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Bengals steer away from Amarius Mims in 2024 NFL re-draft

The Bengals go a different direction in the first round of a re-draft.

The Cincinnati Bengals took Amarius Mims in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft with the hopes he could be a quality starter for a long time in front of Joe Burrow.

Mims’ story is very much in progress after a solid rookie year — but one NFL re-draft already has the Bengals going away from him.

Bleacher Report’s Gary Davenport re-drafted the entire 2024 NFL first round and had the Bengals instead pick current New Orleans Saints tackle Taliese Fuaga:

Taliese Fuaga was thrown into the fire as a rookie, playing 1,070 snaps in 2024 for the New Orleans Saints. It wasn’t a flawless first season, but former Saints offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak was impressed by what he saw from the youngster in 2024.

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Fuaga, by all accounts, had a super-strong rookie year at left tackle and could surely kick to right tackle, where the Bengals would need him.

But the Bengals should hardly feel bad about Mims. He seemed to have the right tackle job secured going into Week 1 before an untimely injury.

Mims wound up playing in 15 games as a rookie and showed serious flashes of being a franchise player on the right side. The big concern coming out of college — availability — remains, but it’s hard to imagine the Bengals would go a different direction if given the chance.

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Bengals’ Amarius Mims targets lofty goal for 2025 after injury recovery

Bengals OT Amarius Mims has big plans for his second season.

Cincinnati Bengals rookie offensive tackle Amarius Mims gutted through a broken hand to play in his team’s season-closing win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Now, Mims turns toward his second year with some major goals as he enters 2025 as the assured starter at right tackle.

“Just watching all my games. Come back even better,” Mims said, according to Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com. “I don’t put a good or a bad on my rookie year. I just put there’s a lot I need to fix and I’ll continue to fix.”

Mims appeared to have a line on starting as a rookie over Trent Brown before an injury setback before the season. He eventually worked his way onto the field though and seemed to reach for some of that high ceiling that came with his draft stock.

Along the way, Mims had some memorable performances, including combining with others to pitch a shutout on Pittsburgh’s T.J. Watt in the finale.

If Mims can stay on the field, there’s no reason to think he can’t keep ascending, which would indeed put him in the conversation among the conference’s best.

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2 Bengals starters to be gametime decisions vs Steelers

The Bengals starting RB Chase Brown may not play on Saturday vs the Steelers.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are working on getting their roster back to full health ahead of Saturday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals on the other hand, could be minus two key starters on offense for Saturday night’s game.

According to Bengals beat reporter Kelsey Conway, starting running back Chase Brown and starting right tackle Amarius Mims will both be game-time decisions for this week’s game.

If Brown can’t go, look for some combination of Khalil Herbert and Trayveon Williams to manage the run game. As for Mims, if he can’t play, Devin Cochran could get his second start of the season.

With Pittsburgh’s focus being on slowing down Cincinnati’s high-powered passing attack, not having Brown to worry about in the run game should take some pressure off the front seven.

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Bengals rookie Amarius Mims will play through brutal injury

Amarius Mims will tough it out to protect Joe Burrow.

Cincinnati Bengals rookie offensive tackle Amarius Mims has had a busy week.

Mims suffered an injury during Week 16 and also turned heads for a sideline spat with line coach Frank Pollack.

It turns out Mims will play through a different injury in Week 17 when his Bengals take on the Denver Broncos. According to ESPN’s Ben Baby, Mims suffered a broken hand last week.

Mims will wear a club on the hand when he lines up at right tackle. This week, he was on the injury report with an ankle and hand designation, though it sounds like the hand is the bigger concern at this point.

When Mims discussed his heated sideline exchange last week, it boiled down to wanting to be out there in front of Joe Burrow. Injury or not, he will on Saturday as the Bengals hope to keep their playoff hopes alive.

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Amarius Mims talks injury, sideline encounter with Frank Pollack

The Bengals rookie opens up about the headline items from the Week 16 game against the Browns.

Cincinnati Bengals rookie offensive tackle Amarius Mims was one of the top items of discussion from the team’s Week 16 win over the Cleveland Browns.

There, the standout rookie suffered an ankle injury and had a dustup with a coach on the sideline in the process.

Exiting the injury that had him tagged as questionable to return and the heated exchange with line coach Frank Pollack, Mims had plenty to say after the game.

Mims told WLWT’s Olivia Ray that the ankle issue was a matter of pain management and had this to say about Pollack: “We’re good. Tempers flare on the sidelines. This is a game of love and passion. He’s passionate about the game; I’m passionate about the game. Things happen, but I promise you we’re good, we talked about it, hugged it out.”

Onlookers might never get the full details, but one can presume the Bengals probably wanted to play it safe with Mims given his attendance history in college and the short turnaround to Saturday’s must-win game against the Denver Broncos.

Given how things have cooled on both topics so soon after the game ended, all seems well on the Mims front ahead of the short week.

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Bengals rookie Amarius Mims, Frank Pollack have sideline spat

No word (yet) on what this latest Bengals sideline confrontation was about.

A week ago, the Cincinnati Bengals made some headlines due to a heated sideline encounter between Joe Burrow and head coach Zac Taylor.

This week, it’s rookie Amarius Mims and offensive line coach Frank Pollack.

While in the process of gunning to a 17-0 halftime lead, Mims left his starting right tackle job and appeared to visit the blue medical tent.

