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@thesadgamecock Agree with 7-8, but disagree with bowl win. Bowls aren’t what they used to be due to players not wanting to risk injury. This roster has a lot of NFL talent, so there’ll probably be a couple key opt-outs, so I don’t think the bowl matters as much.

I would say beamer needs at least 7-8 wins with a bowl win to keep his job. Anything under that is inexcusable considering the talent you have on the roster. 8-5 is my guess

@CarsonHowe61895 I can see that too. I like Hannah’s upside and athleticism a little bit more than Blakeney, but he’s proven. I think an unsigned player will start at PF with Assemian being back up. He wasn’t bad for a FR last season, especially with defense and rebounds, just no offensive game.

@Trees307 @gamecocks8031 i’m leaning more towards mincy, blakeney, heide, AB, and another hopeful big that isn’t signed yet. paris will have a good bit of different rotation to work with as well. a bench lineup i like is marcus, polk (because he’s a three point threat), hannah, necas, and one more big.

The roster as of today Kory Mincy 6’2 G Shane Blakeney 6’5 G Cam Heide 6’7 G/F Davion Hannah 6’6 G Marcus Johnson 6’2 G Grant Polk 6’6 G Eli Sparkman 6’0 G Aleksas Bieliauskas 6’10 F Jakub Necas 6’10 F Hayden Assemian 6’6 F A couple more coming, hopefully soon.

@Trees307 I like the lineup. I agree, I also think that’ll be a close battle where Hannah will come out as the starter. I pictured AV as the starting C, but you think he’ll be a PF? The only difference I would’ve had is AV at C and unsigned player as PF.

@gamecocks8031 But, I will say. Hannah v Blakeney will be a competition for sure. I’d just lean Hannah today.

@brandon29us 1) Nothing wrong with more competition 2) We only have 2 on the roster - all it takes is an injury or sickness and we’re in a tough spot

Not that I’m complaining but why did we take another kicker for 2026? We already got the kid from Texas Tech in the portal.

@Trees307 I’m not saying this is likely, but I genuinely could see him starting. He’s a very talented player. Little nervous about PF, sounds like Lamont want to play Heide there, so hope we have some better options coming in

There it is. Talked to a couple Alabama fans today, we got ourselves a good one. Very excited for him to come in and be a spark plug for us

@BengalsKorey I’d rather keep Turner so I don’t mind the decision

Myles bout to break out and they finna have to pay even more if they don’t extend him now , Don’t like that decision one bit.

@NewStripeCity Completely agree. He’s been most consistent and has gotten better every season.

Bengals have decisions to make between Myles Murphy, DJ, and Dax. This is what happens when you make big moves. I’m not surprised nor upset. IMO, DJ Turner has to be top priority of the three.

@DarthNoobSaibot Or they’d just rather give a big extension to Turner or Hill instead of Murphy

Bengals will lose this game of chicken.

@DarthNoobSaibot That’s a poor take. They can’t sign everybody to rich contracts, especially with other lucrative contracts on the roster. The realistic hope is they re-sign 1-2 of those guys.

Bengals now need to sign Murphy, DJ and Dax to extensions. Letting any of them get to FA would be a complete failure and offset all the good they’ve done this March/April. I don’t trust that they’re capable. I hope they prove me wrong.

@colinschus @King_Kairus57 You’re right, he did miss 2-3 games. Snaps do matter though, guys have spots on the roster to produce and win playing time, just like Tinsley did last season (he was a pleasant surprise). All I’m saying is Jones is on the bubble, he’s not a lock to make it

@gamecocks8031 @King_Kairus57 Jones was injured last year and missed some games that’s why. Just because someone played more doesn’t mean they’re better there are things called injuries that take into account play time as well man

Way To Early Bengals 53-Man Roster‼️ QB - Burrow, Flacco (2) RB - Brown, Perrine, Brooks (3) WR - Chase, Higgins, Iosivas, Tinsley, Young, Williams (6) TE - Gesicki, Sample, All, Endries (4) OL - Brown Jr., Fairchild, Karras, Risner, Mims, Parker, Lew, Ford, Rivers (9) (24)

@colinschus @King_Kairus57 Tinsley had 250+ more snaps on offense and almost 20 more on ST.

