I love seeing our guys going back to school and finishing their degrees

Congrats @CamTaylorBritt_!
Proud of you ?

(credit @mrscourtneeeeee)pic.twitter.com/p4zcCURwp1

— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) May 18, 2024

Anyone going to any away games?

What games do you think would be worthwhile to go to?

I have crippled season tickets but thinking of going to an away game or two.

I think the Chiefs game might be good to go to if I can find crippled tickets because, obviously, we're two of the top dogs in the NFL. If our line protects Burrow, we're on their level IMCO.

I presented at the Missouri Speech, Hearing, and Language convention before Covid and a bunch of the young ladies added me on Facebook, so I'd know some people out there. Plus, even there were a number of colleges, so I'm sure that they'd at least know some people in the KC area that saw my presentation.

Think that would be a good one to go to? Is Kansas City a decent town with things to do other than the game?

My brother lives in Charlotte, so I think I'm going to go down for that.

My friend lives in Dallas, so I think I'm going to try and go down for that.

I'd like to go to Pittsburgh just because I think it would be great to go out and have a cripple taunting their fans when we're dominating them, but it's week 18, so we might (hopefully) be resting our starters with everything locked up.

Titans game might be fun to go to just because Nashville has been a good time the few times I've gone.

What other games would be worthwhile to go to? Anyone else think they'll go to any?

We open up as the largest favorites of opening week with an 8.5-point spread.

Of course, this is subject to change as the off-season moves along.

I don't think I like being that favored, not the way they have started every season but then again they have to improve their September record sooner rather than later

Each year around this time I do a series of posts where we rank our players against the rest of the league. This year will be no different. This year we start off with a group we didn't rank last year. The Safeties. So where you got STONE-BELL-BATTLE? As always the competition:

ATL: JESSIE BATES III/ DEMARCCO HELLAMS/ RICHIE GRANT
ARZ: BUDDA BAKER/ JALEN THOMPSON/ DADRION TAYLOR-DEMERSON
BAL: MARCUS WILLIAMS/ KYLE HAMILTON/ ARDARIUS WAHINGTON
BUF: MIKE EDWARDS/ TAYLOR RAPP/ COLE BISHOP
CAR: XAVIER WOODS/ JORDAN FULLER/ NICK SCOTT
CHI: KEVIN BYARD III/ JAQUAN BRISKER/ JONATHAN OWENS
CLV: JUAN THORNHILL/ GRANT DELPIT/ RODNEY MCLEOD
DAL: MALIK HOOKER/ DONOVAN WILSON/ JUAN THOMAS
DEN: BRANDON JONES/ CADEN STERNS/ DELARRIN TURNER-YELL
DET: KERBY JOSEPH/ BRIAN BRANCH/ IFEATU MELIFONWU
GBP: XAVIER MCKINNEY/ JAVON BULLARD/ ANTHONY JOHNSON JR
HOU: JALEN PITRE/ JIMMIE WARD/ LONNIE JOHNSON
IND: NICK CROSS/ JULIAN BLACKMON/ RODNEY THOMAS II
JAX: ANDRE CISCO/ ANTONIO JOHNSON/ ANDREW WINGARD
KCC: BRYAN COOK/ JUSTIN REID/ JADEN HICKS
LAC: ALOHI GILMAN/ DERWIN JAMES/ JT WOODS
LAR: QUENTIN LAKE/ KAMREN CURL/ KAMREN KINCHENS
LVR: MARCUS EPPS/ TRE’VON MOEHRIG/ CHRIS SMITH II
MIA: JEVON HOLLAND/ JORDAN POYER/ ELI CAMPBELL
MIN: CAMRYN BYNUM/ HARRISON SMITH/ LEWIS CINE
NEP: JABRIL PEPPERS/ KYLE DUGGER/ JAYLINN HAWKINS
NOS: TYRANN MATHIEU/ JORDAN HOWDEN/ UGO AMADI
NYG: TYLER NUBIN/ JALEN MILLS/ JASON PINNOCK
NYJ: TONY ADAMS/ CHUCK CLARK/ JARRICK BERNARD
PHI: REED BLANKENSHIP/ CJ GARDNER-JOHNSON/ COOPER DEJEAN
PIT: MINKAH FITZPATRICK/ DESHON ELLIOTT/ DAMONTAE KAZEE
SEA: RAYSHAWN JENKINS/ JULIAN LOVE/ COBY BRYANT
SFF: JIAYIR BROWN/ TALANOA HUFANGA/ GEORGE ODUM
TBB: ANTOINE WINFIELD JR/ JORDAN WHITEHEAD/ KAEVON MERRIWEATHER
TEN: ELIJAH MOLDEN/ AMANI HOOKER/ SHYHEIM CARTER
WAS: PERCY BUTLER/ JEREMY CHIN/ DARRICK FORREST

TOP FA’s: JAMAL ADAMS/ JUSTIN SIMMONS/ EDDIE JACKSON

I am glad we don't have to worry about jet lag. but I know some of international fans won't be happy.

Would you like to see the Bengals again? Decisions on the team(s) should be coming soon.

So far the Giants have been selected for the new "Offseason" Hard Knocks. They will still have the training camp and in season shows. Those teams haven't been announced.

I think there are some teams that can be forced to participate, but I believe the don't have to force a team if they have other willing participants.

Some much needed major changes to the defensive tackle room where made this off-season but left a massive of question mark . Who is the starting Nose Tackle? Right now the front 4 probabaly looks like Hendrickson - Rankins - Hill - Hubbard which means BJ Hill is going to be the A-Gap defender for the majority of the snaps. Will BJ Hill add weight from 311 to 320ish?

Another question is will McKinnley Jackson be the short yardage Nose Tackle? I was a big Jackson fan pre-draft and love that we added him but I don't think he is going to be a successful short yardage nose in his rookie year.


I like that the Bengals attacked the trenches this off-season but playing in the AFC North I would have liked to see them add someone with some size and experience at DT.

some OTA good news

Five observations from today’s voluntary #Bengals workout:
1. Joe Burrow took part in every drill and looked great. To my eye, there’s no discernible difference in his throws following wrist surgery pic.twitter.com/eOkluAP7O9

— Dan Hoard (@Dan_Hoard) May 14, 2024

3. Got our first look at college free agent Austin McNamara, who averaged 45.9 yards per punt in five seasons at Texas Tech and ranked 4th in the country in hang time last year according to @PFF_College. Will battle Brad Robbins at training camp to be the starting punter. pic.twitter.com/i477hWeHJB

— Dan Hoard (@Dan_Hoard) May 14, 2024

5. Defensive end Myles Murphy appears ready for a big jump in year two.
“There’s a difference between combine condition and football condition,” he said. “I was in great combine condition last year, but not in good football condition. Now I’m in really good football condition.” pic.twitter.com/oqk3tguvD3

— Dan Hoard (@Dan_Hoard) May 14, 2024

4:25 start, let’s go!

Eight of the nine players who were tagged this offseason now have signed long-term deals. #Bengals WR Tee Higgins is the last one without a deal. He has requested a trade.

Antoine Winfield Jr. (Bucs): 4-years, $84.1M

Josh Allen (Jaguars): 5-years, $141.25M

Brian Burns… https://t.co/d6Da0Eq7NU

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) May 13, 2024