After, he returned, and both the broadcast and reporters caught Mims getting into a heated exchange with Pollack — before tackle Orlando Brown Jr. separated them.

Mims would eventually return to the game, so perhaps it was merely the super-successful rooie making his case to get back in the game.

For now, we only have this footage, which didn’t capture the whole event:

 

 

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Amarius Mims quietly becoming a breakout star for the Bengals

The Bengals rookie just put together a stellar game.

Quietly, the Cincinnati Bengals have a huge hit on their hands with rookie offensive tackle Amarius Mims.

Mims wasn’t guaranteed the starting spot this year and battled through a summer injury just to step in when the opportunity opened.

Since, he’s been solid, if not above average, especially compared to all the team’s more recent attempts to shore up the right edge of the line.

That all came to a head during the team’s Week 15 win over the Tennesee Titans.

There, according to The 33rd Team, Mims topped all rookie linemen by allowing a whopping zero pressure on 38 passing reps.

Slowly, what the Bengals hoped is unfolding right before the eyes of fans. The big question, if not red flag, was Mims’ lack of reps and attendance woes in college. The upside was always obvious.

Now, Mims is close to matching his entire college snap count total in his first season with the Bengals — and reaching for that high ceiling, too.

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Three Georgia Bulldogs picked in re-drafted 2024 NFL draft

NFL team would have drafted three Georgia Bulldogs in the first-round of the 2024 draft if they had a second chance.

Today, Yahoo Sports’ Jay Busbee released a redraft of the 2024 NFL draft first round now that we are nearing the mid-point of NFL season. There were three Georgia Bulldogs drafted in this mock draft. When and where are they projected to go?

TE Brock Bowers: New York Giants, No. 6

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Brock Bowers has been one of the most productive tight ends in the league from the first snap. He currently has several rookie records to his name, and that was with the recently-departed Davante Adams taking some targets. Now with the Giants, he’d be the leading target, since they originally drafted Malik Nabers with this pick.

“With Nabers off the board, the Giants go for another already-proven commodity, and Bowers has already established himself as one of the league’s top tight ends. Daniel Jones gets his bailout,” said Jay Busbee.

OT Amarius Mims, Philadelphia Eagles, No. 22

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The next Georgia Bulldog off the list gets drafted to an NFC East team with a lot of Georgia Bulldogs on its roster. Amarius Mims joins the Philadelphia Eagles, who get another lineman, which is something they could use with Mekhi Becton out.

“The Eagles opt for more protection up front for Jalen Hurts … plus, the chance to add yet another Georgia Bulldog is too tempting for Philly to resist,” says Jay Busbee on this one.

WR Ladd McConkey, Kansas City Chiefs, No. 28

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The last player on this list is Ladd McConkey, who gets moved from the Los Angeles Chargers to the divisional rival Kansas City Chiefs. Comparing him to former Texas Longhorn Xavier Worthy (the Chiefs’ actual first-round pick), McConkey has almost double the receiving yards and receptions, with 440 yards off of 35 receptions, and four touchdowns. He’s already broken out and looks like a superstar.  The NFL world can only imagine what his numbers would be with future Hall-of-Famer Patrick Mahomes throwing him the football.

“McConkey, a second-rounder, has turned in a strong season for the Chargers; the Chiefs opt for him over Worthy in this scenario,” quotes Jay Busbee.

Bengals rookie Amarius Mims looked good vs. Myles Garrett, Browns

The Bengals have a hit on their hands with first-round rookie Amarius Mims.

Cincinnati Bengals first-round rookie Amarius Mims was forced into action this year after a season-ending injury to Trent Brown.

It has been a trial by fire for the rookie, with perhaps the biggest test coming during Sunday’s win over Myles Garrett and the Cleveland Browns.

Mims passed the test about as well as anyone could ask.

While the Browns sacked Joe Burrow three times, Garrett didn’t get one of them. That doesn’t mean he wasn’t disruptive, of course. But there was just one sack to Mims’ side all game — and as ESPN’s Ben Baby pointed out, it came on a play that nearly went six seconds and involved tight end Mike Gesicki releasing from a block to go run a route:

According to The 33rd Team, Mims allowed the fifth-lowest pressure rate (3.6 percent) of all rookie offensive linemen in Week 7.

No, Mims hasn’t been perfect and yes, there will be future mistakes. But this play is why the Bengals drafted him despite some attendance concerns on his resume and he was likely on track to steal the starting job over the summer before a pec injury.

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Ravens vs. Bengals: Top photos from Baltimore’s 41-38 win in overtime at Paycor Stadium

We’re looking at the top photos from the Baltimore Ravens 41-38 win over the Cincinnati Bengals in overtime at Paycor Stadium in Week 5

Lamar Jackson and company rallied from a late fourth-quarter deficit to force overtime with a 56-yard field goal from Justin Tucker. In overtime, the Bengals recovered a Jackson fumble but could not win it after Evan McPherson missed a 56-yard field goal of his win.

At one point in the fourth quarter, Joe Burrow was 27-for-34 for 353 yards and five touchdown passes, while former college teammate Ja’Marr Chase had nine catches for 174 yards and two scores.

Burrow finished 30-39 passing for 392 yards, five touchdowns, and one costly interception. His MVP counterpart, Lamar Jackson, was 26-42 passing for 348 yards and four touchdowns. Jackson also had 12 carries for 56 yards on the day.

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