But he’s grown on me. Nick Wrights showlisted top 10 coaches and their list was:

Andy Reid
Sean McVay
John Harbaugh
Sean Peyton
Mike Tomlin
Kyle Shanahan
Mike LeFleur
Kevin Stefanski
Sean McDermott
Demico Ryan’s





Idk how Zac Taylor isn’t on this list. Ryans essentially had a Zac Taylor like come up and is already on their list. How can Zac who’s basically done that for 2 years not on the list?



Sports TV is laughable

Yes, under 2 weeks till we get some football back into our lives. It is interesting that Mims still is not signed, it will probably get done before TC though.

The Packers, as a publically owned team, must release their finances. They have reported $402,000,000 in revenue-sharing money from the NFL. You can assume the Bengals and all other NFL teams receive similar amounts.

This does not include local ticket money, licensing deals, pre-season rights, stadium fees, etc which are team-specific

The player salary cap for 2024 is $255 mllion

ESPN ranked the top ten QBs in the league and ranked Burrow second behind Mahomes!

I love that he's getting this much respect and I think he'll blow the roof off the league with his best offensive line yet!

Quote:Burrow hasn't exactly hurt his standing in the pantheon since last year's voting -- he's still considered one of the game's very best and won a close race for No. 2 -- but his growing injury file has planted a seed of doubt.

He played conservatively early in the season while managing a calf strain, and the wrist injury suffered in a Nov. 16 loss at Baltimore all but derailed Cincinnati's season. Burrow had surgery to repair a torn ligament but is participating in offseason workouts and the early returns are good. His 51.8 QBR of 2023 was far below the previous two seasons.

"High level in all areas, can't stay healthy," said an AFC scout, referencing Burrow's ACL tear in 2020 as part of the bigger concern. "No [Joe] Mixon and the Tee Higgins holdout are big concerns." There's little debate about Burrow's greatness when he's healthy and spinning it. His career completion percentage of 68% is the highest in NFL history through a player's first four seasons (minimum 1,000 attempts).

Quote:"Baller. Release. Decision-making. Tough as nails," said a veteran NFC offensive coach. "One play away from already having a ring. And young so the injury not as concerning."

Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase are tracking to become one of the all-time great pass-catching duos. Since Chase entered the league in 2021, Burrow has thrown 22 touchdown passes that traveled 20-plus air yards. But while Chase is in the long-term plans, the Bengals franchise-tagged Higgins, who has requested a trade and hasn't signed his tender.

Several evaluators say Burrow is the common denominator who can offset a personnel loss or two.

"Burrow is still probably the most consistent of all the guys," an NFL executive said. "A pure thrower who's in complete command of the offense and comes up big in big moments. He knows when to attack and be aggressive vs. when to take the easy yards. And the dude is so tough."

Picking it up here in about an hour. Damn, it would be great if I could have all the players sign it. But I'm afraid even if I could, I would jinx something. I can't wait to take our dog Lucille, aka Lucy, aka Lemonade, aka Lemon for a ride. She's going to be excited.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/kitty-litter-bengals-burrow-criticizes-steelers-stadium/ar-BB1pPXxT?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=f35d17c2bec74d12854f3c48b98fc15c&ei=28#comments



Joe Burrow not a fan of Acrisure Stadium (msn.com)

Patriots at Cincinnati. Patriots have a new coach and a new quarterback and a whole new system. Never take the Patriots lightly, but I think Bengals can take them in Cincinnati. Patriots may still have a good D, but I can't see Patriots new offense in high gear right off the bat. Hopefully Burrow is healthy for a change at start of season, which normally he isn't. If Burrow could be on his game in this one, and Bengals D with Hendrickson is giving Patriots offense a hard day, hopefully Bengals start season with a Win. It would be good to get out in front and start with a Win, as opposed to these opening game losses.

GO BENGALS....Have a good training camp and an injury free preseason, and get after Patriots in Cincinnati.

Some guys we don’t know how they are gonna play next season but we all like to predict.

I thought I’d share my money picks iv made so far and I’d like to hear what stat lines you guys FOR SURE think are happening. Not lines you’d like to see but what are the numbers are are 100% sure will happen?


First Burrow is throwing for 3500 yards and 30TDs. I predict he’ll remain healthy so i don’t see any world how this bet will fail.

Myles Murphy will have 10 sacks. Yep i think he’ll eat into Hubbard minutes finally and i think he’ll totally bench Ossai. By week 10 this kid will be pass rusher B and he’s gona finish the year with at least 10 sacks.

