is a terrible precedent to set on contracts. Extensions yes, but if we are now going to start doing adjustments to set deals, then all mayhem will break loose with new hold outs.

Most important issue with any on field work is health. Every day without a major injury is a good practice in my book. (knock on wood) For instance, the Giants already have 3 torn achilles with Harbaugh's bullshit 'Bear Bryant' routine.

with an S

Props to Zac for updating his thinking on this. Single-digit numbers are important to young players and a signifier of "star status'". The Bengals were behind the times on the number issue.

Time for a rematch and revenge 🏆

Let's get this out of the way right now ...

A good day for Cincy tho 🐯

The bad part for us is now we have to block him in the Super Bowl.

once again I'm here talking about the Bengals and you're here talking about me. get over it.

BJ Hill is already a very large man. Dexter Lawrence isn't even human.

Refused to partake in the Satanic blood sacrifice, obviously 🥷

with this offense we should not have to relay on gimmicks and trick plays, or sneaky alignments the oline has been horrible and playing in the shotgun makes our tackles have to take their 1st step back and out to meet the spread DEs rushing , and we wonder why they always get driven backwards. the greatest thing about Flacco was he is slow and they had to play under center more, and then gee the OLINE played better the 2nd half of the year, and now Joe is saying they need to get back to fast scores ,, yes you need to push the safeties back with deep passes, but you also need to stay on the field and let the defense rest, you want to know how to have atop 10 defense? have an offense that stays on the field

"Inconsistent technician" is an interesting way to describe the football equivalent of watching someone try to program a computer by hitting it with a rock.

Get Turner done.... 25% Naval graduates go into the Marines Whichever branch he chooses is honorable .

Between Murphy, Stewart, Mafe, and now Howell, if one of those guys hit and get sacks, especially with Lawernce taking up double teams, then we will be fine. We need our LBs to take the next step as well. And really we only need the D to get to top 15 with this O. So long as we stay healthy well be fine.

Here’s the thing about LB play in the NFL….they are very dependent on the guys that are in front of them. Last year you had two rookies playing behind a bunch of nobodies that teams didn’t respect even a little bit. That changes drastically this year with Lawrence and Allen. Even if you don’t think highly of Allen, he’s going to benefit greatly playing next to DL. All of them will benefit from playing next to him. End of day though, no one benefits more than the two young LBers.

For those who like it in text form ... (I save it in my phone notes). Orange is home. Full Bengals 2026 Schedule: Preseason: - 🟠 Aug 13 vs Lions 7:00 PM - 🟠 Aug 22 vs Bears 7:00 PM - ⚫ Aug 28 @ Eagles 8:00 PM Regular Season: - 🟠 Sep 13 vs Buccaneers 1:00 PM - ⚫ Sep 20 @ Texans 1:00 PM - ⚫ Sep 27 @ Steelers 1:00 PM - 🟠 Oct 4 vs Jaguars 1:00 PM - ⚫ Oct 11 @ Dolphins 1:00 PM - BYE WEEK - ⚫ Oct 25 @ Ravens 1:00 PM - 🟠 Nov 1 vs Titans 1:00 PM - 🇪🇸 Nov 8 vs Falcons 9:30 AM (Madrid) - 🟠 Nov 15 vs Steelers 8:20 PM - ⚫ Nov 23 @ Commanders 8:15 PM - 🟠 Nov 29 vs Saints 1:00 PM - ⚫ Dec 6 @ Browns 1:00 PM - 🟠 Dec 13 vs Chiefs 4:25 PM - ⚫ Dec 20 @ Panthers 1:00 PM - ⚫ Dec 26/27 @ Colts TBD - 🟠 Dec 31 vs Ravens 8:15 PM - 🟠 Jan 9/10 vs Browns TBD

^ Bengals have to guarantee Howell at 41, since #48 is. Mulugheta (who got #48 guaranteed) is the thorn in the side of financial planning for every NFL team, as his (effective) negotiating tactic is basically, "I get everything or my client does nothing while your fan base all turn on you."

Sunshine cut off his hair for the Jags schedule release and now looks like Ellen Degenerate ... 😳

yeah espn linking nfl network is going to make it burn to the ground. espn and related content is all unwatched at all times

In your case I genuinely believe you're too fucking stupid to figure out how to block me. Get the pedo dick out your mouth before you talk to me, scumbag. Your opinions about anything at all are fucking worthless, let alone me personally. SYBAU no one needs your sketchy drunk ass playing at white knight.

All you have to do is block me, dummy. Are you being held hostage? But you'd rather whine about it.. talk about pointless "drivel". I think it'd be worth it to not have some sanctimonious half-assed Make a Wish foundation for pedos and wife-beaters masquerading as a pro football team, but I guess you not being able to click on 2 buttons makes you the real victim here. Thoughts & prayers. GFY