Not with a cooked Burrow

I am not ready to call him cooked just yet.

The Gals are a very good team held back by a substandard O line. Now they say they have fixed the offensive line but if fatso starts at LT it ain't fixed. Move him to RT or try at guard sign an elderly Donovan Smith. Then maybe have your QB survive the regular season.

Totally off topic, but a guy I work with who’s from Spain is married to a woman from Cuba. They go there to visit her relatives once a year if they can. He says that beer is substantially cheaper than water. Beers are about .50 to a dollar. Water is like $4 so everyone drinks beer instead of water.

My 17 year has never had a soda and orders /drinks water mostly water the odd chocolate milk /smoothie/protein shake he hates fizzy drinks , my oldest loved them though it was a a battle to keep him from drinking too much .

My son, at 32, still drinks water and only has a soda about once a week, and that is usually when we have tacos for dinner.

My daughter always drank water when young....she never really had a desire to drink sodas. She loved lemonade and that was her drink of choice when not drinking water.

Now she still drinks water with her meals but mostly because sodas/tea are so silly priced at restaurants. Her only vice.....she has to have a specialty coffee in the AM to wake up.

People telling us about their kids drinking or not drinking water has to be one of the weirder tangents I've seen.

Yea best to make sure that your kids only drink water and don't move onto the harder stuff. I remember back when I was nine and took my first hit of coke. I was never the same again. Completely hooked. Ruined my life that did. Let my suffering be a lesson.

So, water amiright?

It's funny because it's true

Chase should have. I get waiting/passing on Higgins.

Chase and Higgins miserable. No Mixon. A cooked Burrow. Losses on defense. They...r.....faulked....

You sure you wanna stand on this one? No qualifiers?

Final answer?

A good majority of this board lives in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska.

Should we be the ones throwing stones about living in Ohio? Lol

Skyline Chili is fair game, though.

That shit looks gross.

You're not winning a title....yes...yes

I'd rather drink a fresh pint of water from an unflushed toilet than eat the sloppy mess the peasantry love in Cinci.

We’ve all seen British food. You’re just piling on. The worst of Ohio is still better than the best of the UK.

My kids only drink bourbon unless I make my famous ghost pepper chili. Then they drink milk.

Clay has the curry panties. Rfaulk? The chili spaghetti version.

Just **** off. You can make the claim that our food is boring but it's not disgusting like that chili.

I’m definitely not complaining about fish and chips. I’m guessing they don’t call them french fries because they hated the French.

Who doesn't?

English food is the equivalent of sidewalk vomit. Indian cow dung tastes better in comparison. No wonder the english have such horrible dental genes. They have been eating worse than shit their entire existence.

They'll never win a title...love it

So then when you're wrong about all that, it won't count because they didn't win a title.

lulz. That's about what i thought.

My sphincter game is strong and my wife doesn't eat Skyline, so that would be a no.

Calling something nutritious and delicious 'disgusting' when you haven't even tried it, because of a bad picture.

ROFL

Are you saying you're not at all concerned going into the season, considering all that's going on with the team?

I'm honestly not concerned in the least because all that BS is so overblown, it cracks me up.

There's literally nothing going on like in the OP. "bad vibes" lulz. No.

1. The Chase contract will get done and he'll contribute like an elite recever. He's been at practice mentoring WRs all camp (laughing and having a good time) and going to the bubble after practice with coaches for workouts and shit.
2. Tee is 95% gone but that was expected with how they held on to him when they could have traded him for a haul last year. He's been working his ass off this camp to get a big payday from someone next year. It's the Jesse Bates sitch all over again, but the Bengals are better equipped at the WR position than they were at the S position last year.
3. Burrow is fine. If he gets hurt again, it will be because he's injury prone, not because his hand falls off. If he's healthy, they're a SB contender.
4. The defense will be better. Von Bell back and paired with the FA from Balt Geno Stone. Reports are, they clicked from the beginning and Von was the missing piece last year. Communication was atrocious along with tackling. Those won't be issues this year. The defense will be better. The IDL is wait and see but they have a couple guys that are at least average.
5. Losing Joe Mixon wasn't really a "loss" because Zack Moss and Chase Brown will produce like Mixon and Perine did in '21 and '22.

I'm looking forward to the start of the season. You just worry about beating the Ravens Thursday and giving us a leg up early.

How about you concentrate on a division title before you get to the big time. You had the big time and Joe choked.

No one in the AFCN scares me. The Browns have been a fluke, Pitt is always Pitt but they still don't have a QB. As far as Lamar's record against the Bengals.

He's 4-1 against the Bengals when Burrow started the game.

1 win Burrows rookie year with a bad team.
1 win by 2 pts in Balt when he played RB and they kicked a FG at the gun.
1 win by 3 pts in Cinci in game 2 last year while Burrow was gimpy.
1 win when Burrow started and went out at the half (with the lead) with the wrist in jury.

