So the offensive line has been the only thing holding us back from a title the past two years. It was ranked 28th last season and it's in the top half this season! Some (few) sites even have us top ten, but most have us around the ten-to-fifteen range.

Either way, it's a drastic improvement from either of the past two years!

I only bring this up because I have the top pick in tonight's fantasy football draft and the consensus is to take Jefferson, but I started doing research on taking Chase first overall.

What I found out was that Jefferson's air yards were almost twice as much as Chase's last year, which means that our line struggled so much that Chase only had half as much time to run downfield before Burrow had to get rid of the ball.

We almost won a title the past two years having two of the worst lines in the league and now we're DRASTICALLY improved, so I'm even more excited!

I'm going to stop by the casino when I get the chance to place more bets

WHO-DEY!

I know its a little premature, but I think it's worth a discussion.

Who (if anyone) gets the tag in 2024? I think it's 100% used on either Reader or Tee. Both will be unrestricted FAs.

The only change from last year is obviously removing the departed Vonn Bell and changing out Mke Thomas for Mike Hilton. Hilton is the person I would have chosen, from the outside looking in. Glad to see the outside view equals the inside view

2023 captains ? pic.twitter.com/KP4jp5UiQv

— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) September 4, 2023

Ossai is working on the rehab field

Everyone else is practicing. So far things look good starting off

first official report of the season will be out on Wednesday

Denzel Ward remains in the concussion protocol for the Browns. His availability for Sunday remains in doubt especially with his concussion history

28-24 Bengals if Burrow starts. We shall see if that happens

Team MVP-
Team MVP not named Joe Burrow-
OPOY-
DPOY-
Rookie of the Year-
Comeback player of the year-
Surprise player of the year-
Assistant Coach of the year-
Walter Payton Man of the Year Candidate

my answers
Team MVP- who else
Team MVP not named Joe Burrow-this one is tough-Orlando Brown
OPOY- Ja'Marr Chase
DPOY- Logan Wilson
Rookie of the Year- DJ Turner
Comeback player of the year- Chido
Surprise player of the year-Jonah Williams-he's gonna be a great RT
Assistant Coach of the year-Robert Livingston, safeties coach
Walter Payton Man of the Year Candidate-Joe Burrow

Bengals have not did well against The Browns last few years. They have beaten Bengals with good old fashioned Smash Mouth Football, and Browns QBs and WR's have also looked like Mahomes and Chiefs against Bengals on wide open long bomb passes.

I would not bet a dime on this game. I root for my Bengals always, but this is a rough AFC NORTH Rival Game and The Battle For Ohio. I root for Bengals, but Browns and Browns Fans could be celebrating after this one.

If Burrow can play and not looking more injured than healthy, Bengals could win. I have no confidence in Bengals back-up QBs and if they play. Bengals could get smoked. With Burrow Bengals have a chance to win a tough Division Rival Game, without Burrow it will be all Browns with Dawg Pound celebrating.

Hoping all goes well and Bengals win. Bengals could use the win. I have seen Bengals schedule and NFL did Bengals no favors. Bengals have one of the hardest schedule of teams they have ever had. Bengals will take a few losses, I just hope first game of season isn't one as last year was opening with Steelers. It's hard to start off with losses and have to play catch up. Hoping Burrow is ready to go, and I feel like I am saying that at start of every Burrow season. With Burrow, Bengals are a Super Bowl type team, and with the backups they never score and are losers.

I have a few games I will wager on Week One, but Bengals at Browns I wouldn't touch because Browns last few years have pounded on the Bengals. Browns have looked a million times better against Bengals than any team Browns play. They must really get up for Battle of Ohio, like Ohio State vs Michigan. Browns who can be flat some game are always fired up for Bengals.

Still, Go Bengals

Just bored the other night and looked into the players drafted since Zach Taylor became Head Coach.
The Bengals have drafted 41 since 2019.
Only 10 are no longer with the team.

Do what you will with that information. Love to hear any opinions on what this means / doesn't mean.

Player - Draft Year - Team Status
Jonah Williams  2019 Bengals
Drew Sample  2019 Bengals
Germaine Pratt  2019 Bengals
Ryan Finley  2019 Traded to Houston, 2021
Renell Wren  2019 Waived, 2021
Michael Jordan  2019 Waived, 2021
Trayveon Williams  2019 Bengals
Deshaun Davis  2019 Waived, 2019
Rodney Anderson  2019 Waived, 2020
Jordan Brown  2019 Waived, 2019
Joe Burrow  2020 Bengals
Tee Higgins  2020 Bengals
Logan Wilson  2020 Bengals
Akeem Davis-Gaither  2020 Bengals
Khalid Kareem  2020 Bengals
Hakeem Adeniji  2020 Waived, 2023
Markus Bailey  2020 Bengals
Ja'Marr Chase *  2021 Bengals
Jackson Carman  2021 Bengals
Joseph Ossai  2021 Bengals
Cameron Sample  2021 Bengals
Tyler Shelvin  2021 Released, 2022
D'Ante Smith  2021 Bengals
Evan McPherson  2021 Bengals
Trey Hill  2021 Bengals
Chris Evans  2021 Bengals
Wyatt Hubert  2021 Retired, 2022
Daxton Hill 2022 Bengals
Cam Taylor-Britt 2022 Bengals
Zachary Carter 2022 Bengals
Cordell Volson 2022 Bengals
Tycen Anderson 2022 Bengals
Jeffrey Gunter 2022 Waived, 2023
Myles Murphy 2023 Bengals
D. J. Turner 2023 Bengals
Jordan Battle 2023 Bengals
Charlie Jones 2023 Bengals
Chase Brown 2023 Bengals
Andrei Iosivas 2023 Bengals
Brad Robbins 2023 Bengals
D. J. Ivey 2023 Bengals

Love it.

We are all diehards if we took the time to make an account here so i won’t draw out the question.

How many of the 53 roster spots actually matter? Obviously 22.

So 53-22=31. At LEAST another 11 are important rotational guys.

So 31-11=20. You get 7 draft picks a year so let’s just say you rock as a scout and all 7 of your draft picks are important.

So 20-7=13


How many of these 13 spots actually matter?

I’m of the opinion that EVERY single spot matters.

I go into every season thinking ALL 53 players will have at least 1 nexus event that will lead to a win or a loss.

So if you see me on here caring a little too much about the last roster spots that is why. Lol