Tag: Tyler Boyd

Tyler Boyd: Joe Burrow will take Bengals to ‘Promised Land’

In just one season, Burrow managed to gain the trust, respect, and belief from both the fans and his fellow teammates.

The hype and excitement in Cincinnati when Joe Burrow was selected first overall last year was real.

The buzz surrounding his return is very similar.

In just one season, Burrow not only managed to gain the respect and trust of Bengals nation. He also seems to have gained the beliefs of his teammates, not to LSU fans surprise.

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Bengals wide receiver Tyler Boyd recently spoke with Bengals.com’s Geoff Hobson. Boyd spoke highly of his quarterback:

“Nothing’s average about Joe. He’s going to lead us to the promised land.” Boyd said.

“Joe looks great. He looks like he’s ready to play a game right now. I’m not worried about Joe. He makes magic when his number’s called.” Boyd continued.

The Cincinnati Bengals don’t have high expectations heading into the 2021 NFL season.

Regardless of the outcome, Bengals fans should be ecstatic about the future of their franchise.

Because with Joe Burrow as your leader, good things will happen.

Tyler Boyd does his part to recruit J.J. Watt to Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals WR Tyler Boyd wants to see the team sign J.J. Watt.

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If Cincinnati Bengals wideout Tyler Boyd had his way, free-agent defensive lineman J.J. Watt would sign with the team.

Boyd made that clear enough over the weekend when he tagged Watt himself in a post, saying the following: “@JJWatt Bengals bro lets turn this s— up.”

The rebuilding Houston Texans cut Watt free last week in an effort to spur that roster turnover and give one of the best defenders ever a chance to find a new home before free agency opens in March.

We looked at whether the Bengals should pursue Watt now that he’s available. So far, though, it sounds like Cincinnati could just end up facing him twice a year because two other AFC North teams have reportedly shown an interest.

It would be pretty unlike the Bengals to go and get Watt and he figures to want to close out his career with a contender. But credit goes to Boyd for at least shooting his shot.

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Tyler Boyd warned Tee Higgins not to play on injured hamstring before rookie suffered setback

Cincinnati Bengals wideout Tee Higgins suffered an injury in the final game of the season.

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Cincinnati Bengals rookie wide receiver Tee Higgins came close to shattering a franchise record in the final game of his first season.

Instead of surpassing Cris Collinsworth’s franchise record of 67 catches, Higgins re-aggravated a hamstring injury on his first catch that was then negated due to a penalty.

Interestingly, fellow wideout Tyler Boyd had warned Higgins about trying to play through the injury, according to ESPN’s Ben Baby.

There are layers to this one, of course. Boyd, a veteran and the team’s No. 1 receiver, would know whether or not it’s wise to test an injury.

But it also speaks volumes about Higgins, a rookie who wanted to go out there and fight in an otherwise meaningless game while also getting a shot at setting a franchise record.

It doesn’t sound like Higgins’ injury is a serious one and he’ll have plenty of time this offseason to get it right and better train for his second pro season. Based on his first-year results, he’s going to make the likely loss of A.J. Green on the field an afterthought.

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Bengals will have Tee Higgins, Tyler Boyd vs. Ravens in Week 17

The Cincinnati Bengals will have two key players against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 17.

The Cincinnati Bengals will have two key weapons on the field during Sunday’s season-ending tilt with the Baltimore Ravens.

Friday, Bengals head coach Zac Taylor announced the team would have both wideouts Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd available for the game, per ESPN’s Ben Baby.

Higgins had been on the injury report all week but was merely a case of the team playing it safe. Boyd missed last week’s win over Houston while working his way back from a concussion.

It’s Higgins, not Boyd, who happened to lead the team in receiving through 15 games. The rookie has 67 catches for 908 yards and six scores, while Boyd has 78 for 840 and four.

Of course, it was Boyd who put the dagger in Baltimore’s playoff hopes a few seasons ago, instead sending Buffalo to the postseason, spurring a fun off-the-field donation spree. 

