Cincinnati Bengals News and Rumors

Celebrating The Fourth

Geoff Hobson, bengals.com

Bengals season ticket holder Charlie Kock prepares to announce the Bengals fourth-round selection during last month's NFL Draft. Charlie Kock is so Who Dey through and through that when his toes ge...

Evan Silva, profootballtalk.com

The Patriots have signed rookie WR Jeremy Ebert. Jets OL Vladimir Ducasse is practicing strictly at right tackle. Bengals QB Andy Dalton is getting stronger this spring. The College Football Hall of Fame has added an ex-Steeler. Colts RB Delone Carter i…

Geoff Hobson, bengals.com

Andy Dalton Andy Dalton can be found these days in the Bengals locker room jokingly flexing but seriously challenging. "C'mon. What do you think?" he might ask standing on the scale. If you guess h...

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Coming out of Arizona State, Vontaze Burfict was viewed as a risky proposition, and he ultimately went undrafted. But Bengals coach Marvin Lewis says he was happy to sign Burfict as an undrafted free agent because there’s no risk at all to that. “I do…

Pressure point: Bengals

May 16 (yesterday)

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Examining who faces the most challenging season for the Cincinnati Bengals and why. It would be easy to say Marvin Lewis faces a pivotal season because the Bengals coach is in the final year of a two-year extension. But, by all accounts, owner Mike Brow…

Who Makes The Cut? LB Edition

May 16 (yesterday)

Bill, whodeyfans.com

The Bengals have never had the reputation for having an intimidating group of linebackers like other teams in the AFC North. The last fearsome LB to roam the backfield in stripes was Takeo Spikes… not to slight a great guy like Brian Simmons. I wonder i…

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Count SI.com's Don Banks among those who believe Mohamed Sanu will make a significant impact during his first season in the NFL.

Bengals hope they have a smash

May 15 (yesterday)

Geoff Hobson, bengals.com

Jay Hayes "The Odd Couple" has opened a few blocks down from the Aronoff this week at Paul Brown Stadium starring the newest Bengals defensive linemen. Devon Still and Brandon Thompson just started...

Matt Loede, bengalsgab.com

Pro Football Talk reports that ANOTHER Bengals player has failed his physical – that being guard Chris Riley. Either the Bengals’ team doctors put their players through much more stringent physical exams than other team doctors, or the Bengals have at…

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Quarterback Carson Palmer said both sides won when the Cincinnati Bengals traded him to the Oakland Raiders last season. Not sure whether we should file this under "What did you really expect him to say" or "Players are sometimes delusion…

Peter King, CNNSI.com

Jacob Bell doesn't hate football. He doesn't want to discourage players who love the game from playing it. But Bell, who walked away from the game last week healthy and able to play at 31, eschewing a job on the Cincinnati Bengals offensive line after s…

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Every morning, grab a cup of coffee and get your AFC North wake-up call here: Offensive tackle Andre Smith continues to look in "terrific shape" as the Cincinnati Bengals began their fifth week of offseason conditioning, according to the team'…

Rookie receiver Sanu on upswing

May 14 (3 days ago)

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For those who were looking for a bit of a separation in terms of figuring out who the contenders would be at wide receiver after the Bengals rookie minicamp, it didn't happen.

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Last year during training camp, Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis talked about how it was better in 2003 that Jon Kitna was the starter instead of throwing Carson Palmer into it as a rookie. It turns out that Lewis and Palmer still agree about that.

Who Makes The Cut? SS/FS Edition

May 14 (3 days ago)

Bill, whodeyfans.com

I am excited about what the Bengals’ defense could do this year. They made upgrades on a defensive line that was already pretty good, especially on the interior, which ought to benefit all of the guys behind them. The more pressure that the line can gen…

Geoff Hobson, bengals.com

Jermaine Gresham Orson Charles, the Bengals fourth-round pick from Georgia, is the latest chip collected by offensive coordinator Jay Gruden in what has become the NFL's high-stakes passing game of...

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

The Bengals need a No. 2 receiver to start opposite A.J. Green, and they may have found their man in the third round of the draft. At the conclusion of the team’s rookie minicamp, head coach Marvin Lewis said rookie receiver Mohamed Sanu looked like he …

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Chad Ochocinco wants Roger Goodell to know that he has the NFL commissioner's back.

Bengals' rookie minicamp wraps up

May 13 (4 days ago)

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The Bengals completed their rookie minicamp on Sunday inside rain drenched Paul Brown Stadium with a two-hour workout that mostly dealt with red zone and special teams work.

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Opening Comments: Lewis ML: “To conclude things today, it’s been a very good and productive five workouts. I think I got a really great feel for the guys we’ve drafted, the extra guys we sign...