ESPN's Bengals Training Camp Preview

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(07-24-2022, 11:29 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: ESPN has our training camp preview.

The headline is "not many holes to fill, but one key position battle looms."

It starts off with the offensive line, which is, IMCO, the only thing standing in our way of a Super Bowl.


I love the competition and the fact that they'll be working that much harder to get on the field because I don't want to see another season of Joe Burrow having the line pushed into his face or d-linemen beating our guards and Burrow not even being able to step up to avoid them or step into throws.

The fact that that's the most compelling position battle says a lot about the talent on our team.

This one still scares me:


Yeah, but will he half-ass the regular season again and then just hope he can make enough big plays in the playoffs to gain interest from another team or get us to sign him long-term?

I don't want to get into all that again but that still worries me. I hate his agent.


I think we need to establish the run to be more consistent, sustain drives, and take pressure off of Burrow. It blows me away that we had the most yards in passing attempts per season last year but I think that just goes to show the connection that Burrow has with the receivers and also how great of a QB Burrow is.

Then it talks about finding a punt returner, which I think is a big need for us this year because we will be one of the top teams in the league and we can't have game-changing mistakes on special teams:


I do like Lassiter just because he's small and elusive. He kind of reminds me of Adam Jones when I watch his highlights from Kansas, and the fact that we signed him so quickly after the draft makes me think that the coaching staff thinks that he'll be a big part of our return game. I saw a video of him talking about a drop he had against K State(?), but he talked about the mistake he made and he seems like the type of kid that will be a perfectionist to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Then it lists the most important addition as Kappa:


Hoping that trio and staying healthy is the missing piece to lead us to another Super Bowl appearance because I think Burrow is taking over the NFL and will replace Brady as the face of the league!

There's a little more in the article but those are the most important parts!

I LOVE IT!

As of right now, it sounds like the only way for either Lassiter or Pooka Williams to make the roster is to beat out Wilson and Trent Taylor for PR duties.