Leaderboard

Burrow's comments I think eliminate the idea of a trade. As I think the Bengals would discuss any trade with Burrow first (probably the only QB in the NFL who would be consulted). He's basically part OC and part GM as well, as he should be.

5 round mock with an initial trade down:

NFL Mock Draft 2024, post-Combine edition: J.J. McCarthy, Bo Nix, Michael Penix Jr. find new landing spots https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/nfl-mock-draft-2024-combine-jj-mcarthy-bo-nix-michael-penix/6a21abd4d53a50ef1861afad

There's no way he even makes it out of the first round, despite injury concerns. His "eye test" is so impressive that some team is going to gamble on him. It may even be the Bengals. Though I prefer Paul as the 'safer' more experienced version of Mims.

I question why 325 lb linemen are running 40 yrdp dashes. Total bullshit.

His Holiness has spoken.

Just keep in mind that the combine rarely (these days) moves players dramatically up/down boards- many executives and ex-executives have stated that over and over. Mims simply does not have enough games to make him a top 10 so he could still easily be there at 18.

I have read on several sites that the Kingsley guy lacks full commitment to football. He is very athletic but often plays lethargically. I have never seen him , just noting what a few sites have said.

Careful, you might get accused of being a bandwagon fan around here.

Ben Baby, ESPN Staff Writer Mar 3, 2024, 03:48 PM ET CINCINNATI -- Joe Burrow is still sketching out his recovery timeline after surgery to repair a torn wrist ligament in his throwing hand. But if things continue to go according to plan, the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback has a date set on when he is likely to be completely cleared this offseason. "I think middle of May is when I am expecting to kind of be cleared for full contact and everything," Burrow told ESPN on Sunday. "Over the next month [to] month and a half, we'll kind of decide all those things." Burrow said Cincinnati's organized team activities is when he anticipates returning to full throwing sessions. He has started throwing small medicine balls as he returns from the season-ending surgery he suffered Nov. 16 in the team's Week 11 loss to Baltimore. The quarterback, who just wrapped up his fourth NFL season, said the timeline isn't far off from what an offseason has looked like for him the past couple of years. Burrow said he normally doesn't start throwing until OTAs. The time off has given him an extra 12 weeks to recover and work on any "inefficiencies and weaknesses" as the Bengals look to bounce back from missing the playoffs in 2023. "I can lift basically normally now, which I'm excited about," Burrow said in comments following a marketing event for his work with Guinness. "So the next two months, I'll basically be just doing what I've done for the last couple of years Just the 12 weeks of extra work in the rearview." Last season, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 draft played in 10 games before the ligament tear. He completed 66.8% of his passes for 15 touchdowns and six interceptions. Burrow's season was bookended by injury issues. He had suffered a strained right calf on the second day of training camp, an injury that didn't fully heal until the middle of the season. Burrow had a five-game stretch at full health before he suffered the wrist injury following a hit. Last season also marked a step back for the Bengals. After reaching the Super Bowl at the end of the 2021 season and the AFC Championship Game the following year (along with winning their division both seasons), the Bengals did not make the playoffs and finished last in the AFC North. On Sunday, Burrow acknowledged the injury problems but said they were only partially to blame for Cincinnati's woes in 2023. When asked what it will take for the Bengals to become AFC contenders again, he said the youth on the roster will play a big role. "We need the guys that we draft to come in and be productive and take on the leadership roles that we've lost the last couple of years," Burrow said. "And we need to bring in the right pieces this offseason too, whether it's the draft or free agency. "Like I said, the injuries were what they were last year, but we weren't good enough in a lot of different places to make a Super Bowl run in my opinion." Over the past few years, Burrow's input has been valued by coach Zac Taylor, executive Duke Tobin and other decision-makers in the front office. Burrow said those conversations will occur as the Bengals reposition themselves to improve next season. At last week's NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, Taylor said the dialogue between he and Burrow is wide open. "I always ask a lot of questions and he always gives me the information I need anytime I've asked him," Taylor said. Cincinnati has started the process of retooling the roster for 2024. Last Monday, the Bengals gave wide receiver Tee Higgins the franchise tag. In his final news conference of the season, Burrow voiced how critical Higgins was to the team on the field and in the locker room. In his conversation Sunday with ESPN, he reiterated Higgins' importance, noting that their time together dates back to 2020, when the receiver was drafted at the top of the second round. "Having him back this year," Burrow said, "obviously, I hope we're going to have him longer, but it's exciting for me to have him this year and then it's a nice little payday for him. Then hopefully he gets another one here soon." As Burrow prepares for the upcoming season, he said what excites him most about the process is what faces himself and the Bengals as they chase the first Super Bowl win in franchise history. "I'm excited about the challenge that we have," Burrow said. "I'm excited about the challenge that I have coming back from injury. "When you're injured, your only rebuttal to the narrative is what you put on the field and how you produce, and when you're injured, there's no dialogue between the narrative and yourself. So I'm excited to kind of handle that in my own way and get back out there in a much better place." https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39647613/bengals-joe-burrow-expects-cleared-injury-may

