Sources: The #Bengals will host the #Ravens on Thursday Night Football in Week 17 on New Yearβs Eve.
For four straight years, the Bengals have played the Ravens in Baltimore in primetime. This year, the flip is happening. π π
Youβre going to like this pick a lot #Bengalsβ fans. Connor Lew is only 20 years old β and started 25 games plus was a team captain.
He will be key for Joe Burrow in future years.
Bengals defensive line now has Boye Mafe, Dexter Lawrence, BJ Hill, Jonathan Allen, Cashius Howell, Myles Murphy, Shemar Stewart, among others.
Itβs loaded.
You canβt pay everyone
- they did
Burrows going to leave
- heβs not
Canβt spend money on defense now
- they did
Theyβre out of money
- theyβre not
Keep proving them wrong I guess
So let me get this straight:
Ravens were getting praised for trading 2 first round picks for Maxx Crosby but
Bengals are getting slack for trading just one first round pick only 4 slots higher than the Ravens mind you, and Dexter is better than Maxx. How interestingβ¦
The #Bengals are expected to hammer out a significant long-term deal with DT Dexter Lawrence as part of the trade, once he passes his physical, per sources.
A very un-Bengals move β¦ but this is a changing organization. And their actions confirm it.
Legitimately the first all-in move Iβve seen the Bengals make in my 36 years on planet earth.
Have zero clue how to even react to this. Iβm actually speechless.
A Bengals trade for Dexter Lawrence is unprecedented: This is the first time in the common draft era that dates back to 1966 in which the Bengals ever have traded a Top-10 pick for a player, per ESPN research.
Notice he does nothing at all like we see in most training vids now..
He gives nothing awayβ¦ everything looked like a go, until suddenly it wasnβt π¨ πͺ route running with decel 101
Sources: The #Bengals are signing former Patriots and Steelers S Kyle Dugger.
Dugger had 42 tackles and 2 INTs last season with the Steelers after being acquired mid-season in a trade.
the Ravens had buyer's remorse over trading 2 first-round picks (something they've never done before) for Maxx Crosby plus his $65M in cap hits the next 2 years...
they saw Trey Hendrickson's asking price fall after he couldn't agree to a deal in the first 2 days of legal tampering...
of course Crosby wasn't 100%, but they knew that already and realized they could pay less, give up zero draft capital and still get EDGE Trey Hendrickson...so they used the opportunity to get out using a failed physical
a conspiracy theorist's dream