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AFC North Season Preview: Cincinnati Bengals

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And the last shall be first…in the order in which I’m choosing to review each AFC North team’s makeup and prospects for success in The NFL Year of Our COVID-19…in 2020.  I’ll run down the rosters and identify a few impact players, with some reasonably obvious conclusions you may or may not agree with, but…

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AFC North Links and Things

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Time has been short, so rather than my typical blathering, I’ll leave you with a few pertinent AFC North links.  Stay tuned for my season previews in a week or two. Baltimore Ravens: QB Lamar Jackson and CB Marcus Peters returned to practice Monday.  With Jackson’s mobility as the defining staple of his game, the…

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Speaking of which…

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It’s “time”. NFL training camps have opened, more or less.  Players are actually reporting.  A number of players, including some prominent names, have opted out for the season due to individual COVID-19 concerns.  Those still dithering have until Thursday to decide their  – and their team’s, in some cases – fortunes.  The next few weeks…

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Speaking of which…

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We’re getting there. With NFL teams finalizing plans to open training camps, however abridged, optimism over the football season happening as scheduled is steadily climbing.  While most teams have been cautious and non-committal regarding the stringency of their guidelines, COVID-19 testing among athletes is expanding daily, although it should be noted that the NFL hasn’t…

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AFC North Roundup

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The inexorable march through the dregs of the offseason continues. While the NFL scrambles to produce a coherent plan for (supposedly) pending training camps, fans, still stuck in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, are essentially in limbo.  We’re treated to the latest accounts of NFL player-based Twitter wars.  The torrent of badly-conceived TikTok content…

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