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Sports/pop culture writer @WhiskeyRiff . Big stops @BarstoolSports and @BleacherReport . Got an MFA in between from The Actors Studio Drama School

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@mikerenner_ Me watching that first play
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Joe Burrow, after dropping to 0-2 as a rookie in 2020: “I’ll never adjust or accept losing. That’s just something that’s not in my mindset.” Joe Burrow, prior to his 2nd straight AFC Championship game: “I wouldn’t say it’s surreal. Winning is expected.” JOE BRRR 🥶
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Just retitle it “Ascent of the Sith” or “The Rule of Two” and keep going 🤷‍♂️ The finale was sick. Teed up a ton of cool stuff. Manny Jacinto’s character rules. Also, like Andor, The Acolyte plays so much better binge-style. Come on, @starwars @Lucasfilm #SaveTheAcolyte
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Manny Jacinto reacts to #TheAcolyte ’s cancellation
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Reporter: "Anything you learned about yourself as a quarterback while [Ja'Marr Chase] was out?" Joe Burrow: "No, not particularly. I am who I thought I was." 😏
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It's annoying how Joe Burrow's arm strength is discussed. Because he has two peers (Mahomes, Allen) with maybe the greatest arms in NFL history, Burrow is knocked for his physical tools. Don't get it twisted. Dude has a cannon. PS, the wrist seems fine!
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The fluky Cincinnati Bengals clinched a playoff spot again. Hmm. Funny, that. #WHODEY I tried to tell y’all. ICYMI:
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Send it. Thanks for all the good vibes and new follows today everyone
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Tmrw, 1pm ET - @BarstoolRadio @MattFitz_gerald will join the show Link:
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Random thought: Pretty sure if Patrick Mahomes made this throw, it'd be considered the greatest throw in NFL history. Matthew Stafford doesn't get enough love, for this play or for just how good he is. The audacity to do this in the Super Bowl 😂😭
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Is the Bengals' cornerback group much better than we realize? People are asking
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“Are you confident you’re still going to be that same, explosive receiver when you get ba—” Ja’Marr Chase: “Hell yeah, man! I’m not even gonna let you finish that.” 😂 UNO is ready to roll bay-beeeeee
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The Colorado Buffaloes football program may ultimately be a bunch of hot air and paper tiger vibes, but don't get it twisted: Shedeur is elite, and Travis Hunter is Himothy
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This turned out to be my last article for Barstool. Best job I ever had. Thanks to everyone for the opportunity. Viva ✌️
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As Their Bromance Continues To Blossom, Aaron Rodgers Is Setting Up Zach Wilson To Save His NFL Career.
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Call him ZIMsider if the Tee Higgins extension breaks soon @zimwhodey I feel like even if Higgins' deal is already locked, the Bengals will announce Joe Burrow's first — if only for organizational/PR optics That said, I'm getting HYPED. Say goodbye to Tee trade rumors #WhoDey
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Bengals second-lowest travel mileage in the NFL. The world is not ready for this iteration of Joe Burrow
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Adam Schefter
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A listing of the miles that each NFL team will travel this season, via @billsperos . The Chargers will travel more miles than any NFL team, and the Commanders will travel the fewest.
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Great stuff once again from @calebpressley — and @JoeyB is nothing but net, btw 🏀👀
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The #WhoDey hive is out in full force. Let's have a season!! Thank you to all who've read my @Bengals content at Barstool. Spread the word! I'm so excited for this season. LFG!!
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Shades of prime Russell Wilson on this glorious 2-point conversion from Geno Smith
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I’m dying over here 😂😂 was awesome to meet @stoolpresidente yesterday (I assume right after this was taped). But me going to the MAC coaches conference is 100% not true @BarstoolBigCat though I did attend Miami U for undergrad. Blog coming soon to explain who TF I am, etc.
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Top 20 Bloggers WILL be read every episode @Gametime
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@ThePickler85 Tell me you haven’t read the article without telling me you haven’t read the article
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Particularly Finn Wolfhard and Jaeden Martell, add more layers to their characters than existed in the first film. The flashbacks are purposeful; they aren’t just to capitalize on “the stuff you like that you’ve seen before” from the first film.
