(08-21-2020, 08:00 PM)Murdock2420 Wrote: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2020/08/21/joe-burrow-and-cincinnati-bengals-offense-won-fridays-scrimmage/3410784001/

William Jackson III was out there according to this, and Taylor said he looked good and made nice plays on the ball???

How does he do that when Burrow was nearly perfect?

I did like to see that Mason Schreck caught himself a pass from Finley.

(08-21-2020, 08:31 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: WJ3 will truly be the ‘forgotten man’ if he doesn’t pick his game up. Anyways, he might’ve only gotten beat once, it was just the highlight of the day, idk. Probably best to not read too much into the scrimmage but unfortunately that’s all we got this year! Haha

(08-21-2020, 05:09 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I never said they were all bad.  I was just pointing out that they were not all immediately elite as rookies.

(08-21-2020, 05:42 PM)McC Wrote: Your local zoo keeps rabid apes around?  Classy place.

(08-22-2020, 12:04 AM)Nately120 Wrote: Actually, the rabid ape had just escaped from your momma's house.

(08-21-2020, 06:58 PM)fredtoast Wrote: It is hard to make any judgements based on a controlled scrimmage.  Coaches script both the offensive and defensive plays to get a look at exactly what they want to see.  This scrimmage could have been all about judging specific aspects of the offense without any blitzing, stunts,  or complex cover schemes.

Or the offense could have just been that much better than the defense.  We have no way of knowing.

(08-21-2020, 07:12 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Hard to take much from the scrimmages honestly. All I know is the Defense was playing really well against Burrow the 
other day and we all know how competitive Burrow is, I am sure he took it personally and like we saw against Clemson
and Bama, he can light up very good Defenses. Doesn't matter how good the coverage is sometimes.


Very true and the way Burrow can throw under pressure and manipulate a pocket is so rare.

Honestly cannot say I am not very excited. Especially that he is doing this with the backup WR's besides Boyd.

He might have to work with these guys a lot more than we would like with the way AJ and Ross are always dinged up.

(08-22-2020, 09:49 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I know our backup WR (Tate) apparently wrestled a catch away from WJIII for a TD. Just saying WJIII is being counted on heavily this year and was hoping for a bit more from him.  

(08-22-2020, 09:05 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Heard Jonah had a couple pancake blocks yesterday. Love it.

(08-22-2020, 09:49 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I know our backup WR (Tate) apparently wrestled a catch away from WJIII for a TD. Just saying WJIII is being counted on heavily this year and was hoping for a bit more from him.  

(08-22-2020, 09:57 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Excellent point, and with Ross and Green both looking for contracts, they better hope they can be healthy or maybe Burrow can win with Tate, Boyd, and Higgins.  Looks more like a basketball team!  

(08-22-2020, 10:02 AM)PDub80 Wrote: Auden Tate will (more than likely) wrestle the ball away from any DB in the NFL every time. 6'5" 227lbs doesn't care about depth chart, right? No DB should take the ball from Tate. Like, WJ3 makes that play against any normal sized WR. Tate is freakishly huge with long arms and is great at catching that stuff.

I remember an interview immediately after the 2018 draft where Duke Tobin was asked who his favorite pick was or to give his sleeper pick. Like, one that he was most looking forward to, stole, etc.... And he immediately said Auden Tate. He went on to talk about his catching ability/hands, catch radius, body control, work ethic, etc. and seemed genuinely excited to have gotten him that late.

Silver lining here, to me, is that WJ3 was in position to make the play on nearly any WR and that Tate/Burrow made the perfect throw & catch. 

(08-22-2020, 10:05 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: So far, the VERY early returns on Williams have been very good.  Think of what a dramatic improvement that is compared to last year.  

The offense should be competitive this season right out of the gate.   

(08-22-2020, 12:04 AM)Nately120 Wrote: Actually, the rabid ape had just escaped from your momma's house.

(08-22-2020, 04:18 PM)McC Wrote: Well, which is it--your crappy zoo or my deceased mother's house?

(08-22-2020, 06:34 PM)Tony Wrote: Calling it now.. Burrow crushed the Rating, TD, Completion, and yardage rookie records... He is a million times better than Bake head...