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The Giants and Bengals face-off this Thursday night Youth Rodney Anderson Jersey , and both teams have a lot to prove to the league in 2019." AnalysisVideosThe Orange & Black InsiderGiants and Bengals looking to prove similar things in preseason Week 3 clashNew,6commentsThe Giants and Bengals face-off this Thursday night, and both teams have a lot to prove to the league in 2019. EDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:Giants and Bengals looking to prove similar things in preseason Week 3 clashTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailWhile using the phrase “dress rehearsal” can be quite hokey when referring to an NFL preseason game, it really is an apropos comparison. Teams have the chance to put their best foot forward before “the real deal”. This Thursday, the new-look Cincinnati Bengals host a Giants team that is also in a bit of a transition. While many pundits are picking both teams to struggle in 2019, New York and Cincinnati do have talented players who could make them sneakily-competitive this season. The similarities don’t end there, though. For two teams who rarely face each other and aren’t even in the same conference, recent parallels can’t be denied. From a coaching aspect, the Bengals plucked Lou Anarumo from the Giants’ coaching staff, while Cincinnati also currently employs two former New York offensive linemen in John Jerry and Bobby Hart. The Giants also now have Kevin Zeitler as a replacement for Jerry at left guard (though Jerry left New York after 2017), who was compensation for Odell Beckham, Jr. from the Browns. It doesn’t end there, though. Both teams employ veteran quarterbacks who are on heat seats of varying temperatures and the franchises also have new(-ish) coaches looking to turn things around from a poor recent run. In short, the squads are looking to prove many naysayers wrong. “As for expectations for the season, you’re right, I think you mentioned before that the Bengals and the Giants are in the same kind of place where they’re building, they’re trying to establish something,” Ed Valentine of SB Nation’s Big Blue View told us in our Orange and Black Insider podcast conversation this week. “It doesn’t look like much, but they point to 2017 when everything went sideways for the Giants. The point to last year and they say ‘we won five games and we should have won a few more because we couldn’t make stops on defense in the final two minutes,’” Valentine continued. “And, they’re probably right. I think this year, they’re looking...if they can win 7 White Rodney Anderson Jersey , 8, 9 games and show progress, that’s what you’re looking at with the Giants. You’re not looking at an 11 or 12-win team.” I don’t think you’re looking at a three-win team, either. I think you’re looking at a team that is getting better, has got reason to believe they’re pointed in the right direction, but that might be a year away...”Sound familiar? It should to folks around these parts. Cincinnati could be a sleeper team this year, but a number of factors are giving many folks inside and outside of the fan base pause. Whether it’s in the inexperience of many major coaches, or some early injuries once agains striking important players, 2019 may be a building block year full of long-term player evaluations. Regardless, while this matchup doesn’t mean anything in the grand scheme of the 2019 playoff picture, it does serve as a barometer of sorts for both teams. The weak spots of the roster could show, but the areas of strength to build upon this year and well into the respective tenures of both Pat Shurmur and Zac Taylor will also be on display. We’ll see how the in-game production and end result play into the unfolding of each team’s 2019 campaign. Also on this week’s episode:We reflect on Cedric Benson’s untimely passing and his time as a Cincinnati Bengals running back. What is going on with Christian Westerman? Can he play catch-up quick enough to hang on to a final roster spot?Could the Bengals use Jeff Driskel in the way the Saints use Taysom Hill?Will many of the currently-unsettled starting spots and back-end roster designations be decided after the game versus the Giants? Our thanks to Ed Valentine over at Big Blue View for his time, as well as to all of the live listeners and to those who tune in to the show after our recording!If you’re unable to join us live for here at Cincy Jungle or YouTube every episode, all Orange and Black Insider content is available here on CJ, the Stitcher, Spotify and Google Play Music apps, our YouTube channel, as well as through Megaphone and, as always, on iTunes! You can tweet us @BengalsOBI or get in touch with us via email at theobinsider@gmail.com. Thanks for listening and go subscribe to our channels! Over the past few years, NFL teams have made a habit out of handing out new contract after new contract to quarterbacks, with in many cases the latest quarterback to sign becoming the highest-paid player in league history.Since June 2017 http://www.cincinnatibengalsteamonline.com/anthony-munoz-jersey , Derek Carr passed Andrew Luck, Matthew Stafford passed Carr, Jimmy Garoppolo passed Stafford, Kirk Cousins passed Garoppolo, Matt Ryan passed Cousins, Aaron Rodgers passed Ryan, and Russell Wilson passed Rodgers, pushing the maximum from $25 million per year to $35 million annually.From those eight quarterbacks we move to another eight quarterbacks, each of whom have contracts lasting one or two years. There’s a growing sense that, at some point, a team faced with high salary