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“FALSE START - OFFENSE NUMBER 74”
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This is literally the most bullshit score in the history of golf 🤣🤣
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🚨JUST IN: Donald Trump reports he won the Senior Club Championship at @TrumpBedminster , firing a round of 67. He says some will question his score but says there ‘no hanky/lanky’ and his score is 💯% legit.
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@theqbschool Dude's mechanics, velocity and command of the offense popped off the screen to me
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Some great @StellaBlueCoff merch is up @barstoolstore for the 20% off Black Friday sale! I swear I'm not just shilling for the company and @BarstoolBigCat when I say: I had the medium roast coffee at the office, and it blew my mind. SO GOOD. Support Stella!
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Starting a new job Thursday: Sports/lifestyle writer @WhiskeyRiff . Can’t wait to get rolling. If you like my work, that’s where you can find me! Great team. Strong and passionate following. Let’s rock 🥃🎸
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2024 NFL Draft Early Big Board: 1. Caleb Williams 2. Marvin Harrison Jr. 3. Marvin Harrison Jr. 4. Marvin Harrison Jr.
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Hahahahahaha. BAKER MAYFIELD. Congrats to @martymush , write the hell out of that Baker blog
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Meanwhile, Raiders fans, Will Levis — the QB you passed over at 7th overall to roll with Jimmy G off of foot surgery — was making throws like THIS one yesterday lololololololololol I am wheezing Josh McDaniels deserves every bit of this
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Baker Mayfield dancing on the remains of Russell Wilson's career in front of a national TV audience is Colin Cowherd's worst nightmare 🤣🤣
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Great piece by @FB_FilmAnalysis in The Athletic about Anthony Richardson. There are some videos in there from AR's QB coach of him drilling mechanics. I had to capture this throw. It's just LOL stupid 🤣🤣🤣 Doesn't even look real.
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@FauxJeaux Eh, Andy Reid and Sean McVay being so low kinda has me shrugging this off
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If Tee Higgins ( @teehiggins5 ) isn't in this #NFLTop100 ...I was gonna get all mad but I mean go ahead and add more fuel to the fire if you dare
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Brutal sequence for Mike McDaniel and the Dolphins on 4th and 1. Play clock resets, still can’t get it in on time to Skylar Thompson. There must be a better way to do this.
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"...So the Bengals are back?"
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Lost on me in the chaos of last night’s Bengals win…Victory MonDey shout out to Jessie Bates. Touchdown-saving tackle on Tyler Huntley set up the Logan Wilson/Sam Hubbard play. Huntley’s off arm hit the pylon! 🤯🤯🤯🤯
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@VancityReynolds One of the biggest laughs of the whole movie for me 😂
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When QBs targeted Bengals rookie CB Cam Taylor-Britt ( @CamTaylorBritt_ ) in the NFL playoffs: - 4 completions on 13 attempts (30.8%) - 33 yards (2.54 YPA) - 8.2 passer rating (39.6 PR if you spike it into the ground every play). CTB Year 2 stock 📈📈📈📈 numbers via @PFF
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USA women’s basketball team beats Belgium 87-74 in group play without Caitlin Clark. Oh wait. This is interesting. The starting American backcourt combined for three turnovers, three assists and…hold on let me double-check here…how many points…?
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Joe Burrow on why he isn’t skipping workouts amid contract talks: “I’ve wasted enough days the last two years with injuries, and appendicitis, and COVID the year before that.” Didn’t want to leave seven days of camp/getting better on the table. 🐅 #WhoDey
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As a massive fan of the franchise — no like, ALL the old movies too — I was floored by how awesome Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes was
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*30 for 30 voice* What if I told you Ashton Kutcher @aplusk low-key contended for Monologue of the Year in 2022? - VENGEANCE, written and directed by @bjnovak , is streaming on @PrimeVideo . It is really good and I believe should've gotten more love from the Oscars/awards circuit
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“FUCK YOU ZACH!” This Jets fan is every Jets fan. Zach Wilson has been benched for Chris Streveler. Insert the Vince Carter IT’S OVER dot gif. Excellent find by the @NFLonPrime crew
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Been blogging for Barstool Sports for a year as of Thursday. Best job I've ever had and it ain't close. Thank you to everyone at the company who's supported me, and to those of you who've followed and read along. Belated TBT to my first post on the Bengals
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Ivan Pace Jr. is a STUD 😳 The Vikings LB is reportedly "running" with the first-team defense. Pace was ranked 71st on MY pre-draft big board but went undrafted, reportedly due to "concerns" about being "undersized" Minnesota appears to have gotten a STEAL 👀
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So you're telling me...not only is Joe Burrow healthy, but he just ran for the most yards he ever has in a single NFL game? AND he completed 28 of 32 passes? Hung 31 on an elite defense, on the road, with a fumble inside the 5 to halt another drive!? Oh we're cookin' now.
