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I don't care about Tepper's money when salary cap isn't involved. He just needs to hire people he trusts enough to leave them the fug alone and let them do their job. If that's Ben Johnson, fine.

He wanted him last year too. I'm sure he told him about the idea of possibly trading up to #1 for a QB. But Johnson might have his choice of jobs this year. He could go somewhere like LA and have Herbert or go somewhere like the Bears and have his choice of rookies or hang onto Fields and put #1 on the auction block. Again.

They're calling for a whole quarter once of rain tomorrow.

Yeah, I've been smoking brisket all day for a Christmas party tonight. Got an industrial sized pan of mac and cheese to go on now. Damn, what a great game.

WOW!!! Browning with another dime into coverage on the run under heavy pressure.

Wow. That was pass interference. Vikings really got away with one there.

One of the highlights of the year right there. Browning just led a tying TD drive (under heavy pressure from the constant blitzing I'll add) with Chase in the locker room and Higgins shows he's a legit #1.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!! HOLY poo!!!

OMG! What a TD! He absolutely should've thrown that ball away and somehow found a guy in traffic. Why are these bums so much better than our #1 overall pick??? These guys give their team a chance.

This game is actually awesome.

Mullens just threw a pick six but the Bengals were definitely offsides. Surprised it didn't get blown dead.

Browning just threw a laser to convert 3rd and 21. This is painful to watch.

Browning bounces back with a dime of a TD on a corner route to Higgins. He went 7 for 7 on that drive.

Mullens is dropping some dimes though. Damn.

Terrible throw from Browning. At least he had a few good games. That's more than a lot of guys can say, even some #1 overall picks.

Mullens with an absolute brain fart there. Just take the sack bro.

They lost two starters off an already bad OL today against the top blitzing team in the league.

When you're trying to soothe yourself playing mental gymnadtics to convince yourself that your #1 overall might be as good as backups and third stringers you know you're losing.

Realize that while you're mocking these guys still look better than our #1 overall pick.

And as I type that Mullens throws a Bryce. Bad throw and one helluva INT. Dude dug that off the tips of the grass

Some Nick Mullens guys that the Vikings are playing today looks like a better processor than our "super processor". I mean, it's so painfully obvious. Just look around the league at all the 2nd and 3rd stringers that don't just look better than Bryce, they look WAY better.

Oof. Huge downfield miss by Browning there on 3rd and 15. Wide ass open receiver streaking down the field for a walk in TD and he put it just barely out of reach. Just throw the safe ball there. You don't have to try to hit him in stride. Slow him down and make it easy. He couldn't be anymore wide open. Just make sure you don't overthrow it and you're good. And he overthrew it.

I still can't believe that the Bengals were playing Joe Burrow badly hobbled early on this season when they had this guy sitting on the pine. They would've definitely been better off playing Browning during those games vs. a badly hampered Burrow who couldn't move and couldn't effectively throw over about 20 yards. I just had to assume that their backup was completely incompetent for them to be playing Burrow like that. The Bengals are starting to border on Cam era Panthers level of QB abuse with Burrow.

Well, we'd be hard pressed to have worse days ahead as a franchise.

Yeah, it's the playoffs and the also rans at this point. That'll get even more obviously apparent when the playoffs expand next year. I'd honestly be okay with keeping a handful of bowls for the good non-P5 teams. But just no one cares about the non-playoff P5 bowls at this point. Even the NYE6 bowls don't matter. They just killed the golden goose with the bloated bowl system. They mattered back when going to a bowl game meant something. Now you have to be completely terrible not to qualify.