@gamecocks8031 @King_Kairus57 Tinsley didn’t beat him out for pr last season at all he was always the returner and he’s had a return for a touchdown every single year so far so he’s 100% ahead of Tinsley and Williams

@colinschus @King_Kairus57 Jones will be battling for the final spot imo. He doesn’t get in over Tinsley - Tinsley beat him out for pt last season. He can return kicks decently, but outside of that I wouldn’t call him a good ST player. I just don’t know what Williams can do so I can’t speak on him.

@King_Kairus57 I think you’re wrong at WR. Jones makes it over Williams and Tinsley cause he is way better at ST than them and Tanner Hudson makes it 5 at TE, no way he doesn’t make it

@BuckeyeNatty How about Okereke? He’s better against the pass, slightly younger, and was also a captain.

Bengals have had an A offseason so far, but these two moves make it an A++ 1. Restructure Burrow 2. Sign Bobby Wagner - 1st in snaps in 2025 - 7th in tackles - 8th in pressures - 9th highest graded LB 1-year/$7-8M

@HTownBengals @BengalMillion Joey, I don’t even know how you say that after the offseason they’ve had. There’s a salary cap they need to stay under and they can’t pay everyone. Not to mention upcoming expiring contracts for Hill and Turner.

@BengalMillion 100% it is but they might be clamming back up into their previous cheap ways

Isn’t picking up Murphy’s 5th-year option a no-brainer?

@Trees307 Would he slot in more to a SG or SF role? Depending on how they use Heide, I can see them playing Mincy, Blakeney, and Hannah all at the same time. That’d better help them compete with SEC athleticism imo.

Really excited for Hannah’s opportunity to play a much larger role. He has great potential to blossom into a legit 1st option. Especially playing the wing alongside an explosive guard like Blakeney. Technically not official yet, but like Jamie and others, he should be an official Gamecock soon.

@YoshiSZNs I could see that - I don’t think from a numbers standpoint, but elevating himself as a player, yes.

@gamecocks8031 I didn't mean to compare them as players more as the break out I think Boye Mafe will have like Trey did when he came to Cincy

I truly believe Boye Mafe is poised for a Trey Hendrickson–type breakout season, especially considering he’s had limited reps with the Seattle and should see a bigger role moving forward.

@Trees307 Any other players we have traction on outside of Hannah? Still feels like we need a reliable and consistent SEC caliber scorer, which I’m not sure is even available in the portal.

Getting Necas was a move to fill a need on the defensive end of the floor in the paint. You aren’t running the offense through every portal grab. Does that mean he can’t score? Not at all. He has a good technique down low. But it addresses a need we desperately did not have last season

@BrianSpeaksNerd @pauldehnerjr We just don’t have $ for LB it sounds like. He said he wanted to add in draft, but the board didn’t fall that way. It’s not like he’ll openly criticize the LBs here. Hopefully there can be a way to save money and add a veteran

@pauldehnerjr The quintupling down on the LBs is so very frustrating. If burrow has been using his influence this off-season to make the front office go this far, I hope he uses it one more time to get them to address linebacker.

Just finished 40 minutes of a Duke Tobin news conference. Will have much more coming, but a few thoughts stand out. -Talking point of the day was that in getting the Dexter Lawrence trade done they "layered in challenges" financially this year and next and are at or near the top of the league in spending. -Sounds possible the Lawrence trade jeopardized the Myles Murphy 5YO. "Would be a financial decision ..." was part of the answer as that comes up. -Tobin sounded open to restructuring Burrow (very different from February response) and said they would look into that now that the draft is over. -Wasn't design to not add LB, but he expressed extreme confidence in that group and what Carter-Knight will grow into this year. -Pointed out never done roster building, but obvious they feel restricted at this moment. -"Pass rush is still king," not that it was necessary to say it after all the money/capital spent on DL this spring. Again, much more from this and a full slate of behind-the-scenes from draft/FA coming your way in the next few days.