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If you told me before I entered a world-class drama school that I'd be mentioned in passing in a Deadline story by 2023, I'd be over the moon. "What!? SWEET!!" Never would've imagined in a zillion years it'd be in this context 😂
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@Antonio42369987 People just say anything on this app lmao
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The Bengals’ best cornerback Chidobe Awuzie looks to be progressing very well in his recovery from a torn ACL. You love to see it
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CB1 back at it 🇳🇬🏋🏾‍♂️
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As if this wasn't bad enough for the Bears, having Taylor Swift LFG'ing in your eye after a Travis Kelce TD rubs salt in the wound. Chiefs are ROLLING lolllllllll
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This will be the best Bengals offensive line Joe Burrow has ever played behind. By far. Innate chemistry amongst the incumbents. Huge upgrade at left tackle in Orlando Brown Jr...Jonah Williams playing for his career. Teddy K getting me HYPED. #WhoDey 🐅
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Me when the Bengals take a zero-impact-in-Year 1 first-round pick for the third draft in a row
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Positive vibes Bengals content at the new gig 💉🐅 #WhoDey
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The Bengals Would Be More Worried About Their Rash Of Injuries If Joe Burrow Wasn’t A Literal Coach On The Field
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@HBFLIK Not that it's his fault, but I suppose I considered Burrow's "peers" to be "quarterbacks who've actually won a playoff game" 😵 But yeah, his arm is on par with those other guys
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@NoLayingUp Mean hook
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Me watching Jawaan Taylor tonight
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Hear them Bengals growlin', mean and angry Here he comes a prowlin', lean and hun-guh-ree AN OFFENSIVE BRUTE. RUN PASS OR BOOT. AND DEFENSIVELY HE'S ROUGH. TOUGH! Cincinnati Bengalssssss That's the team we're gonna cheer to victoryyyyy
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First movie-related article at the new job! Tough true story but I really get the feeling this will be yet another hit for @A24
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'The Iron Claw' trailer furthers the notion that A24 doesn’t miss, but beware: The film's true story is a harrowing one. #ZacEfron #JeremyAllenWhite
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Me trying to tell anyone who would listen before the NFL season how the Cincinnati Bengals would be an absolute FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH and would weaponize your "Super Bowl hangover" narrative against you. 🐅🐅🐅🐅
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Wasn’t Shedeur Sanders awesome this past weekend? One year ago today, some writer already hashtag believed and knew he was the absolute truth. 👀 The criticism was I was shilling for Barstool since he is Deion’s son. 🧐 @ShedeurSanders
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@everlytl Haha I hope all of them. Gonna be chilly 🥶 seems like ideal conditions considering Bengals played with a nasty streak this past week on both sides of the LOS.
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Full #EnEffElDraft Show segment on the Bengals. Includes DJ Turner mention and a quick breakdown of Myles Murphy at Pick 28 🐅 #WhoDey
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CJ Stroud is like a mashup of... - Brock Purdy with a better arm - Dak Prescott with better processing - Jordan Love with much more consistent footwork - Joe Burrow-esque pocket presence/intangibles/overcomes subpar protection He's the truth. Congrats on the playoffs, Texans.
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Bengals sleepwalking through the beginning of the season…again
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Can't handle it. #Ahsoka is the most underrated character in all of Star Wars don't @ me. #StarWarsCelebration
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Empire
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Rosario Dawson isn’t here. But that’s because she’s shooting #Ahsoka *right now*. “Maybe next time…” she says. The series will arrive in 2023. #StarWarsCelebration
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Trey Hendrickson gets slammed for alleged mop-up sacks on the Saints. Then goes to the Bengals, helps transform a defense to championship-level, AND puts up more sacks as the clear No. 1 pass-rushing threat. Yet he fell five spots on the top 100? Low for my taste but OK #WhoDey
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2 years
He racked up 14 sacks for the @Bengals defense 😤 DE Trey Hendrickson is back on the #NFLTop100 at 78!