Patrick Bateman levels of sociopathy ... I predict one day they will find a body under his house.

Broncos paid him $15 million per win he gave them 😂

Mike Evans just got 2 years 26 per. So lets say that's Tees deal. 4 years 26.5 per.....but we got him for 1 year at 21.5. So lets say we offer 4 years 100M. Is that too much? Is that worth it?

Not Travis (Mr. Swift). His brother, the Eagles center.

It was Jason Kelce, the Eagles center who retired, not his little brother Travis, who is Mr Swift.

He's the Lightning. Where's the Thunder?

Jason Kelce made his retirement official

If I was predicting the Bengals pick right now on March 4, I would guess ... 1. Brock Bowers 2. Cooper DeJean 3. Byron Murphy My gut feeling is they try to get their OL in Rd 2 or trade back up for one (Paul?), as there will be a run on them early.

I checked 2022 also, but didn’t find anything

Agreed. But he would be classified as "less than OK". Does he elevate to "better than OK"? If so, he certainly will not be "on the cheap".

Since you must have missed my last question, he did miss 6 games last season due to an ankle injury (requiring surgery) in the first part of the season. Looks like that was about it.

Thinking we could trade down a few spots and take someone like Troy Fautanu? Looks like he could play RT and also could be an all pro guuad as a fall back?

They won't move up. If he falls to them so be it. There's a problem on our lines that has to be addressed whether FA or draft. Getting an OT in FA would solve a lot In the draft.

I read about a bunch of injuries with him too.

^ Bowers is the player who would make the biggest immediate impact next season. It's scary to think what Burrow could do if he actually had a good TE, since he never has. Part of me just can't imagine the rest of the league allowing that to happen, as they know the Bengals would then be very hard to stop. If the Bengals want Bowers (as it is rumored they do), they likely need to move up for him.

Issac Guerendo is straight line fast but there was talk about he lacked initial burst.. Interesting player in later rounds though .

Yes, please... but won't happen.

We shouldn't overweight the combine, whether for good or ill. I'm not afraid of picking Mims.

There's a pool of players who have been intended to be reserve or swing tackles but who ended up playing well in extended appearances. Guys like Morgan Moses, George Fant, Cam Fleming, Cam Erving, and Jermaine Eluemunor. The latter has probably elevated himself to getting a multi-year contract. The rest have been playing on 1 year deals for a while. There's also the Duane Brown and Jason Peters geriatric set. I'd be ok giving Eluemunor a 3 year deal or such and not using a high draft pick at RT. Or signing one of the others so we don't have to use pick 18 on a tackle. Basically we need to find a multi-year starting caliber player at NT or RT in free agency so we can get the other in the draft. After the combine, it doesn't look likely that T'Vondre Sweat will be off the board by pick 49. Probably not Kris Jenkins either.

