Today is the Bengals annual Weenie Roast and Mock Turtle Soupfest. It is the envy of the league and the highlight of the local social calendar. Featured speaker Mike Brown will dazzle attendees with glittering oratory, coach Zac Taylor will offer tips on roasting marshmallows and every guest will receive a lovely parting gift: A Joe Burrow-signed can of grillin’ beans.
All in all, a good time will be had by all.
On a less serious note, talk very well could be dominated by testing and masks and protocols. The NFL is making it very clear its players will be divided into two very distinct tribes, lepers and non-lepers, er, the non-vaccinated and the vaccinated.