We've made the following roster moves:
- Activated G Xavier Su’a-Filo to the roster from the Reserve/Injured list.
- Placed WR Auden Tate on the Reserve/Injured list.
- Cleared CB Darius Phillips to return to practice.
- Signed LS Dan Godsil to the practice squad

— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) December 2, 2020

(12-02-2020, 02:48 PM)pally Wrote: Expect XSF to start this week on the right side.  It looks like that puts Mike Thomas as the 4th WR.  Tate has an injured shoulder and is expected to need surgery.  Expect him to miss the rest of the season

We've made the following roster moves:
- Activated G Xavier Su’a-Filo to the roster from the Reserve/Injured list.
- Placed WR Auden Tate on the Reserve/Injured list.
- Cleared CB Darius Phillips to return to practice.
- Signed LS Dan Godsil to the practice squad

— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) December 2, 2020

(12-02-2020, 03:02 PM)ochocincos Wrote: If that's what happens to Tate, it's been a pretty rough season for him.
Active for 9 games and only able to amount 150 yards, 0 TDs.
If the team moves on from both Green and Ross (expected), they can't go into the season with Tate as the planned WR3.
Which is a shame, as I was really hoping he'd build on the year he had last year and show he deserves that spot going into 2021.

Head Coach Zac Taylor said it "looks encouraging" for cornerback Darius Phillips to suit up this week.

Phillips has missed the last 3 games with a groin injury.

— Marisa Contipelli (@BengalsMarisa) December 2, 2020

(12-02-2020, 03:48 PM)corpjet Wrote: Is Clark Harris banged up or are they looking to next year for the long snapper needs?

(12-02-2020, 04:11 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I'm hoping we finally get a chance to see Williams-Spain-Hopkins-XSF-Hart.
I think this is the best OL, so I hope they don't prove me wrong.

(12-02-2020, 04:30 PM)pally Wrote: they may be proving you wrong...I hope not though

Wouldn't be shocked if Michael Jordan stays at left guard and Quinton Spain sticks at right guard, with Xavier Su'a-Filo as a back-up in his first week back.

— Ben Baby (@Ben_Baby) December 2, 2020

  

(12-02-2020, 04:33 PM)ochocincos Wrote: This team...I swear....

(12-02-2020, 04:09 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: That Tate hype train derailed before it could even properly leave the station.

Need to get another legit pass catching threat (WR or TE) in the offseason. Can't go into 2021 with just Boyd and Higgins.

(12-02-2020, 05:00 PM)ochocincos Wrote: As much as I would love Sewell, I think a trade-down might be a better option to help get more early-round picks. This team has too many spots that need upgraded, and just 7 draft picks and a mid-to-lower tier FA or two isn't going to cut it.

(12-02-2020, 05:00 PM)ochocincos Wrote: As much as I would love Sewell, I think a trade-down might be a better option to help get more early-round picks. This team has too many spots that need upgraded, and just 7 draft picks and a mid-to-lower tier FA or two isn't going to cut it.

(12-02-2020, 05:14 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I think trading down is only good if you're not in a position to get a true blue chip prospect with All-Pro talent like Sewell or Chase.

Doubly so when you have a clown show FO like the Bengals who will end up taking those picks they get, packaging them together and trading up to draft another Ryan Finley.

You have a chance to get a huge big time talent, you gotta take it. Otherwise you'll look like the Browns passing up on Julio Jones.

The more decisions and unknowns you ask this FO to handle, the more you're setting yourself up for failure. 


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Remember they already sort of tried that route by getting Billy Price and Cordy Glenn rather than just choosing Frank Ragnow.

Let the Bengals think about their pick and they'll out-think themsevles.

(12-02-2020, 05:18 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: You’re not fixing this team in one draft regardless how many picks you have. They also need to keep being aggressive in FA and prove it wasn’t a one time thing. More signings like Reader, and less like XSF.

(12-02-2020, 05:28 PM)ochocincos Wrote: They don't have the cap space to get a bunch of guys like Reader. They might be able to get 1 this offseason, but not more.
I know that in a typical draft teams only walk away with about 2-3 upgrades, so the entire team can't be fixed with one draft. But if, for example, you can get an extra 1st and an extra 2nd, that's potentially 2 more upgrades.

I personally don't expect any upgrade to come on offense/defense within the first couple years from a draft pick on Day 3, so I want as many Day 1 and Day 2 picks as possible.

(12-02-2020, 05:34 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: If the one big FA is one of the best OG’s on the market that will go a long way to improving the team. Burrow kept us in most games, and if he gets better OL play he might actually start winning some of them.

It’s also kind of hard to talk about cap space until we know if they’re going to cut certain players or re-sign certain players.

(12-02-2020, 03:48 PM)corpjet Wrote: Is Clark Harris banged up or are they looking to next year for the long snapper needs?