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Round 2 hasn’t really been good either

It may sound disrespectful, but in my mind, I'm acting like Bosa is barely even on the team & expecting nothing. I'm going into the season assuming someone else will take over soon enough, so whatever he does manage to give us will just be icing on the cake. I have zero expectations. We didn't have him last year, we probably won't have him for long this year, and he'll be gone by next year, so hopefully he's at least there for a meaningful stretch of games while he's healthy.

I'm going just under..... I think slight uptick in passing TDs, slight drop off in rushing TDs

He is the best run game coordinator of his generation and tbh it isn't close. He has even had productive run games with patchwork offensive lines. His passing game design isn't as innovative and when people think "creative" offensive coordinators they immediately think pass game. That said, Ben Johnson is MUCH more creative a run game coordinator than he is a pass game coordinator (his pass game is pretty vanilla tbh), but he has the look of young up and coming offensive mind so maybe there is something in Greg Roman's presentation that influences perceptions too.

Honestly coming out he was a 4/10. Solid 8 now. The facial hair has helped.

Not sure Kincaid was a steal, but he certainly wasn't a reach either in that class. He went right in his window which kind of opened with the Chargers at #21. Edmunds and Oliver were both available at least 3 or 4 spots later than anyone expected. I know not technically a first rounder but I still think Keon Coleman was a bit of a reach at #33. Maybe the Pats would have taken him instead of Polk at #37 if we hadn't... but I think for skillset and talent he was picked at least half a round too early.

I think it's less about talent evaluation and more about talent development and how they transitioned at the next level. Kaiir Elam is the only selection that felt like it was a reach to me where we took him. Players like Tremaine Edmunds and Dalton Kincaid were considered downright steals where they were selected. Ed Oliver, although not a trade up, was another college blue chipper that was not expected to be on the board where we selected him. But back to the OP, the 2022 Draft was a home run, regardless of the Elam whiff and the Araiza fiasco. Getting Christian Benford, James Cook, Khalil Shakir, and Terrel Bernard and them turning into what they turned into was massive.

Troller-in-Chief is up to his old tricks. You gotta hand it to him. the dude can troll.

The schedule is ripe for a Josh Allen back to back MVP, I’ll go with the over.

Why do you bother with this crowd, they all love Dear Leader

This is so dramatic and short sighted.

It wouldn't be Hendrickson "alone" at all, given the presence of Joey Bosa, Greg Rousseau, AJ Epenesa, Landon Jackson, and Javon Solomon, plus Michael Hoecht, eventually. Hendrickson would be an incredible addition with 70.5 sacks over the past 5 seasons, and a career avg of 11.9 sacks per 17 games started, with 11 TFL, and 24 QB hits (vast majority of that production has come in last five seasons (of 8), peaking in 2024). He'd be a seismic addition, but of course one must acknowledge the fact that Trey Hendrickson is NOT getting traded to the Bills. How could the Bengals possibly justify such a move, short of a lopsided return of player(s) + pick(s) that would probably prevent it from happening at all.

Yes, my understanding is that once your PSL is paid off you can sell it to someone else.

Not only nonsense, but stupid, idiotic nonsense.

I fully understand that line of thinking, but Allen and Barkley together is downright lethal. You can gameplan to take a single pass rusher out of the game. I don't think Hendrickson alone does it for Buffalo.

I’m not sure if you’re aware, but I am not in fact the leader of the free world.

And the "festivities" & excuse to party! 😉

I'll go over, but I don't feel confident about it. It's hard to expect a career best year from an MVP.

Agreed. Just like Allen in his first year.

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no TD receptions?

I'm pretty sure that all of the nowadays needed outrage started with the Dukes of Hazzard toys... Go watch All in the Family reruns for more outrage lol.

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