Cincinnati Bengals News and Rumors
Bengals may have had best draftOn the heels of the last two drafts, which have produced four Pro Bowl players, the Bengals had a tall measuring stick to live up to in this year's draft. By early indications it might be one of the best in the league. |
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Could Burfict end up starting for Bengals?Apr 28, 2012
No one has had a more dramatic fall in the months leading up to the NFL draft than Arizona State inside linebacker Vontaze Burfict. If this is wrong, please let me know because I can't think of any. But Burfict could have the a dramatic rise back after … |
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Burfict joins Bengals via free agencyApr 28, 2012
Bengal Blogger, bengalsgab.com As undrafted free agents began to be announced Saturday night, one Bengals signing stood out above most. The Bengals picked up Vontaze Burfict, the much-maligned middle linebacker out of Arizona State. Once thought to be an early first-round prospect, B… |
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Herron ends Bengals Buckeye drought with a BoomApr 28, 2012
Paul Dehner, bengals.com The Bengals searched for running back depth all weekend, but it took until the final pick to provide it when they took Ohio State running back Dan “Boom” Herron in the sixth round. A back with the... |
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Herron ends Bengals Buckeye drought with a BoomApr 28, 2012
Paul Dehner, bengals.com The Bengals searched for running back depth all weekend, but it took until the final pick to provide it when they took Ohio State running back Dan “Boom” Herron in the sixth round. A back with the... |
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Geoff Hobson, bengals.com Following his birth on July 11, just in time for the 1989 NFL season, Bengals second-rounder Devon Still came home for the first time from the hospital dressed in a Steelers outfit. "My dad grew m... |
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Geoff Hobson, bengals.com Following his birth on July 11, just in time for the 1989 NFL season, Bengals second-rounder Devon Still came home for the first time from the hospital dressed in a Steelers outfit. "My dad grew m... |
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Burfict en route as undrafted free agentApr 28, 2012
Immediately after the draft, the process of signing undrafted free agents started. One of them is one of the more well-publicized names of the draft, but for the wrong reasons. |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Vontaze Burfict, the onetime first-round prospect whose disappointing 2011 season was followed by a disastrous Scouting Combine and Pro Day, has found his NFL home in Cincinnati. The Bengals agreed to terms with Burfict as an undrafted free agent shortl… |
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Draft recap and undrafted free agent signingsApr 28, 2012
Number 1 Fan, whodeyfans.com Well, it may have played out differently than most could have guessed, but man, the Bengals sure did seem to have a solid draft. After Bengals fans climbed off the ledge on Thursday (looking your direction Mr. Seuberling) and realized what the Bengals a… |
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Meet the 2012 Bengals draft classApr 28, 2012
Joe Reedy takes a closer look at the 10 players selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2012 NFL draft. |
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Dalton, wife give backApr 28, 2012
A big part of Andy Dalton's life growing up in Katy, Texas, was volunteering and helping others. When he was drafted by the Bengals last year, he knew he wanted to start a foundation but thought it might take a while to start. |
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Greener pastures for Boise safetyApr 28, 2012
Paul Dehner, bengals.com Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer loves oversized safeties. He grabbed another by selecting the tallest and heaviest safety in the draft with the final pick in the fifth round Saturday, th... |
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Greener pastures for Boise safetyApr 28, 2012
Paul Dehner, bengals.com Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer loves oversized safeties. He grabbed another by selecting the tallest and heaviest safety in the draft with the final pick in the fifth round Saturday, th... |
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AFC North: Sixth and seventh roundsApr 28, 2012
The draft is over. Book it and now grade it. On a side note, I had Rokevious Watkins as my mock draft Mr. Irrelevant, but hey what do I know. (This is only a joke, I swear). Here's a recap of the final two rounds of the draft: BENGALS: It was a quiet en… |
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Trade: Ocho for Marvin Lewis (Jones)Apr 28, 2012
Paul Dehner, bengals.com If the Bengals desired depth at wide receiver weren't reason enough for California wide receiver Marvin Jones to believe he would be selected with Cincinnati's fifth-round pick, his middle name ce... |