Boyd and Higgins will play a part in deciding whether the Bengals can knock the Ravens from postseason contention, playing the ultimate spoiler and hitting on a three-game winning streak in the process.

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Tyler Boyd talks ‘dirty play’ by Dolphins, his Week 13 ejection

Cincinnati Bengals WR Tyler Boyd isn’t happy about what unfolded in Miami.

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The Cincinnati Bengals continue to deal with the fallout of the eventful Week 13 game against the Miami Dolphins.

There, star wideout Tyler Boyd got ejected on a controversial call by officials, who later lost control of the game and ejected several more players for a brawl between both teams. Bengals safety Shawn Williams was suspended one game for stepping on a player.

But Boyd linked up with reporters on Wednesday and made it clear he thought the extra hits he took out of bounds from Dolphins players was dirty.

Here is what Boyd had to say, as noted by ESPN’s Ben Baby:

The Bengals might not hear otherwise from the league, just like they probably won’t hear that Boyd shouldn’t have been removed from the game for a push or two.

Here’s Boyd, via Baby:

It wasn’t, of course, and some could argue the bad call there led to later shenanigans instead of keeping things under control — neither player should have been tossed from the game.

Either way, it’s interesting to finally get Boyd’s take on the game and rest assured he’s hungry going into Week 14 against the Dallas Cowboys and old friend Andy Dalton.

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Tyler Boyd, Xavien Howard ejected during controversial sequence in Week 13

The Cincinnati Bengals and Miami Dolphins had players ejected Sunday.

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Cincinnati Bengals wideout Tyler Boyd and Miami Dolphins corner Xavien Howard were ejected from Sunday’s Week 13 game.

Boyd and Howard got into it on the sidelines and had a little shoving match, which started an extremely odd set of events from the NFL’s officials.

Said officials decided both players committed personal fouls and needed to be ejected, but only the Bengals ended up penalized from the altercation.

That knocked them out of field goal range, causing a miss, as well as their No. 1 wideout who had previously scored the longest Bengals touchdown since 2017 earlier in the game.

The ejections and how only Cincinnati ended up punished on the play — never mind that players were ejected for soft shoves in the first place — earned plenty of criticism:

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Zac Taylor sought out Tyler Boyd, Jessie Bates as leaders right after Joe Burrow’s injury

The Cincinnati Bengals have some well-known young leaders in the locker room.

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The Cincinnati Bengals have some key foundational building blocks on the field — and in the locker room — with Tyler Boyd and Jessie Bates.

This was already becoming apparent based on how Bates and Boyd have led the team this year, either setting the tone in interviews or by the effort on the field.

But it became even clearer last weekend after Joe Burrow went down with his injury. That Sunday night, Bengals head coach Zac Taylor sought them out specifically, as he told Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com:

ZT: I thought it was important. Those are two of your guys on each side of the ball that have done things the right way this year. They’ve got the right mindset and they’ve totally bought in to what we’re doing here and they see the big picture of what we’re moving towards and they believe in it. Just challenging them to keep leading this locker room.

No wonder, right? Boyd has been the No. 1 wideout for a few years now. And from a leadership example, he was one of the first players to publicly speak out against the actions of Carlos Dunlap.

And Bates has played like the best outright safety in football this year, grading at a 91.0 at Pro Football Focus. It wasn’t too long ago he was warning of personnel changes if guys didn’t step up.

While there are rumblings of a toxic locker room culture Bengals players have denied — and Dunlap and his Seahawks head coach have hinted at the same — it’s clear the next generation of locker room leaders like Bates and Boyd are rocks to build around in good times and bad.

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Mike Tomlin happy to avoid Carlos Dunlap, calls Tyler Boyd one of NFL’s best

Cincinnati Bengals players received plenty of praise from Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin.

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The Cincinnati Bengals look quite a bit different to opposing teams this year.

Joe Burrow is under center. The front office remade the defense. And the team even went out and traded away Carlos Dunlap, it’s second in-season trade since 1985.

For Mike Tomlin, head coach of the undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers, the new-look Bengals are quite interesting.

