The revisionist history is great engagement bait. Old enough to remember folks saying Burrow should refuse to play in Cincy so he can go to Miami. MIAMI.

so the Bengals offense shouldn't have a slow start to the regular season right

Shemar Stewart looks good while moving around the formation

Not sure Trey Hendrickson alone fixes what the Bengals defense is showing tonight.

People in the NFL know ball and don't need the engagement bait, imagine that!

People are being VERY unfair to Jermaine Burton.

Even the "Burton's agent/PR wrote that" is silly fan stuff. No kidding. You'd be crushing him if he very obviously didn't lean on his resources while getting the message out.

All of this noise overshadows the fact the Bengals can't block a Trey Hendrickson-less defensive line likely running vanilla camp looks.

Late hands WILD

The exhausting public leverage plays continue before they agree on an extension just before Week 1.

Only the Bengals could botch an offseason where they wrapped up Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins for the long-term.

"Yeah, we think Trey Hendrickson is worth multiple draft picks and players who can help a playoff team." "So just give him his contract extension instead?" "Well...no."

Joe Burrow is a maniac

"we don't want to show them anything. that includes fundamentals like shedding, tackling and even room temperature-level awareness rating in Madden" -- Bengals defense, probably

Jordan Battle looks like he's surprised football is a contact sport

Bengals defense is actually losing Trey Hendrickson money because he ain't fixing this.

Zac Taylor puts a project mid-round pick in front of Joe Burrow in a meaningless game. Just an INSANE overcorrect because you don't know how to prep guys to avoid slow starts when it matters.

So the big coaching changes that were supposed to fix everything have produced: A defense that can't tackle in preseason so far The FA guard signing might not make the final 53 and gets benched for a 5th-round rookie?

Nah that's Marvin Jones in a mask.

Jalen Rivers panning out quickly would be amazing. But that doesn't mean I need to be comfortable with two rookies and a sophomore on the line, given the Bengals' history with the unit.