demands from a quarterback will say, “No thanks,” trading the quarterback or letting him walk away via free agency. Here’s a look at the likelihood of that happening with any of eight quarterbacks whose contracts are coming up for renewal.Carson Wentz, Eagles: Howie Roseman says that the team wouldn’t hesitate to do the right deal, for both organization and player. But what’s the right deal? Wentz may eventually fall somewhere in the $10 million divide between Carr’s $25 million per year and Wilson’s $35 million. For now, Wentz’s value is closer to the range of $25 million to $30 million. A season that doesn’t end with a December injury and does end with a Super Bowl appearance or something closer to it puts him in the range of $30 million to $35 million. (A Super Bowl win potentially would put him north of $35 million per year.) The real question is whether Wentz will accept the best offer made before Wentz embarks on a fourth NFL season that could dramatically increase his value, if he decides to roll the dice on his ability to continue to play.Dak Prescott, Cowboys: Prescott quietly took a significant step in his development in the 2018 postseason, beating Russell Wilson in the wild-card round and then performing at a very high level against the Rams, at a time when the running game wasn’t giving Prescott the kind of support he usually has when playing well. For now, the sweet spot seems to be somewhere between $25 million and $28 million, especially since Prescott isn’t the quarterback of [insert name of not very relevant team] but is the quarterback of America’s Team. He already makes seven figures in endorsements Germaine Pratt Cincinnati Bengals Jersey , and that will continue as long as he quarterbacks a franchise that drives TV ratings like no other. Throw in the pathway to the broadcast booth that awaits his retirement, and Prescott would be wise to take whatever the Cowboys will offer, as long as he’s at least in the range of Garoppolo.Jameis Winston, Buccaneers: G.M. Jason Licht has made it clear that they’re taking a wait-and-see approach with Winston, whose contract expires after 2019. Some would say there’s no reason to wait, because they’ve arguably seen enough from the first overall pick in the 2015 draft. Coach Bruce Arians told ESPN during the draft that Winston needs to stop “throwing the ball to the other team.” That’s easier said than done, especially when Winston has a bad habit of trying to do more than his physical abilities will allow.Marcus Mariota, Titans: Owner Amy Adams Strunk has expressed hope that Mariota will become the team’s franchise quarterback. This implies, obviously, that he isn’t there yet. After four years as a starter, there’s a chance he may never be. Unless he’s willing to accept something closer to $20 million than $25 million, Mariota may not get another deal in Tennessee — especially if Tennessee believes it has a viable alternative elsewhere.Philip Rivers, Chargers: Rivers seems to be at peace with the possibility of having his contract expire, wherever that may lead. He said similar things four years ago, however, before signing a new deal with the Chargers. Then, the team moved to get a deal done. In 2019, will they apply a Band-Aid that keeps Rivers around while they plan for the future, or would they risk the bird in the hand as they search for a different, younger bird that may or may not be in the bush?Andy Dalton, Bengals: The least relevant team in the NFL has the league’s least relevant starting quarterback. Which means they’re a match made in purgatory. The Bengals seem to be ambivalent about keeping Dalton, and he’s a prime candidate to become a free agent after the season Germaine Pratt Jersey 2019 , to look around for viable offers elsewhere, and ultimately to take the best offer the Bengals put on the table, like his former head coach did on multiple occasions when becoming a free agent.Cam Newton, Panthers: With two years left on a deal that averages less than $21 million per year, Newton is woefully underpaid. So when does that get rectified? For starters, Newton needs to show that his shoulder has healed. Then, he needs to stay healthy, adjusting his playing style to avoid the kind of contact that results, inevitably, in more injury. He also needs to play at a high level, like he did when becoming the league MVP in 2015. If he can get back to that form, he should get $30 million per year, like another former league MVP who made it to a Super Bowl from the same division in which Newton plays. If Newton isn’t healthy or effective, new owner David Tepper will have a big decision to make.Jared Goff, Rams: The Rams gave up a lot to get him three years ago, but that doesn’t mean they should pay a lot to keep him. Coach Sean McVay inherited Goff, and through two years McVay has surely seen enough to know whether he wants Goff to stick around. Balanced against that is the reality that McVay may be thinking about how another quarterback may be able to better run the offense, especially in light of a season-defining failure to: (1) anticipate that Brandin Cooks would be wide-ass open in a key moment of the third quarter of the Super Bowl; (2) spot Cooks once he was wide-ass open; and (3) deliver an accurate pass that would get the ball to Cooks before he was no longer wide-ass open. That one play could eat at McVay enough during the offseason to persuade him to consider slamming an otherwise wide-open door into Goff’s ass.The unofficial over-under for quarterbacks who won’t get new contracts is 2.5. So what do you take, over or under? Chime in below.