Tomlin, for example, sure sounds happy he won’t have to deal with Dunlap anymore, according to Chris Adamski of the Tribune-Review: “It is interesting preparing for the Bengals and not having to prepare for Carlos Dunlap. We do not miss Carlos Dunlap.”

It also sounds like Tomlin wouldn’t mind if the Bengals went ahead and traded away Tyler Boyd, too:

And what impresses Tomlin the most about Burrow? Adamski captured that too: “The most impressive thing has been his charisma, his moxie, his competitive spirit.”

It’s interesting to get a look at what a successful coach like Tomlin thinks of the Bengals.

Not that this is any traditional matchup — the Bengals have changed a lot and both teams are in intensive protocol after positive COVID-19 tests. That includes Ben Roethlisberger, who is also apparently dealing with two knee injuries.

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Watch: Joe Burrow hits Tyler Boyd as Bengals open up on Titans

Joe Burrow is doing quite well for the Bengals against Tennessee.

Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals have been showing promise while absorbing losses. The rookie QB from LSU and his team are on their way to putting it together, surprisingly, against the one-loss Tennessee Titans.

Watch as Burrow finds Tyler Boyd for a touchdown to give Cincinnati a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter.

Burrow has proven slippery and elusive, too.

DFS Fantasy Football: Favorite Pro Plays – Week 8

WinDailySports’ CEO Jason Mezrahi checks in with his top Week 8 DFS fantasy football for FanDuel and DraftKings

Top-ranked daily fantasy sports pro Jason Mezrahi, founder and CEO of WinDailySports.com, breaks down his favorite DFS plays at various salary ranges for Week 8 of the NFL season.

Even though we have had great results in picking top DFS plays in this article every week, I’m going to let you in on a little secret: Our projection model at WinDailySports.com has been firing on all cylinders to start the season so what I will do in this article is list some of our highest projected players based off raw points and our highest point per dollar plays based on DraftKings.com pricing.

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These are some of the players Jason will be locking in his lineups on DraftKings and FanDuel for this weekend’s slate.

QUARTERBACKS

AARON RODGERS, GB

$7,600 DRAFTKINGS, $8,400 FANDUEL

I’m coming off my second biggest week of the year so far, and it all started with my Quarterback write up last week which secured me a $15,000 victory on DraftKings. The stack that got me there was Kyler Murray with DeAndre Hopkins and running it back with Tyler Lockett. The stack was under owned and simply smashed.

The stack that can help get us there this week is a Aaron Rodgers to Davante Adams stack either paired with a Viking receiver or running back if Dalvin Cook plays. The matchup versus the Vikings is great. They rank 25th against opposing quarterbacks and allow the 29th most passing yards per game. Rodgers will light up this Viking defense and the easy pairing with Adams makes him a great play for cash and tournaments.

JOE BURROW, CIN

$6,200 DRAFTKINGS, $7,600 FANDUEL

Joe Burrow is putting up ridiculous stats as a rookie. He has thrown for over 300+ yards in 5 out of the 7 games so far this season with his last one breaking the 400 yard mark. He has 9 passing touchdowns and also is involved in the running game with 3 rushing touchdowns on the season. The ceiling is high and the price is right on both sites. The discount combined with the upside is too much to pass up on. Tennessee has allowed the 26th most passing yards per game and has been involved in high scoring affairs almost every week which sets Burrow up nicely in your lineups in week 8.

RUNNING BACKS

DERRICK HENRY, TEN

$8,000 DRAFTKINGS, $9,500 FANDUEL

We faded Henry last week and its time to hop back on the Henry train if we can afford it in Week 8. Vegas has the Titans by 5.5 points which should lead into a positive game script for Henry and the run game. This will be a high scoring affair, with Vegas having the total at 53.5 points and I’m expecting another 2 touchdown game out of Henry in this one. The Bengals are allowing the 28th most rushing yards per game and now get to face the best running back in the game. There will be no stopping Henry in week 8 and the upside and safety is just too much to pass up on.

