UncleEarl

That's a joke. I don't know what their protocols are, but I bet they aren't good at all. Everyone saw him fencing. Protect the shield!

It is going to be difficult for him to get that big long term contract with these non-specific injuries. I would guess his agent would be more specific if asked by potential suitors?

Haha! No. Verser seemed to be a good guy, just a very poor first round draft pick.

Doesn't every team have a medical staff and aren't there spotters in the pressbox? How the hell do all of those people fail? This is a NFL issue. This is one place I do not blame Taylor, unless he overruled someone to keep him in the game. You have to trust the people you hire. Today, someone needs to be shown the door.

He has time to redeem himself. David Verser would like a word as well.

No way in hell he should have been allowed back in the game. I hope this adds up to nothing for Tee, but we know that consecutive concussions make it much more likely that long term damage will be done. I hope Tee's family keeps the game film so if he does have problems later in life he can sue the crap out of everyone.

I had the same concern in the middle of the game. I'm a Bengals fan and want to see them win, but brain injuries are no joke, and Tee Higgins has a brain injury.

Tee's brain was not working today for obvious reasons.

I appreciate his grit, but he wasn't right. The team and league needs to protect guys from this kind of shit. Win or lose Higgins shouldn't have been playing.

He came back. He dropped and bobbled passes. He was not OK.

Who cares.

Bengals

Yeah, he makes some bad hits. I mean, I think he has no place in the league. It shows what a shitty job Drury has done if that's all they have in their minor league system.

All these kids dream of being in the show. They work their whole life for it. Rempe is no first round pick. 6th (last) round pick. No doubt picked for his size alone. After a few years I'm sure he knew his only route to the NHL was the rough stuff. He can't skate for squat. 99 out of 100 hockey players would do whatever it takes on the ice to make it to the show. Kids in their teens and twenties struggle to see past a couple years. What's worse is he isn't even good at the rough stuff. My son was a hockey player and it's hard for me to watch what is happening to Rempe. There is a long list of guys in the past that took those beatings and some really bad long term outcomes.

Agree about that in the first half. Thought he was better in the second. Should continue to improve with more work. It was good to see that "that guy" was still in him.

Flacco seems like a good dude, but he says he wants a chance to play next year. At 41? No shot his body could take it even if someone gave him that chance. His best bet is the Craig Morton/Don Strock role. Play here and there when the starter is injured.

The Bengals also often need a RB in for protection purposes and play action can screw that up.

You aren't wrong. I've just given up on any hope that something will change with the Brown family. Maybe when Mike is gone could the Blackburns open up their wallets for a better staff? Probably not, but that's the only hope I have. So, I will criticize the coaching when I think it's deserved and I do believe it is deserved. I've just decided to quit screaming at the Bengals management clouds.

I feel sorry for that kid. He has no business in the NHL, but coaches and GMs are thinking they can find the next Chara who was a clod that somehow figured it out. He's getting the stuffing beat out of him and could be eating pudding by the time he is 40. Only way he stays in the NHL is with the physical stuff and he really isn't good at that either.

Finally firing GM Jarmo Kekalainen was a step in the right direction. His personnel decisions were bad enough, but also hated by his players. Give it a few years, but Waddell could have the back in the playoffs if some of those high draft picks pay off.

Zac Taylor's playcalling? Woof. When the Bengals throw an incomplete pass on first down Taylor runs on second down. Like clockwork. Isn't there anyone on the offensive coaching staff that can point this out to him? It's absurd.

What a sloppy, wild game. Great to see the defense make some plays. Ossai had his best game ever. He was a problem all night for Baltimore. Murphy was NOT mild last night. He wasn't dominant, but the effort was certainly there. Watching him chase down Derrick Henry way down the field was something. Nice tip on the pick that sealed the game. Burrow was pretty good, but definitely not prime Joe Burrow. He should improve. Bengals LBs and Safeties still stink. Always great to see them get roasted for being bad at football by Jason Garrett. I was never a high level football player, but those angles...are they something you can teach or is that just instinct? Seems like a high draft pick would understand that shit by the time he got to the NFL. The post game was hilarious. You know that food was cold as ice. The turkey was probably as dry as sand. Watching Chase and Ossai try to chew that crap and answer a question was funny. New crazy-ass long snapper actually bit into a crab. I suppose if you are a specialist that doesn't get to spend as much time with the rest of the team being entertaining is a plus! My kind of entertainment.

Potentially prophetic. Road teams on Thursday night football are horrid. Doesn't look good for Burrow.

Went to a Coyotes game once. Building was about half full and dead as I've ever seen a hockey rink. Fans weren't into it at all. I spent many years watching bad Hurricanes hockey. Even in the worst of times the fans that were there were in to the game and rowdy. Not in AZ. Kind of like a Miami crowd. If you are really good, we'll get interested, otherwise we're going outside.