Third?.... You know better. He won't be there when we draft in 2nd.

Amarius Mims ran a 4.33 short shuttle time at 340 lbs... That's outstanding for a 300lb player let alone 340. He has the total package you'd want in a RT. Doubt he'll be there at 18 but if he is Bengals should take him. Boom or bust? Hell all of them could be.. To many positives to pass on. Mims or Fuaga would be my choices..

Explosion out of his stance yes. Maybe 10 yrds should do it. 40 yrds..absolutely not.

... Becton should be cheap as he's a gamble. Then you still draft an RT (Paul, Mims, Fashanu, Fuaga, Guyton etc).

It was a hypothetical question, not an endorsement. If he is OK-or-less…you have to find an OK-or-better for replacement. And…because there is “no money”…they need to be “on the cheap”. Do any of the projected FA’s mentioned meet that criteria?

... He's either going to be a Hall of Famer (Trent Williams) or out of the league in 4 years as a "what coulda been" story. There's only a handful of humans on earth with his size, length, and power ... But can his skeleton and body itself handle all that torque?

A bit rough there. A very large person turns up slightly lame due to irrelevant/over used 40’s at a shirts/shorts meat market event in March. What is his injury history when he has the gear on and actually playing the sport?

Foolish to have linemen run the forty. Splits are better.

^ Serving the people. 🧡 🖤

Mims has combined himself out of our pick contention.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/projected-top-10-nfl-draft-pick-suffers-injury-combine Projected top 10 NFL Draft pick suffers injury during Combine: reports Penn State's Olu Fashanu, arguably the top offensive tackle prospect in the Draft, suffered a right thigh injury Offensive tackle Olu Fashanu, a projected top 10 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, bowed out of his NFL Scouting Combine performance on Sunday due to injury. No one ever wants to see a prospect hurt during the Combine, but it’s the unfortunate reality that sometimes happens when draftees try to vault their draft stock. Clemson cornerback Nate Wiggins ran a blazing 40-yard dash earlier this weekend, but suffered a hip injury in the process. Fashanu, a Penn State product, left with a right thigh injury, according to multiple reports. He was seen walking around with that thigh wrapped in ice. Fashanu, though, seemed to be in good spirits, according to the NFL Network. He believes that he will be fine to perform at Penn State’s Pro Day on March 15, and he’s someone many teams will be waiting to see given his status among his peers. Fashanu measures 6-foot-6, 312 pounds with 34-inch arms and an 82 and 5/8th wingspan, along with an 8-and-a-half-inch hand. These are all prototypical measurables for someone who plays his position, and his speed and strength have proven to be something evaluators believe will translate to the next level. Fashanu is the best offensive tackle prospect in the NFL Draft depending on which expert or evaluator you talk to, but there’s no question many NFL teams believe him to be first-round worthy. Fashanu was a team captain last season for the Nittany Lions, starting 12 games at left tackle. He has 21 career starts at the position, and was named the 2023 Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year as well as first-team All-Big Ten. Fashanu did have an undisclosed injury that he suffered in 2022, which forced him to start just eight games. Penn State’s Pro Day will show if this was a small tweak at the Combine for Fashanu, or if it needs more attention moving forward. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: This will cause some of the others we have been speculating to move up and him to move down possibly into our ball park. Do we take a chance or hope he drops into the second (third?) round with an injury prone rep? Would we consider him, anyway? I think Mims and Paul may be gone at 18, anyway. Esp Mims.

Can't wait for more of Chase next season

🤣

5'11 165....thin.. Someone will bite on that 4.22 Bengals won't. Been there. Done that .

I've been advocating for Fuaga all along. He:ll bring a mauling nastiness the Oline lacks.

I will respectfully disagree. We HAVE to stack up wins against our AFC North foes. 🦗

NFL: Coddles rapists and woman-beaters like nothing happened Also NFL: wHy iS it So hArd tO mArKEt tO wOmEn? Look, we made pink jerseys! Ladies?