KAREEM HUNT, CLE

$6,900 DRAFTKINGS, $8,200 FANDUEL

Most of the Cleveland offense should now be running through Kareem Hunt with Nick Chubb and Odell Beckham Jr. injured. Hunt had 18 touches and 3 receptions and was very active in the game versus the Bengals but didn’t break out for that massive game. I truly hope some people hop off the wagon this week driving his ownership down. The Raiders rank 31st against opposing running backs and provide an exploitable matchup for Hunt. The price on DraftKings is great and he will be a lock in most of my lineups on their platform.

WIDE RECEIVERS

DAVANTE ADAMS, GB

$8,800 DRAFTKINGS, $9,100 FANDUEL

There is not much of a write up needed here other than this guy is great at football and that he is really good friends with Aaron Rodgers. He has two 44+ point DraftKings performances on the season and if I played him over DeAndre Hopkins in my main lineup last week I would have won $50,000 instead of $15,000. I am not making that same mistake this week and I will do whatever I can to squeeze him into my lineups. The Vikings rank 29th against opposing wide receivers and also allow the 29th most passing yards per game. Get him into your cash and tournament lineups where you can afford the salary.

TYLER BOYD, CIN

$6,600 DRAFTKINGS, $6,400 FANDUEL

Both Tyler Boyd and AJ Green are in a great spot in Week 8. Whichever one finds the end zone more often will end up with the better performance, but they both are receiving a ton of targets week in and week out. Boyd is coming off a 11 reception 101 yard receiving game where he dropped 30 DraftKings points. I told you I like this game as a game stack and will be attacking it from every angle. The Titans rank 28th against opposing receivers so both of these guys should be in your player pool in Week 8.

TIGHT ENDS

DARREN WALLER, LV

$5,600 DRAFTKINGS, $6,800 FANDUEL

Waller has been super consistent all year and is averaging 15 DraftKings points per game. He is the primary target for Carr and provides a safe floor at a somewhat volatile tight end position. What makes this one of the better plays on the board is the matchup itself. The Browns have struggled to cover tight ends all season and rank 28th against opposing tight ends. Vegas has this as an up pace game with the Raiders trailing which should provide late looks to Waller in the fourth quarter which is what you want in your lineups.

HARRISON BRYANT, CLE

$3,200 DRAFTKINGS, $5,000 FANDUEL

Within the same game Harrison Bryant is a great value play in a high paced matchup versus the Raiders. With the Browns banged up, more targets should be heading Bryant’s way. He is involved in the red zone and is coming off a 2 touchdown game. At near minimum salary on both sites you don’t need much from Bryant. If we can get 4 catches for 40+ yards and a touchdown I will be more than fine with that output in Week 8.

DEFENSES

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

$4,500 DRAFTKINGS, $5,000 FANDUEL

Like I told you last week, I will be targeting the Jets with my opposing defenses. It’s the safest way to play it and I will continue attacking it week in week out. The Jets scored more than 0 in Week 7, but I still have them under 10 points in this matchup versus the Chiefs. On a side note one of my favorite futures bets is taking the Jets under 1.5 wins on the season.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

$3,400 DRAFTKINGS, $3,600 FANDUEL

The Saints have the pleasure of visiting the Bears after their ugly performance against the Rams on Monday night. The Bears put up 10 points to a Rams defense and throughout most of the game Nick Foles and the Bears offense truly struggled putting drives together. The Saints defense hasn’tbeen great on the season but they have forced 5 turnovers through 6 games and recorded 14 sacks so they provide a nice value in Week 8.

Jason Mezrahi has been a professional, top-ranked Daily Fantasy Player on FanDuel and DraftKings for more than eight years. He has won FanDuel’s $155,555 King of the Diamond competition and placed second in DraftKings’ Fantasy Basketball World Championship, earning him $300,000. He owns and operates WinDailySports.com, which supports the DFS and Sports Betting community with resources such as tools, projection models, expert chat, in-depth written analysis and podcasts, plus much more.

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