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I think the TE conversation is interesting in terms of how the position rates and relates to the other 3 WR spots. To me, if Vhase, Tee and Boyd we don't really need an elite TE. But if we don't re-sign Boyd and tag Tee (losing him the year after) then maybe a high level TE with 'lesser' of WR2 and WR3 would work just as well? But dammit, we need to fix the OL for the next 5 years. That to me is still priority #1.

At this point, I would like the first 4 picks to be 2 OL and 2 DL.

Well, Goodell does like to make important decisions with a coin flip...

The hip-drop tackle is one the NFL has been looking at banning BUT the NFLPA has said no way to the ban becuse it would leave defenders rather helpless. It is a legal tackle, plain and simple. And will likley remain so.

Interesting tidbit: Numbers Game Why the Chase Young trade could turn into a totally no-risk deal for the 49ers: San Francisco owns the projected 101st overall pick in the 2024 draft as the Compensatory Pick for losing DeMeco Ryans and Ran Carthon to Houston and Tennessee, respectively. The Niners traded that Comp Pick to Washington for edge-rusher Young. Let’s assume Young is a rental for the 49ers, and signs a free agent deal elsewhere for, say, $23 million a year in March 2024. It’s likely the Niners will get a third-round Compensatory Pick in return in the 2025 draft—unless they sign another high-priced free agent or two, which is unlikely given their current salary structure and need to re-sign their own top players. If Young leaves and the 49ers get a third-round pick in return, the pick would be likely be somewhere in the 97 to 101 range. Let’s, for fun, call it the 99th pick. So this trade could end up being: San Francisco trades the 101st pick in 2024 to Washington … San Francisco acquires Young for the final nine regular-season games in 2023 and possibly some number of postseason games, plus the 99th pick in 2025. Imagine getting the benefit of Young for 11 or 12 games—and then a slightly better draft pick than you traded for him.

Ouch..that sucks

Taylor has said (a few eeks ago) that he has called more run plays but Joe audibles out of them. Given how average the OL is at pass protection, I think JB needs to understand that it is to everyone's benefit to run the ball more whether it is working or not. There has to be some respect for the run otherwise the rush is on.

After the 1-3 start there was little room for egg laying. No we not only face the Ravens , we face the pissed off Ravens. Lose and it is time for the 2024 draft thread.

Teams and players have all learned (been taught really) that they have a certian amount of availability that is required, but they are not required to provide any usefull insights.

This was not a trap game. Texans were hot and the Bengals could not afford to take any week off because of their poor start to the season. We simply got outcoached and outplayed.

This site and the team laid eggs

Off topic - in the CFL my home team, Winnipeg Blue Bombers are now headed for their fourth straight Grey Cup. They have won two of the last three and are lead by former Bearcat Zach Collaros - who just set a new CFL record for being the starting QB in 4 straight Grey Cups.

Was he not a FA this past offseason? No one is beating down any doors for this guy - servicable veteran. Blocking TE's are not exactly where you want to put cap money.

A Glue Guy?

And boy did those two go in opposite directions after that

Kirby Criswell not available?

Where did we find this new TE Sam Hudsmith? Undrafted?

Mark Davis is to Al Davis what Mike Brown is to Paul Brown Mark Davis needs to let his daughters/grandaughters run the show! (Not sure he has any and likely not as bright as the Blackburn gals)

Not saying he gets sacked every play if Jonah leaves and I said he has to play all year like this BUT if he leaves who goes in? One of our backup scrubs or do we pay huge $$ a FA RT when we can just try and sign Jonah. I trust Lou to work without Reader more than I trust the OL with no RT to speak of. I am fine with signing Jonah and Reader and passing on Tee - to me he is an obvious 3rd on that list. The other issue is Readers age, he may want a longer term deal than the team wants and we have been avoiding the 3rd contract guys who are older.

We only have to deal with this in the Super Bowl! Until then, they can do waht they want.

I dont disagree that Reader is a better player, but I pick JB standing up before I pick Reader

I believe I noted this possibility at the start of the year - but I said they may have to sign Johan and pass on a Reader extention. But good on Jonah for playing like he has, lets see how the entire season pans out. If he holds, then he has to be a high if not the highest priority. Keeing JB upright and clean is far more important then who is the DT and who is WR#2. Sorry to those 2 guys but that would be my position. What would be thr cost to franchise tag Jonah?

Shit that is funny!

And that was called 'roughing the passer', the refs are truly clueless on how to call that penalty.

From Peter Kings FMIA: https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/fmia/news/fmia-week-8-dramatic-turns-for-burrow-and-bengals-cousins-and-vikings After 40 years covering this game, I’ve come to realize how maddeningly interesting and capricious it is. Take Cincinnati-San Francisco in California Sunday. The game turned on a shake of the shoulder by one of the great players today, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, who’s spent the last three games reaffirming his greatness. Reaffirming is right, because Burrow spent the first month of the season as a liability, not a cornerstone. And on a knock-down, drag-out afternoon, with Joe Montana and old 49er friends celebrating Super Bowls past from a box upstairs, Burrow did something with 13 minutes left that Joe Cool would have done. The great ones make plays like this almost without thinking. That’s part of their brilliance. Cincinnati was up, 17-10, and trying to put the game away after a Brock Purdy interception gave the Bengals the ball at the Niners’ 17. On first down, Ja’Marr Chase lined up split right with Tyler Boyd a step behind him and just to the right. At the snap, Burrow’s eyes bore a hole through Boyd, just the way coach and play-caller Zac Taylor designed it. “Just trying to sell the perimeter screen,” Burrow said nonchalantly (does he ever speak in any other tone?) over the phone, an hour after the game. And as Boyd took a step back, like he was about to catch a laser from Burrow, the QB almost imperceptibly began his throwing motion to Boyd, with corner Charvarius Ward moving forward to shadow the WR. “Yeah,” Burrow said, “I gave a little pump fake.” Very little. Still, the shoulder tic looked like it froze the corner covering Chase, Isaiah Oliver, for a split second while Chase zoomed toward the right corner of the end zone. Burrow lofted a strike to Chase, who must have found it odd to not be skin-to-skin with a corner in the end zone. He caught it unchallenged. Ballgame. “What was cool,” Burrow said, “is it happened exactly how we practiced it. Our guys did a great job of selling it. It’s no secret we like to throw those kinds of routes to Ja’Marr—it’s a big part of what we do. In that situation, a great call by Zac.” In that situation, great execution by Burrow. He’s just so confident, so unshakeable. Now that Burrow’s achy calf muscle that erased training camp and made him ineffective for the Bengals’ toothless 1-3 start has faded—faded is right, because it’s not altogether gone—Cincinnati should be serious contenders again. The 31-17 win Sunday and Burrow’s brilliant show (28 of 32, 87.5-percent accuracy, three TDs, no picks) gave him a 111.8 rating in the team’s three-game winning streak. “It’s tough,” Burrow said, “when you have an injury and you’re playing through it. You obviously can’t do some things that normally you can. But we got through it. We got through it healthy and we’re on the other side now, it feels like. My strength is still coming along. In the offseason, I worked the most on athleticism and explosiveness and so it was tough to not be able to show that over the first couple weeks. I was able to show that today and it’s nice seeing hard work pay off.” Cincinnati, Cleveland and Pittsburgh, all 4-3, trail 6-2 Baltimore in the AFC North, approaching midseason. Burrow’s return to health could be the decisive factor in who wins the division. “We’re exactly where we need to be,” Burrow said. “And we’re going to keep getting better.” After watching him shred the Niners, it’s hard to doubt him.