Take the Over / Under for the following

Burrow - 5000 passing yards
Burrow - 45 TD
Chase Brown - 1500 yards from scrimmage
Trey Hendrickson - 13 sacks
Joseph Ossai - 8 sacks
Geno Stone - 6 INT
Myles Murphy - 4 sacks
Jamarr Chase - 1750 yards
Jamarr Chase - 15 TD's
Tee Higgins - 15 TD's
Bengals Oline -  45 sacks
Bengals Scoring Offense - Top 5
Bengals total Offense - Top 5
Bengals Scoring Defense - Top 15
Logan Wilson - 5 INT.

Doubtful that players ever go on here, but my grandson attended Evan McPherson's one-day camp in Alabama and I'd like to publicly thank Mac for the personal attention he paid to him. My grandson is a soccer player who has never kicked a football in a game. Evan cleaned up his technique, provided pointers on kicking from the hash, and gave him plenty of encouragement. Mac shared that he too was a soccer player who didn't kick until his senior year. Maybe it's part of the job for players to be gracious to the public, but it doesn't always happen. It's good to know that guys we pull for as Bengals are nice humans.

Joe Burrow's passer rating when not pressured (104.9) only dips by 9.8 points when he actually *is* pressured (down to 95.1)

Here's how big the dips are for some notable others:

Josh Allen 109.3 → 71.2 (down 38.1)
Lamar Jackson 127.5 → 92.7 (down 34.8)
Jared Goff 121.6 →…

— Brett Kollmann (@BrettKollmann) June 29, 2025

You know that it has to be the dullest part of the offseason when comparisons like this happen. Rang is a respected draft analyst and has been for years, let's hope that the similarity he's seeing comes to fruition.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/fox-sports-sees-shades-of-bengals-legend-max-montoya-in-dylan-fairchild/ar-AA1Hpnz0?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=99fea8fd46da440197da4ea0a887d676&ei=39

Quote:CINCINNATI — Dylan Fairchild could be a very important part of the Bengals' offense this decade. FOX Sports NFL Draft analyst Rob Rang thinks of former Bengals Pro Bowl guard Max Montoya when he thinks about Fairchild.

Montoya is one of the greatest players in Bengals history, ranking 11th in franchise history with a 94 Approximate Value on Pro Football Reference.

"Cincinnati has dedicated a lot of draft picks and money to its skill positions and is now hoping that Fairchild can step right into a starting role as a rookie," Rang wrote. "He was overshadowed for much of his time at Georgia, and the megawatt star power in Cincinnati guarantees the same will occur with the Bengals, even if he plays well as a rookie. I like his bulk, strength, agility, and mentality and think he’ll prove a longtime starter, perhaps emerging as the best guard for the Bengals since Montoya, the only player at this position ever selected to the Pro Bowl from Cincinnati."

Now, this is more of a fun thought exercise than Rang saying Fairchild is the next Max Montoya. Bengals fans would surely welcome that kind of development after the team's cycled through guard after guard for much of the past decade.

Fairchild will battle it out for a chance to start at one of the guard spots in training camp.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/bengals-leader-s-quote-about-zac-taylor-s-changes-feels-like-good-sign/ar-AA1HoqXx?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=ASTS&cvid=3436e81c743742e4b930a4cf7a308180&ei=12

"So has the possibility of starters getting snaps in one preseason game or even more."

I believe it's a giant key to how our season plays out. We simply can't start out 1-3 and expect to be in the big dance.

Anyone else been watching over at Bengals.com, Seasons in Review? They had the 68 season and now the 70 season is up. Very entertaining to watch, I recommend watching!

With all the position groups ranked, we’ll close out by ranking our Coaching Staff. Where we got Zac/Dan/Al.? The competition