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Trade: Ocho for Marvin Lewis (Jones)Apr 28, 2012
Paul Dehner, bengals.com If the Bengals desired depth at wide receiver weren't reason enough for California wide receiver Marvin Jones to believe he would be selected with Cincinnati's fifth-round pick, his middle name cer... |
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Photos: Meet three new BengalsApr 28, 2012
The three players drafted Friday by the Bengals were introduced Saturday at Paul Brown Stadium. |
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CB Prater looking at special teamsApr 28, 2012
Dan Hoard, bengals.com After hearing about the prank call that wide receiver Mohamed Sanu received from a Bengals imposter in the first round before being drafted by Cincinnati in the third round, Shaun Prater was cauti... |
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CB Prater looking at special teamsApr 28, 2012
Dan Hoard, bengals.com After hearing about the prank call that wide receiver Mohamed Sanu received from a Bengals imposter in the first round before being drafted by Cincinnati in the third round, Shaun Prater was cauti... |
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Lewis lauds retiring LippincottApr 28, 2012
Geoff Hobson, bengals.com Fitting that the last pick in 21 years of NFL drafts for Bengals director of football operations Jim Lippincott is Ohio State running back Dan "Boo," Herron. As the Midwest scout for the Bengals, H... |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com The Bengals were the team that finally got Penn State defensive lineman Devon Still out of the green room with the 53rd pick in the NFL draft, ending a surprising fall for a player who was regarded by many as a first-round talent. So why did Still fall … |
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Bengals wrap up draft with Ohio State's HerronApr 28, 2012
The Bengals completed their draft selections by taking Ohio State running back Dan Herron in the sixth round with the 191st overall pick. |
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Token Buckeye likely completes Bengals’ draftApr 28, 2012
Bengal Blogger, bengalsgab.com With the 191st overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals selected … Dan “Boom” Herron, running back from Ohio State. The team achieved balance — five defensive and five offensive players — in this draft when it made Herron its s… |
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Bengals take receiver, two DBs in Round 5Apr 28, 2012
With a trio of fifth-round picks, the Bengals used two of them on secondary guys and another on a receiver. |
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Receiver, safety added at end of Round 5Apr 28, 2012
Bengal Blogger, bengalsgab.com With the 166th and 167th overall selections in the 2012 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals selected … Marvin Jones, wide receiver from California and George Iloka, safety from Boise State. Jones, at 6-foot-1, 199 pounds is touted as a good possession rec… |
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Bengals take tight end Charles in fourth roundApr 28, 2012
By drafting tight end Orson Charles, the Bengals have taken a Georgia Bulldog in the fourth round for the third consecutive year. |
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Prater becomes second corner selected by BengalsApr 28, 2012
Bengal Blogger, bengalsgab.com With the 156th overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals selected … Shaun Prater, cornerback from Iowa. The Bengals added more young depth to a position that has gone from strength to question mark in less than a year. Prater, a 2011 Al… |
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Tight end bolstered to start Day 3Apr 28, 2012
Bengal Blogger, bengalsgab.com With the 116th overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals selected … Orson Charles, tight end from Georgia. Someone we were looking at as an option at the tail end of Round 3 dropped to Cincinnati with its fourth-round selection Saturday… |
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Nate, whodeyfans.com I’m working on an oustide project for the NFL Draft so I won’t be able to post much here at WhoDeyFans, but I love what the Bengals have done so far and I’ll be offering up some occasional insight on Twitter. I look for the Bengals to address lin… |
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Bengals' Sanu laughs off draft-day prank callApr 28, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com The phone call came from a number that Mohamed Sanu recognized, the tip-off that this one was real -- and, in a sense, the most fitting call of draft day. |
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Bengals draft big-name TE with recent DUIApr 28, 2012
The good news is the Bengals got the first-team All-SEC tight end in the fourth round. The bad news is he was there because of red flags, including a DUI arrest in early March. That's why eyebrows were raised when the Bengals selected Georgia tight end … |
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Bengals end Orson Charles’ slide at the No. 116 pickApr 28, 2012
