So Mike Brown now says a new deal with Chase is unlikely this year…ugh here we go again. Will this man never learn? Listening to him give excuses as to why we can’t afford to do things is so ridiculous. Other teams manage to do it but somehow he straight faced tries to tell people we just can’t afford to do it. By not paying Chase now the Bengals are LITERALLY only costing themselves MORE MONEY. How is that not completely obvious to him? The deal he will get is obvious. It’s Jefferson’s deal with a tiny bump for good measure. Simple as that. Waiting til next year will cost them atleast 10-20 mil. They waited til the last minute on Burrow too and it cost them an extra 3 mil per year. This man’s logic is so flawed it’s mind numbing.

Zac

1) Joe cleared to play. Will not confirm nor deny a pitch count
2) all starters expected to play in preseason

Duke

1) talks have begun with Chase's reps
2) no timeline on Money Mac extension...it may happen tomorrow, it may never happen


Mike Brown
1) fully intend to keep Chase...very high priority
2) will not discuss stadium lease
new field unveiled

A glimpse of the Bengals new FieldTurf.

The new surface is part of $39M in upgrades this offseason at Paycor Stadium. pic.twitter.com/vGQt14GQvT

— Charlie Clifford (@char_cliff) July 22, 2024

#Bengals head coach Zac Taylor says he anticipates starters playing some in the preseason, including Joe Burrow

Zac Taylor just told the #Bengals local media that QB Joe Burrow has been fully cleared for contact

Amarius Mims is the only 1st round pick not to have signed a contract, Rookies reported to camp yesterday

Me and my dad were talking and he said we should throw more 50/50s to Tee cause he’s never dropped one he got his hands on. That got me thinking has a Tee jump all ever been picked off by a defender?

I don’t remember him being out jumped or him tipping one up that later gets picked


That’d be crazy if it’s true

We bounce back to the defensive side of the ball and rank the "non-edge" LBs. Pratt and Wilson form a dynamic duo and AD-G is our 3rd, but where do they rank against the rest of the league? As always:

ARZ: MACK WILSON/ KYZIR WHITE/ KRYS BARNES
ATL: KADEN ELLIS/ TROY ANDERSON/ NATE LANDMAN
BAL: ROQUAN SMITH/ TRENTON SIMPSON/ CHRIS BOARD
BUF: MATT MILANO/ TERREL BENARD/ DEION JONES
CAR: SHAQ THOMPSON/ JOSEY JEWELL/ TREVIN WALLACE
CHI: TJ EDWARDS/ TREMAINE EDMUNDS/ DANIEL HARDY
CLV: JEREMIAH OWUSO-K/ JORDAN HICK/ DEVIN BUSH
DAL: DAMONE CLARK/ ERIC KENDRICKS/ MARKQUESE BELL
DEN: ALEX SINGLETON/ CODY BARTON/ JONAS GRIFFITH
DET: JACK CAMPBELL/ ALEX ANZOLONE/ DERRICK BARNES
GBP: QUAY WALKER/ EDGERIN COOPER/ ISIAIH MCDUFFIE
HOU: CHRISTIAN HARRIS/ AZEEZ ALSHAZIR/ HENRY TO'OTO'O
IND: EJ SPEED/ ZIARE FRANKLIN/ SEGUN OLUBI
JAX: DEVIN WADE/ FOYESADE/ VENTRELL MILLER
KCC: DRUE TRANQUIL/ NICK BOLTON/ LEO CHENAL
LAC: JUNIOR COLSTON/ DENZEL PERRYMAN/ NICK NIEMANN
LAR: ERNEST JONES/ CHRISTIAN ROZEBOOM/ JACOB HUMMEL
LVR: DEVINE DIABLO/ ROBERT SPILLANE/ LUKE MASTERSON
MIA: DAVID LONG/ ANTHONY WALKER/ JORDYN BROOKS
MIN: IVAN PACE/ BLAKE CASHMAN/ KAMU GRUGIER-H
NEP: JAWHAUN BENTLY/ JELANI TAVAI/ SIMONE TAKITAKI
NOS: PETER WERNER/ DEMARIO DAVIS/ WILLIE GAY
NYG: BOBBY OKERKE/ MICAH MCFADDEN/ ISIAIH SIMMONS
NYJ: JAMIEN SHERWOOD/ CJ MOSELY/ ZAIRE BARNES
PHI: NEKOBE DEAN/ DEVIN WHITE/ JEREMIAH TROTTER JR
PIT: COLE HOLCOMB/ PATRICK QUEEN/ PAYTON WILSON
SEA: JEROME BAKER/ TYRELL DODSON/ DRAKE THOMAS
SFF: DRE GREELAW/ FRED WARNER/ DEVONDRE CAMPBELL
TBB: KJ BRITT/ LAVONTE DAVIS/ SIRVOCEA DENNIS
TEN: JACK GIBBENS/ KENNETH MURRAY/ CEDRIC GRAY
WAS: FRANKIE LUVU/ BOBBY WAGNER/ JAMIN DAVIS

TOP FA’s: ZACH CUNNINGHAM/ KWON ALEXANDER/ SHAQ LEONARD

Active/physically unable to perform

CB DJ Ivey...no surprise here. He is likely to start the season there. That ACL was just torn too late in the 2023 season for him to be ready now
DT Devonnsha Maxwell

Active/non-football injury
TE Erick All

With Andre Johnson getting in the HOF this year, we had two players on our team that, at their peak, went toe to toe with Andre Johnson.

Andre Johnson CLEARLY has the lead in career receiving yards 14,185 to Chad’s 11,059 and AJs 10,514.

Andre Johnson had 70 TDS to 67 for Chad and 70 for AJ.

However… Andre Johnson played 193 games vs 166 and 158 respectively.

Andre has 4 total all pros (two first team, two second team), to chads four (three first and one second), and Ajs two, both second team.

Andre was a 7 time pro bowler, to 6 for Chad and 7 for AJ.

Andre is 11th all time in receiving yards, Chad is 40th and AJ is 48th. This does include tight ends.

If they both just had a few more seasons of good production, we could have two more hall of famers. But with the league changing to a receiving league, they will continually get pushed down the list. Davante, Tyreek, Keenan Allen, Amari cooper and Diggs will likely be above Chad this year or next. They will hold their for a few years, but there are just so many players above Chad and AJ.

The only case for Chad would be what his impact was for a historically bad franchise and making the bengals, and NFL, cool.

Tim Krumrie and Corey Dillon are this year’s Ring of Honor inductees!

On September 23rd at halftime vs the Commanders, they will be recognized with a special induction ceremony.

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— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) July 18, 2024

UDFA QB Rocky Lombardi was drafted by the Michigan Panthers of the UFL So it looks like he has a job to head off to when his gig as being a camp arm is over[