Jamar Chase is going for 1700 yards and 10 TDs. To me this is the safest bet besides the Burrow pick. If Burrow does well SOMEONE has to benefit.

Charlie Jones to have at least 1 return TD. Nothing else to say. I think everyone thinks guys like Tyreke Hill will excel on kickoffs with the new rules but i think the real technical kick returns are actually gonna eat the most. With head on contact happening sooner than before, the returners are gonna be able to think a little longer before returning it and i think there will be a boom around the league in returns.

No back goes for over 1000 yards. I think the o line is gonna be good so we’ll pass more. Now Brown could get over 500 yards receiving but i think we’re actually gonna run less than ever before.

Only made 2 for defense but my other defensive sure fire bet is CTB getting at least 3 picks. I think his number will be low because teams just aren’t gonna throw to him much. I think Turner is gonna go through hell aside from CTB and i think Dax is gonna struggle at first if he starts at CB. I could actually see CTB being all pro but i didn’t have the balls to take that bet. Too many good corners in the AFC.

We now move to the guys who keep rushers out of Joe's face and open up lanes for the interior run game. Where have you got The Ted Gang? I'll only list starting 3

ARZ: WILL HERNANDEZ/ HAJADI FROHODT/ ISAIAH ADAMS
ATL: CHRIS LINDSTROM/ DREW DAHLMAN/MATTHEW BERGERON
BAL: ANDREW VORHEES/ TYLER LINDERBAUM/ BEN CLEVELAND
BUF: OCYRUS TORRENCE/ CONNER MCGOVERN/ DAVID EDWARDS
CAR: ROBERT HUNT/ AUSTIN COBERTT/ DAMIEN LEWIS
CHI: NATE DAVIS/ COLEMAN SHELTON/ TEVIN JENKINS
CLV: WYATT TELLER/ ETHAN POCIC/ JEOL BITONIO
DAL: ZACH MARTIN/ BROCK HOFFMAN/ TYLER SMITH
DEN: QUINN MIENERZ/ SAM MUSTIPHER/ BEN POWERS
DET: KEVIN ZIETLER/ FRANK RAGNOW/ GRAHAM GLASCOW
GBP: SEAN RYHAN/ JOSH METERS/ ELGTON JENKINS
HOU: SHAQ MASON/ JUICE SCRUGGS/ KENYON GREEN
IND: QUENTON NELSON/ RYAN KELLY/ WILL FRIES
JAX: BRANDON SCHREFF/ MITCH MORSE/ EZRA CLEVELAND
KCC: JOE THUNEY/ CREED HUMPHREY/ TREY SMITH
LAC: JAMAREE SALYERS/ BRADLEY BOZEMAN/ ZION JOHNSON
LAR: KEVIN DOTSON/ STEVE AVILA/ JONAH JACKSON
LVR: JACKSON POWERSJOHNSON/ ANDRE JAMES/ DYLAN PARHAM
MIA: ISIAIH WYNN/ AARON BREWER/ ROBERT JONES
MIN: ED INGRAM/ GARRETT BRADBURY/ DALTON RISNER
NEP: SIDNEY SOW/ JAKE ANDREWS/ COLE STRANGE
NOS: CESAR RUIZ/ ERIK MCCOY/ NICK SALDVERI
NYG: JOHN RUNYAN/ JOHN MICHAELSMITCHZ/ JERMAINE ELUMUNOR
NYJ: JOHN SIMPSON/ JOE TIPPMANN/ ALIJAH VERATUCKER
PHI: TYLER STEEN/ CAM JERGUNS/ LANDON DICKERSON
PIT: JAMES DANIELS/ ZACH FRAISER/ ISSAC SEUMALO
SEA: LAKEN TOMLINSON/ NICK HARRIS/ ANTHONY BRADFORD
SFF: JON FELICIANO/ JAKE BRENDEL/ AARON BANKS
TBB: CODY MAUCH/ GRAHM BARTON/ BEN BREDESON
TEN: PETER SKRONSKI/ LLOYD CUSHENBERRY/ DANIEL BRUNSKILL
WAS: SAM COSMI/ TYLER BLADASZ/ NICK ALLIGRETTI

TOP FA’s: CONNOR WILLIAMS/ GABE JACKSON/ GREG VAN ROTEN/ TRAI TURNER

I was just looking at our schedule. I missed my earlier looks that we have 2 quick turnaround Sunday and then Thursday games.

I worry as hard to play one 4 days turn around and we have 2.

I have never noticed 2 Thursday night games in the past. Is this new?

Both are 2 AFCN games, first Ravens and then Browns.

Does it concern anyone?