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I'm sorry, I just don't see what difference it makes. Preseason is preseason. Coaches know what they need to get out of practices (which are decidedly more important), and--whether we want to admit or not--preseason games can upend seasons before they even start due to injuries. We see it every single year. We're going to have to be patient and let the process play out. So what if we're still learning and gelling in September? It's going to happen anyway, and a quarter or two in largely meaningless preseason games isn't going to change it. Fool yourself that it makes any type of substantive difference if you want, but it's the camp, the practices, film time and all that other stuff that happens over time that makes the real difference.

There is really no excuse for the Bengals to be attempting to execute a rookie contract in this manner. None! This is not about Stewart fuging up, it's about the Bengals fuged up way of doing business.

He would make us a legit backfield.

Bravo! I certainly don't know how guys think that we're going to "stink" this year. I'm not saying that we won't, but the DBs were ranked in the low 20s as a unit (according to Chat), so I don't easily see us getting any worse; we should be better. The D-line improvement should help the backfield out a lot, and Jackson and Horn know what they're doing. The older vets we acquired shouldn't take too long to make their presence felt, and we have a couple of promising youngsters in Smith-Wade and Ransom. How do we not make at least a slight to modest improvement from last year?

Oh yeah, and so much for not being him...

I find this discussion somewhat interesting. I have eclectic music tastes. I don't care for genuine gangsta rap all that much, but I dabble here and there due to my son. Personally, I listen to mash-ups a lot between country and hip-hop. This isn't even necessarily a good one (from what I'll call a lyric-transition standpoint ), but it has GloRilla in it. Some of the mash-ups are a lot better though.

I mean, I've heard the same thing about him from a woman, so...beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I've also heard you g kids say she is attractive. I think that her persona is somewhat...uh, thuggeg-ou-err, masculine...and that may cloud or even define perceptions of her in the minds of many, especially older guys. I try to get past it.

"I still miss Joey Slye."

I mean, you can't help but think she's rapping about X with those lyrics. Plenty of people think so. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjqLcCwd/ This is hilarious, BTW.

Oh, you're not wrong, but both can be true: Chuba Hubbard did in fact improve, but he was always better than many---if not most---Huddlers gave him credit for. Most players worth their weight in gold are going to improve, but my thing is that sometimes fans need to chill and be patient.

Bububut Chubs is JAG...No, he was making the most out of a badly sub par O-line. That being said, I hope Etienne gives him a run for his money.

Money matters, and six figures, especially doubled, is a big deal for most of these kids. If invested correctly, it can set them up for a comfortable retirement in later years.