ARZ: JONATHAN GANNON/DREW PETZIG/NICK RALLIS
ATL: RAHEEM MORRIS/ZAC ROBINSON/JEFF ULBRICH
BAL: JOHN HARBAUGH/TODD MONKEN/ZAC ORR
BUF: SEAN MCDERMOTT/JOE BRADY/BOBBY BABICH
CAR: DAVE CANALES/BRAD IDZIK/EJIRO EVARO
CHI: BEN JOHNSON/DECLAN DOYLE/DENNIS ALLEN
CLV: KEVIN STEFANSKI/TOMMY REES/JIM SCHWARTZ
DAL: BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER/KLAYTON ADAMS/MATT EBERFLUES
DEN: SEAN PAYTON/JOE LOMBARDI/VANCE JOSEPH
DET: DAN CAMPBELL/JOHN MORTON/KELVIN SHEPPERD
GBP: MATT LAFLUER/ADAM STENAVICH/JEFF HAFLEY
HOU: DEMECO RYANS/NICK CALEY/MATT BURKE
IND: SHANE STIECHEN/ JIM BOB COOTER/ LOU ANARUMO
JAX: LIAM COEN/GRANT UDINSKI/ANTHONY CAMPONILE
KCC: ANDY REID/MATT NAGY/STEVE SPAGNUOLO
LVR: PETE CARROLL/CHIP KELLY/PATRICK GRAHAM
LAC: JIM HARBAUGH/GREG ROMAN/JESSE MINTER
LAR: SEAN MCVAY/MIKE LAFLUER/CHRIS SHULA
MIA: MIKE MCDANIEL/FRANK SMITH/ANTHONY WEAVER
MIN: KEVIN OCONNELL/WES PHILLIPS/BRIAN FLORES
NEP: MIKE VRABEL/JOSH MCDANIELS/TERRELL WILLIAMS
NOS: KELLEN MOORE/DOUG NUSSMEIER/BRANDON STANLEY
NYG: BRIAN DABOLL/MIKE KAFKA/SHANE BOWEN
NYJ- AARON GLENN/TANNER ENGSTRAND/STEVE WILKES
PHI:  NICK SIRIANNI/KEVIN PUTULLO/VIC FANGIO
PIT:  OMAR EPPS/ARTHUR SMITH/TERYL AUSTIN
SFF: KYLE SHANNAHAN/KLAY KUBIAK/ROBER SAHLAH
SEA: MIKE MACDONALD/KLINT KUBIEK/ADEN DURDE
TBB: TODD BOWLES/JOSH GRIZZARD/TODD BOWLES
TEN: BRIAN CALLAHAN/NICK HOLZ/DENNARD WILSON
WAS: DAN QUINN/KLIFF KINGSBERRY/JOE WHITT

AVAILABLE: JON GRUDEN/MIKE MCCARTHY/BILL BELICHICK

As of today 6/23/25…..

45 days until Pre-Season Game #1 (8/07 against the Eagles)

I be so excited

Almost as big as season four of Hard Knockers... pic.twitter.com/dfK0LMMeUa

— Bengals UK (@WhoDey_UK) June 23, 2025

The Bengals can't waste a year of Joe Burrow. The time to win is now.  However Bengals are not even close on DE's Trey Hendrickson and Shemar Stewart. What Bengals front office are going hard headed over would not even be an issue for most NFL teams, such as guaranteed contracts.

If the Bengals try to play 2025 without either of these players, they will lose. They have to sign one of them before training camp not that far away. The Bengals are trying to improve one of the worst defenses in NFL, but if neither play for Bengals, the defense will be even worse and Bengals will be a last place team.

There are trade offers for Hendrickson for a 2nd round pick next season, and trade offers for Stewart for even worse picks next season.  None of that helps the Bengals in 2025, and the Bengals need to WIN NOW while they have Burrow, Chase, Higgins to make a Super Bowl run.  You can not go Super Bowl without a good Defense though.  

The hour is getting late.  All Bengals have done is make both Hendrickson and Stewart very mad.  They wanted to play for The Bengals, but they have about had it with Mike Brown and his front office hard headed cheap ways.  

If Bengals do not sign one of them, Bengals will not win.  If Bengals front office refuses to sign either, then Bengals front office wasted their money on Burrow, Chase, Higgins, because Bengals will lose without Defensive Ends.

Of the 2, we know Hendrickson is good.  The rookie has not proved he belongs in NFL yet. If the plan was to draft a rookie and jerk Hendrickson around in contracts, that plan has blown up in Mike Browns face.

I hope it works out.  We Bengals Fans could have a Super Bowl team if Front Office would just stop jacking around on contracts. It's time to roll out the footballs and have Summer camp and Preseason and get ready to WIN in 2025.  All Super Bowl Teams say it all began way back in Summer Camp,  It is time for Bengals front office to start thinking Super Bowl and get out of their Last Place Cheapness.