Evan Silva, profootballtalk.com Georgia tight end Orson Charles was a consensus first-team All-SEC pick in 2011, before leaving school early for the pros. He was a big-time weapon in the Bulldogs’ pro-style passing attack, finishing his college career with a 14.6 yards-per-reception a… |
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Bengals take TE Charles in fourth, go CB, WR, S in fifth; NFL Network gives Bengals an AApr 28, 2012
Geoff Hobson, bengals.com In the quest to find a young tight end to back up Pro Bowler Jermaine Gresham, the Bengals tapped Georgia junior Orson Charles in the fourth round Saturday to start the final day of the NFL Draft.... |
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Bengals take TE Charles in fourth, go CB, WR, S in fifth; ESPN takes note; Herron last pickApr 28, 2012
Geoff Hobson, bengals.com In the quest to find a young tight end to back up Pro Bowler Jermaine Gresham, the Bengals tapped Georgia junior Orson Charles in the fourth round Saturday to start the final day of the NFL Draft.... |
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Geoff Hobson, bengals.com In the quest to find a young tight end to back up Pro Bowler Jermaine Gresham, the Bengals tapped Georgia junior Orson Charles in the fourth round Saturday to start the final day of the NFL Draft. ... |
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Geoff Hobson, bengals.com In the quest to find a young tight end to back up Pro Bowler Jermaine Gresham, the Bengals tapped Georgia junior Orson Charles in the fourth round Saturday to start the final day of the NFL Draft. ... |
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Geoff Hobson, bengals.com In the quest to find a young tight end to back up Pro Bowler Jermaine Gresham, the Bengals tapped Georgia junior Orson Charles in the fourth round Saturday to start the final day of the NFL Draft. ... |
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Bengals take TE Charles in fourthApr 28, 2012
Geoff Hobson, bengals.com In the quest to find a young tight end to back up Pro Bowler Jermaine Gresham, the Bengals tapped Georgia junior Orson Charles in the fourth round Saturday to start the final day of the NFL Draft. ... |
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Bengals take TE Charlesin fourthApr 28, 2012
Geoff Hobson, bengals.com In the quest to find a young tight end to back up Pro Bowler Jermaine Gresham, the Bengals tapped Georgia junior Orson Charles in the fourth round Saturday to start the final day of the NFL Draft. ... |
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Ravens add potential center of the futureApr 28, 2012
The Baltimore Ravens are hoping they found their center of the future when they selected Delaware's Gino Gradkowski early in the fourth round. At 6-foot-2, 300 pounds, Gradkowski is the younger but bigger brother of Bengals quarterback Bruce Gradkowski.… |
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Mohamed Sanu Drafted By The Cincinnati Bengals, No Seriously—The Bengals Drafted Him Friday NightApr 28, 2012
Sean Newell, deadspin.com The Rutgers wide receiver was projected to go in the second or third round, and after a prank call pump fake on day one, he actually did go in the third round to the team he thought picked him in the first round. |
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Zeitler right at homeApr 28, 2012
Geoff Hobson, bengals.com When Kevin Zeitler shook hands with Dre Kirkpatrick, his father, and his agent on Friday, they all winced at each other while admiring The Vise. When Zeitler shook hands with equipment manager Jef... |
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Warm welcome to The Jungle for Kirkpatrick, ZeitlerApr 28, 2012
The Bengals think Dre Kirkpatrick and Kevin Zeitler are capable of contributing right away. |
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AFC North: Second and third roundsApr 28, 2012
The best way to follow the draft is ESPN's DraftTracker. Here's a sampling of that in an AFC North roundup of the second and third rounds: CINCINNATI BENGALS Second round: 53. DT Devon Still, Penn State. DraftTracker: The Bengals like to use a deep DL r… |
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Bengals Make Bold Statement On Day 2Apr 28, 2012
Bill, whodeyfans.com Positive or negative, there is sure to be plenty of reaction about the statement made by the Bengals’ war room on Day 2 of the 2012 draft. It is a statement we might expect to hear from a head coach that came up as a Defensive Coordinator: “You are n… |
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Bengals Make Bold Statement In Round 2Apr 28, 2012
Bill, whodeyfans.com Positive or negative, there is sure to be plenty of reaction about the statement made by the Bengals’ war room on Day 2 of the 2012 draft. It is a statement we might expect to hear from a head coach that came up as a Defensive Coordinator: “You are n… |
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Bengals select Penn State DT StillApr 28, 2012
There were some NFL draft analysts who believed that Penn State defensive tackle Devon Still would end up in a Steelers uniform. |
