Paul Dehner in The Athletic provided some updates on the draft class

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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5690172/2024/08/09/bengals-rookie-report-preseason/

A+
Amarius Mims
   Mims’ first impression has been the story of camp and suddenly he’s gone from the inexperienced rookie to, perhaps, the safer option to start on opening day over Brown.

A
Daijhan Anthony
    One pick by the seventh-rounder and it happens to be the first of camp? Nice. A second interception, this the first of Burrow in camp? Even better. A third interception, this time falling off your assignment reading the quarterback in a passing lane? OK, we have a trend. Anthony might be a seventh-rounder out of Ole Miss, but he’s made a big impression in the early portion of camp. He’s versatile and has been rewarded with snaps at different positions and up in the rotation. His knack for finding the football has been hard to miss.

A-
Josh Newton
    His tenacity, physicality and stickiness in coverage are notable. Every day he makes a play or two. He’s certainly arrived playing at a level higher than the fifth-round slot he was selected out of TCU.  

B
Erick All
    What we have seen is notable. The athleticism and versatility show up.  His play grew the encouragement exponentially.

C+
Cedric Johnson
    He needs plenty of development for his impressive physical traits that originally drew the Bengals’ scouts to him. He’s shown speed to burn coming off the edge.  they’ve focused him on the right side, but any action he sees on the field this year would probably come on special teams

C
Kris Jenkins
    We have not seen the instant impact to this point. As always, in the trenches, the games will be a better judge, but he hasn’t produced a buzzy first three weeks. There’s plenty to like about his foundation of technique and power but he needs to show some progress in the coming weeks

Jermaine Burton
     Burton’s merely going through a standard process of figuring out the NFL. That’s kept him in a reserve role and slightly off the radar considering the overwhelming hype that followed him into this camp.

C-

Tanner Mclachlan
    There’s just not much to analyze with McLachlan. He missed OTAs with a core muscle injury and missed some time in camp working his way back.   He also hasn’t shown himself.  You’d like to take more notice of a player, but he’s blended in

Mike Lee
    He’s not cracked reps with the second team with Hill getting all the work when the twos take over.  you would have liked to see a touch more momentum for Lee in the rotations.

Incomplete
McKinley Jackson
    The injury will put him behind.  He’s been fine so far. There hasn’t been much to note about his time on the field. That can often be the case for 330-pound nose tackles, but he hasn’t been a terror and also hasn’t looked like a liability.

So, J22 brought up an interesting point in the training camp thoughts thread(page 8). About, how the FO refuses to make a big time trade and overly trust young players to fill big time roles.

I have mixed views on wether we should make big trades. Especially, considering that we have a generational talent at QB.

On one hand making a big trade would make our roster better in the now but on the other hand losing draft picks hurts our ability to help the team in the future.

We have signed free agent DT Carlos Davis.

— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) August 8, 2024

McNamara, the great UDFA punting hope, from the off season, didn't even make it to the first preseason game.  Late signee Ryan Rehkow knocked him out o the competition

We have made the following transactions:

- Signed DE Andre Carter & DT Joshua Pryor
- Placed DE Cam Sample on the Reserve/Injured list
- Waived P Austin McNamara and WR Tre Mosley

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— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) August 7, 2024

The @bengals just emailed out some advice for Saturday regarding ticket access. Definitely add your tickets to whatever digital wallet you have ASAP.

Not sure about iOS, but ANDROID USERS!! Currently when you click "Tickets" at the bottom of the Bengals app, you'll see the… pic.twitter.com/UbIEimyEAK

— ?????????????? (@BengalsCaptain) August 6, 2024

Evan McPherson is waiting for his extension with a lot less publicity than Ja'Marr.

A quick glance at the top rated kickers makes it pretty easy to see he will come in between 6 and 6.5 million per year

Highest paid kickers in the NFL on a per-year basis:

?Harrison Butker: $6.4M
?Justin Tucker: $6M
?Jake Elliott: $6M
?Matt Gay: $5.62M
?Graham Gano: $5.5M https://t.co/EMMxvwnjgL

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 5, 2024

https://www.wlwt.com/article/cincinnati-bengals-cam-sample-2024-injury-achilles/61794064




Jesus man


Getting Carl Lawson at this point may be necessary.


Hubbard hobbled, Ossai a question mark after a down year, Murphy looking good but a question mark because it’s not in actual games…



We may need to persuade Carl Lawson from Dallas and STILL trade for another guy.



This may be a perfect chance to trade a safety for a comparable young end



Give away a guy like Tycen Anderson or even Battle for a guy in a similar career spot

#Bengals release first depth chart of the season.
Trent Brown listed as starter at RT
Trenton Irwin at WR3
DJ Turner as the starting CB ahead of Dax Hill
Trayveon Williams as KR pic.twitter.com/J6DOovhIwP

— Jay Morrison (@ByJayMorrison) August 5, 2024

Trent Brown has been cleared to practice. Now we get to see the real RT battle. Glad Mims got some solid camp time at the position though

With Sample going down, Trey and Hubbard as well for undetermined periods is it too early to look at FA DE'S?
Justin Houston is out there....