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Imagine if Dawand Jones is the Bengals' pick at 28, is a hit, and La'el Collins returns to his original NFL position once he's healthy. LT: Orlando Brown Jr. LG: La'el Collins C: Ted Karras RG: Alex Cappa RT: Dawand Jones Volson backup guard, Jonah swing tackle. LOL.
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@JackKennedy I don’t think people understand how much of an upgrade Kellen Moore is about to be as OC haha
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Imagine if Dawand Jones is the Bengals' pick at 28, is a hit, and La'el Collins returns to his original NFL position once he's healthy. LT: Orlando Brown Jr. LG: La'el Collins C: Ted Karras RG: Alex Cappa RT: Dawand Jones Volson backup guard, Jonah swing tackle. LOL.
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Man, Lou Anarumo to the Cardinals would break my heart. I think in the end they lean offense with Mike Kafka, plus his KC background, experience as a QB and what he did w/ Daniel Jones. Seems like that'd vibe more with Kyler. At least that's what I'm telling myself 😂😂
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Yep. I'm sure the Browns who've won ONCE in Week 1 since returning to the NFL in 1999 are about to rout Joe Burrow and the Bengals. 😉 Sharp bettors are all over CLE. Good luck with that. Do people not know Joe Woods is no longer the Browns' DC??
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Joe Burrow? No setback. Ja’Marr Chase? Awake. The Bengals’ running game got some good chunk plays. Above all, that was a championship-caliber defensive performance. Masterfully called by Lou Anarumo. Week 4 at Tennessee. Gotten it done there before. More than once. #WhoDey 🐅
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Cincinnati Bengals
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Back to our regularly scheduled programming 😁
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👀 @BSSportsbook : Carolina Panthers Over 7.5 Wins (+205). In 2021: - Ranked 2nd in total D with Sam/Cam/PJ at QB, 2nd-worst TO diff. & 5th-fewest takeaways - 6 of 12 losses by 8 pts or less Now have a healthy Baker + CMac (?), better o-line. Rhule/McAdoo doubts aside, LET’S RIDE
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Can all the haters start respecting the Cincinnati Bengals…now? Talk all your shit. We’re here for it 🍿🐅 just gonna keep winning
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DJ Reader is literally the only pending free agent the Bengals must keep. Like the one guy you cannot afford to lose. Now looks like a serious knee injury. Was Joe Burrow going down not enough for the football gods? This is like the worst injury season of all-time across the NFL
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Shocking to see Joe Burrow light it up in a no-huddle uptempo situation I tell you just absolutely shocking. It's almost like the Bengals should, you know, do that more often
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A fantasy football owner who I definitely have no connection to whatsoever drafted the following players this year: - Ja'Marr Chase - Elijah Mitchell - Javonte Williams - Breece Hall - Cordarrelle Patterson
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Joe Burrow is about to pull a Chad Pennington as 2x NFL Comeback Player of the Year. Is there even a doubt that he'll win in 2024? What would the early odds be? -850? -1000? #WhoDey 🐅
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@TheClemReport If you didn’t make it to 3 am, upon waking up and opening Twitter, there was immediate danger of spoilers. Great change 🙌
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If you're into the NFL, J.T. O'Sullivan's breakdown of Justin Fields and the Bears' offense @theqbschool is equal parts illuminating and downright hilarious. Hearing an ex-pro QB be so baffled by what Chicago often does schematically is wild
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Matt Fitzgerald
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SHOCKING I TELL YOU. SHOCKING. Somebody check on Florio, make sure he’s OK
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Adam Schefter
10 months
The NFL has determined that the Bengals were in full compliance with league’s injury report policy when Joe Burrow suffered his season-ending wrist injury during a Thursday night game at Baltimore, as @jjones9 reported. After its investigation, the league said were no violations.
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Gearing up for folks who only read the headline
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Barstool Sports
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Sorry To Say, But The Bengals Are Getting Smoked In Free Agency While They Work Out Joe Burrow's Complicated Mega Extension
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