The house had a security guard and someone still got in through the bedroom window

https://www.wlwt.com/article/joe-burrows-house-broken-into-report-during-football-game/63148465

“Someone is trying to break in to the house right now. My daughter is there. This is Joe Burrow’s house. She is staying there. He’s at the football game. She’s wondering what she should do, if she should be hiding or if she should go outside." @wlwt

— Karin Johnson WLWT (@karinjohnson) December 10, 2024

Herbert is capable of doing some good things, but sometimes you just have to wonder what's going through his head. On his first ever snap from scrimmage as a Bengal, he fumbled the ball. Now he's getting butt-tackled by Cody Ford, much to the mirth of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman's amusement.

I know it sounds insane - trading our "best" defensive player on a defense that is currently terrible.

But, hear me out...

Yes, Trey is a great player and he's having a great season. Here are the facts of the matter, though:

Trey is unhappy and has already requested a trade.
He only has one year left on his deal.
He's going to be 32 at the end of next season. His best days are likely behind him and his stock is up right now.
His cap hit is around 20 million dollars.
And...let's be 1000% honest here...there have been games this year where Trey has dissapeared. He also isn't the greatest tackeler/run defender.

This defense has a ton of holes on it and it's going to need to be rebuilt from the ground up. Trading Trey will most likely net you a low first/high second round pick. It'll also clear up that 20 million in cap room. Use that money (along with some other defensive cuts) to completely revamp this defense. You can bring in a DT like Osa Odighizuwa and a safety like Jevon Holland or a CB like DJ Reed.

Trading Trey is the absolute quickest way to rebuild this defense. If you trade him, free up that cap and get some picks, then hit on those resources...we are talking about a one off-season rebuild. It needs to be done, especially if they have no intentions of extending him past next season.

21 snaps (35%) of the snaps for Hubbard and 8 snaps(13%) for Bell.

Not gonna say if we did this earlier we’d have more wins cause that’s not fair but the fact it took this long is crazy.




Side note Myles Murphy got 2nd most snaps of a DE after Trey H

Post game comments from him and Chase were super interesting. Joe had always talked about a "plan" to keep them together. Wonder if the plan has always been a Burrow restructure. Wouldn't that be something.

For the first time all year the boyz catch a break and we get the W. Game Ball should be interesting. Nominees:

JOE BURROW: 369 yards, 3 TDs, 112 Passer Rating

CHASE BROWN: 113 Total Yards, 1 TD

JAMARR CHASE: 14 catches, 177 yards, 2 TDs

GERMAINE PRATT: 7 tackles, 1 PD

TREY HENDRICKSON: 1 sack

CADE YORK: 5 for 5 om kicks, 9 Points

#Bengals inactives:

WR Charlie Jones (groin)
S Daijahn Anthony
OT Orlando Brown (fibula)
TE Tanner McLachlan
DT Sheldon Rankins (illness)

Fifth straight game missed for Jones. More PR opportunities for Isaiah Williams and KR chances for Jermaine Burton.

— Jay Morrison (@ByJayMorrison) December 9, 2024

Burrow, like Chase, wants to keep playing, as both are on pace to break franchise records.
Unlike Chase though, Burrow already has most of the single-season passing records - passing yards (4611 back in 2021), passing TDs (35 back in 2022), QB Rating (108.3 in 2021), and YPG (288.2 in 2021).

Chase actually though only has yards (1455 in 2021).
He's 33 away from the receptions record (112) set by Housh in 2007.
He's 4 away from receiving TDs record (17) set by Pickens in 1995.

While I get Chase wanting to break those records by Housh and Pickens, is there much point for Burrow to try to break his own single-season franchise records vs making sure to go into next year healthy?
Or would it be smarter to have Burrow (and Chase) sit and let the backup take their spot for the remaining month?

Chase can still get production even with Brandon Allen Jake Browning, and if Chase doesn't play, it would give Higgins more opportunity to show how well he can be a #1 for another team and also guarantee Burton to also get a starter's amount of snaps heading into next year.
The only thing the Bengals may not want to do is if Higgins does put up stud WR1 numbers, it would pretty much guarantee he's going elsewhere. Although I think he's gone either way.

I'm up 16.5 points going into tonight, but my friend is actually projected to win by 8 points because he has Burrow, Higgins, and Chase Brown, whereas I only have Dowdle and J Chase left.

I took Chase with my first pick (before J Jeffersons) but, for some dumb reason, I selected Jordan Love instead of Burrow for my QB and Burrow went the pick after me.

I'd be destroying the league if I had picked Burrow.

Anyways, I'm locked into the playoffs and seeding is pretty much set for me (2 or 3 seed and I'll play the same person regardless), but do I have a shot tonight? I'm thinking Dowdle could run for at least two tuddies and over a hundred yards

Let me know your thoughts!

which one are you watching the main broadcast on ESPN or the Simpsons broadcast on ESPN+ or Disney+?