Guardian Caps which have been used the last couple of seasons during training camp and contact practices The NFL's goal is to cut down on the number of concussions

It will be interesting to see how many players throughout the league.

I wonder if the caps, which are worn over the traditional helmet, will be painted to look like a team's game helmet. The ones used in training camp were a pretty basic solid color

I've seen a bunch of discussion on the Mims pick but this thread is to see how everyone grades the pick, plain and simple.

I give the pick an A+.

He was the best tackle in the draft, IMCO, and only fell because of his lack of starts and that ankle injury, which appears to be a non-issue.

6'8, 340 lbs is something that you can't teach and is just a mammoth of a man.

I think that not having to start right away will also help his game improve and help him grow as a player.

My grade also comes from the stance of need in the draft and protecting Burrow should be our top priority, and I also think Mims has the most potential in the class.

I wanted Bowers because I thought he'd be an outlet that would help to protect Burrow and we could get a tackle later or Murphy, but Mims is who I wanted with those two gone.

Like I said, my grade is an A+, but please give your grade and an explanation (if you'd like).

I had to be up at 5:30 this morning to present to a school an hour away, so I just got home and had DoorDash deliver me Skyline, but I'll post more after I eat.

Post your Day 2 Targets

WR-Ladd McConkey
WR-Jacob Cowing
TE-Ben Sinnott
CB-Mike Sainristil
OG-Cooper Beebe

Who Dey!


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Driving home and heard on Fox Sports radio that the Cowboys have offered pick 24 for Higgins and pick 80 but that the Bengals turned down the offer. The guy getting interviewed was some former nfl exec who said this happened within the last hour. Is this just made up shit or anyone else have info???

Will the Discord chat be opened for tonite?

As always there will be plenty of discussions on this board.  We learned last season, that for live events the various viewing options available to people (antenna, cable, tv streaming, phone streaming, computer streaming, etc) can lead to viewing lag time differences of several minutes.  As a result, some people can hear the results before others do.  The fastest option is watching off your antenna.  Cable is usually the 2nd fastest.  Streaming times rely on your internet download speed and are slower

If you do not want to know the draft picks before YOU hear them.  GET OFF THE BOARD when the pick grows near.

I'm torn between having options at #18 or having a run on the players we are targeting so that the pick becomes obvious when the time comes.  

Per Schefter

"Bengals three-time Pro-Bowl DE Trey Hendrickson has requested to be traded from Cincinnati, per league source. Hendrickson is due to make $15 million this season, and is looking for more long-term security than Cincinnati has been willing to offer."

https://www.bengals.com/news/myles-murphy-finds-a-routine-sam-hubbard-ahead-of-schedule

Nice article on Bengal website.

Quick Hits: Bengals No. 1 Pick Myles Murphy Finds A Routine; Sam Hubbard Ahead Of Schedule

Let's see. A year ago this week, Bengals edge Myles Murphy knew exactly what he was doing. He had just finished up the last of his ten visits to NFL teams as one of the top rushers coming out of the draft.

And, believe him. After the Bengals took him at No. 28 in the first round, this year has been a lot different.

"The biggest thing for me has been trying to find a routine," says Murphy after one of the voluntary workouts at Paycor Stadium. "In college (Clemson), you had a schedule. Wake up, work out, go to school, go to practice and if you don't have homework, go to sleep. Here, we're done, what, 2 o'clock? That's a lot of free time and the big thing I've been doing is trying to find ways to spend it constructively."

Murphy, who figures to play more than the 305 snaps he had as a rookie, is using plenty of that time to re-build his body. That's another big change from last year.

"There's a difference between combine shape and football shape. A big difference. I noticed it as soon as I got here," Murphy says. "One thing I picked up from the veteran D-linemen is investing in your body is not a bad thing. Nothing's cheap. All the stuff that I had at Clemson and didn't use last year, I think those are things that can be beneficial to me."


He's put his money where his body is. He never dreamed before last year that he would drop beaucoup bucks on an infrared sauna that he put in his garage. But he did and now he's thinking about an ice tub and hyperbaric chamber to add to the mix.

Thanks to the Bengals defensive dean, left end Sam Hubbard.

"He's the one who was telling me about the cold tub and sauna when I was asking about what he uses at home," Murphy says. "You just watched Sam every day and you can see how important it is for him to take care of his body."

Murphy also couldn't help but notice how Hubbard played through an injured ankle for the last seven games.

"That was impressive," Murphy said. "Literally, the recovery (daily body treatments) showing up. That showed what he thought of the team. 'I'll do all I can to keep us in position for a chance at the playoffs.' He never said that, but that was the message I got."


SAM I AM: Hubbard showed the media the scar on his reconstructed ankle while reiterating why he kept playing after sitting out two games. It's no coincidence his first game back was the Bengals' first after quarterback Joe Burrow's season-ending wrist injury.

He cited an age-old line made popular by the late Pete Brown, the Bengals' legendary director of player personnel: "The best ability is availability."

"I'd want to burn the film of the back half of the year," Hubbard said. "I'll get back to myself … This is actually the first surgery I've had in my long football career. I've been very blessed. I just didn't want to leave my guys without me with a playoff pushing front of us. We got to a tough point with Joe going down. It was all hands on deck. I wanted to be a part of it."

Hubbard says he's a few weeks ahead of schedule and indicated he'll be ready for training camp.

SLANTS AND SCREENS: If you can believe it, there's another defensive lineman in this year's draft named Myles Murphy. This Murphy is from North Carolina and is more of an interior player and, yes, they've met.


"It was a Nike camp in Atlanta," our Myles Murphy said. "They called the name to go to the desk and we both got up. I said, 'They called my name,' and he said, 'They called my name.'" …

As head coach Zac Taylor heads into his sixth draft with the Bengals on Thursday, here's what he's learned:

"The scouts do the brunt of the work and so you want to lean on their expertise and their knowledge on the players just for a vision of how we utilize the player. That's really where I step in and the coordinators and be in that voice," Taylor said. "If there needs to be some closure on a player, what's the vision for them? That's where I've got to step in and make sure that I speak on behalf of our schemes and how we see a player fitting." …

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/23/lease-negotiations-continue-between-hamilton-county-and-the-bengals/73330479007/

Looks like things are already a bit choppy between the county and the Bengals. The price tag for the renovations is going to be around 1 billion dollars (big yikes).

Looks like the county wants a deal DRASTICALLY different than last time and isn't willing to commit more than 1/3 to the price tag. They will also be asking the NFL for money (they gave other teams 100 million for their stadium upgrades).

Things are going to heat up quickly here soon.