1) John Ross feeling the locker room love. Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton and head coach Marvin Lewis stood behind John Ross on Wednesday, as you’d expect. Lewis concluded that Ross just needs to “free his mind”, causing Cincinnati scribes to spasm with hip “En Vogue” references. I’d have gone with Yoda. Because, duh. We delve more into Ross in a moment.
2) Marvin Lewis: “We’ll have all hands on deck soon.” Talk about encouraging. Lewis — grumpy on Monday and now the shinning example of optimism — projected confidence in the progress of Joe Mixon and Billy Price.