And

1 loss when the Bengals beat their ass in Balt in '21 by 24 pts when both teams were healthy.

So what your saying is the 1 solitary win Burrow has over Lamar is the outlier and the other 4 losses aren't actually that relevant. Okaaayyyy....

I’m one of those who doesn’t want to see Burrow hurt again. I’ll enjoy him failing while healthy much more than another excuse year of an injury.

Practice Week 1 has begun and Chase is still holding out.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Bengals are back to practice today as they begin prep for their Week 1 opener vs the Patriots. I don’t see Ja’Marr Chase out here at the start of the media viewing portion of practice <a href="https://t.co/X9cC7b3BEk">pic.twitter.com/X9cC7b3BEk</a></p>&mdash; Kelsey Conway (@KelseyLConway) <a href="https://twitter.com/KelseyLConway/status/1830657235498029472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Thought he was mentoring the WR room, R****ed??

I bet they announce the new Chase deal on Thursday night, just a couple minutes after kickoff for the Chiefs & Ravens game.

Chase is getting at minimum $35 mill per, which, including home alone kid's annual salary, ties up roughly 39% of the overall team cap. Surely numbers can be spread around but you get the general idea that the bungholes are soon approaching faulked territory.

Does anything else matter? He's not healthy enough to win one...yes. The defense isn't good enough..yes. Your WRs aren't happy...yes. Will you win a title with all that...no

You guys are funny. LMAO

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ja&#39;Marr Chase was the most involved at practice as we&#39;ve seen him recently. Spent the portion open to the media helping out with WR drills. <a href="https://t.co/cEufVELUF7">pic.twitter.com/cEufVELUF7</a></p>&mdash; Ben Baby (@Ben_Baby) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ben_Baby/status/1830663934741041352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I'm sure there's a few more qualifiers you can fit in there, Mr. I'm always right because i cover all the bases.

Don't worry, i see you. ;)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ja’Marr Chase, here for the first practice of the game week. <a href="https://t.co/UEqvNLTwcK">pic.twitter.com/UEqvNLTwcK</a></p>&mdash; Ben Baby (@Ben_Baby) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ben_Baby/status/1831386755494506716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Wow. Chase is really putting in the work to be a first round HOF water boy in that clip. Great work Ja'Marr!!

I still say there no way in hell he doesn't play against us. New deal or no new deal his hate for us will win out. He will play.

You are closer to the Browns than the Chiefs

I don't know why the Bengals don't just trade Chase for picks. The Chiefs have shown the league that it doesn't pay to give any one player too big of a piece of the pie. That said, I think the cap is going to explode and all of these big contracts will be meaningless.

Keep writing me those receipts.

You are probably right, at least the Browns had NFL Championships!

I know. My great grandpa told me about them once.

4 titles vs. 0? ROFL

What did he tell you about the Bengals yesteryear titles?

Teams with average QBs have to pay WR whatever they demand.

Its true. Thats how it goes.

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https://static.www.nfl.com/image/upl...sthxe4r8v757kw

Toilet Bowl Bengals

I almost guarantee Chase sits out week 1 because he’s sure they can beat the Pats without him. But then he shows up against us. That’s what I’d do if I were him.

The Bengals don’t have Mahomes, Reid, Kelce, or Veach. KC is and will continue to be the anomaly of the league. Also I keep hearing that the cap is going to explode, when is this happening?

He'll play week 1. He's been doing a lot away from the camera that's not been reported because it doesn't fit the dramadramadrama narrative.

Hey

Calm down pal

Just about the time they start charging you more money.

Why would he do that? Play in that game?

He’s trying to stake his claim. He has huge ego for the right reasons. I guarantee you he’s described the Pats as “trash.” I seriously doubt Chase is a team first guy.

We’ll know who’s right soon enough.

I hadn't noticed this before, but the Ravens have Lamar, the Bengals have Ja'marr, the Bills have Damar. All of our main foils in the conference are marred.

They'll pay him.

All other star WR's in the league are getting paid.

It's not the same as when we let Hill go, the cap has climbed and will climb dramatically enough to accommodate the new contract levels.

Cap growing exponentially!

He had the choice to hold out or hold in. He was there with the team, helping in ways other than actively participating in drills all camp. He did work with coaches away from cameras after practice to stay in shape. He got extra work with Burrow before camp.

How does that make him a 'me first' guy? He put in that work so he would be ready to play in that game. I get that Chiefs fans don't like his attitude but the dude loves to be around the team and play ball.

Anyone can make the argument that if he was a team first guy, he should have been practicing the entire time, since he still has two years left on his rookie deal. The people making those claims are always people who aren't elite athletes, competing against each other for not only stats and "who's the best?", but also competing to the be the highest paid.

"We" would all 'handle it better' except for the fact we'll never get the chance to prove it.