Cincinnati Bengals News and Rumors
Bengals-Ravens Four Downs RevisitedJoe Reedy revisits his pre-game keys to a Bengals' win against the Ravens on Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium. |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com Now that the wild-card round games are set, let's take a quick look at what next weekend will bring. SATURDAY, JANUARY 5 AFC: 4:30 PM ET Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Texans These two teams faced off in last year's playoffs, and the Bengals would probab… |
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Burfict finishes season as Bengals' leading tacklerDec 30, 2012
Vontaze Burfict went from not playing a snap on defense in the season opener at Baltimore to finishing the regular season as the Bengals' leading tackler. |
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Wild-Card Matchups: A.F.C.Dec 30, 2012
Judy Battista, nytimes.com The Texans take on the Bengals, the Ravens face the Colts, and the Broncos and Patriots earn byes in the wild-card round of the A.F.C. |
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Defense continues to carry BengalsDec 30, 2012
Over the past eight games, seven of them victories, the Bengals' defense has allowed an average of 11.9 points and 282 yards per game. |
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NFL announces playoff scheduleDec 30, 2012
Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com With tonight’s Cowboys-Redskins game set to crown the NFC East champion and finalize the postseason seedings, the NFL’s postseason schedule has been announced. For the second consecutive year, the playoffs will start with the Bengals at the Texans. Th… |
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Ravens enter playoffs without momentumDec 30, 2012
The Baltimore Ravens will be making their fifth consecutive postseason appearance next weekend but after the Bengals beat them 23-17 Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium they'll be doing so having lost four of their last five games. |
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Bengals to play Saturday, Ravens on SundayDec 30, 2012
The NFL announced the dates and times for the wild-card round of the playoffs: The Bengals will play at Houston on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. The Ravens will play host to the Colts on Sunday at 1 p.m. If the Bengals win, they will play at top-seeded Denver o… |
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Houston, there will be a rematch. Already locked into the sixth seed, the Bengals ended the regular season with their third straight win, rallying in the fourth quarter to beat the Ravens 23-17. But it was what was happening 112 miles away that was more… |
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Bengals unsure about Green-EllisDec 30, 2012
The biggest concern for the Bengals is the status of running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis. He injured his hamstring during pre-game warm-ups and didn't play in the regular-season finale against Baltimore. "I don’t know how severe he is," coach M… |
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Quick Take: Bengals at TexansDec 30, 2012
Five things to know about next weekend's Cincinnati Bengals-Houston Texans Wild-Card game at Reliant Stadium: 1. Another streak to end. The Bengals, who earned back-to-back playoff berths for the first time since 1981-82, can stop another dubious streak… |
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Singular And SpecialDec 30, 2012
In an MVP race that might be remembered as the deepest field ever, Adrian Peterson stood out in Week 17, says Don Banks, who looks at the problems in Houston and more. |
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Don Banks, CNNSI.com Musings, observations and the occasional insight from a Week 17 that offered a fitting and thrilling conclusion to 2012... |
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Notes: Bengals-Texans 4:30 Saturday; Injuries don't look major; Tez walks away to title; Brown grandDec 30, 2012
Geoff Hobson, bengals.com Marvin Jones The Bengals matched the 1981 AFC champs with a 7-1 rush to the playoffs with Sunday's 23-17 win over the Ravens in the season finale at sold-out Paul Brown Stadium and now they're hopi... |
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We'll be putting all our GIFs for the day here, from every last person in the league—coaches, players, mascots—breaking out that one dance move they've been saving up all year, to a referee in New Orleans thinking he could pick his nose because no one… |
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Should Ravens, Bengals have rested QBs?Dec 30, 2012
The Ravens pulled quarterback Joe Flacco before the end of the first quarter, and the Bengals sat quarterback Andy Dalton for the second half. Did they make the right decision not to play their quarterbacks for four quarters in a game that carried littl… |
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Playoff-bound Bengals finish strong vs. RavensDec 30, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Carlos Dunlap returned an interception 14 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter Sunday, sending the Cincinnati Bengals to a 23-17 victory over the Baltimore Ravens in a game that didn't much matter to either playoff-bound team. |
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Ravens loss sets up Colts’ return to BaltimoreDec 30, 2012
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The Ravens treated the regular-season finale like a garden-variety preseason game. Baltimore’s wild-card playoff game will be anything but. By losing to the Bengals on Sunday by the score of 23-17, the Ravens have locked in to the No. 4 seed. Which … |
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Wrap-up: Bengals 23, Ravens 17Dec 30, 2012
My thoughts on the Cincinnati Bengals' 23-17 victory over the visiting Baltimore Ravens: What it means: In a game when both teams played their backups for most of the game, the Bengals (10-6) won for the seventh time in eight games and ended their four-… |
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Live Bengals-Ravens updatesDec 30, 2012
Follow along for updates from Joe Reedy throughout the Ravens-Bengals game. |
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Bengals finish it off, 23-17Dec 30, 2012
Geoff Hobson, bengals.com It all made perfect sense for the Bengals to ride their defense into next week's playoff game as coordinator Mike Zimmer's sixth-ranked unit pitched another masterpiece against a host of backups i... |
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Geoff Hobson, bengals.com Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis wanted to win Sunday's season finale against the Ravens at Paul Brown Stadium, but his offense didn't get the memo against a host of backups until the final two mi... |
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Newman only starter outDec 30, 2012
Geoff Hobson, bengals.com Except for questionable starting cornerback Terence Newman, Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis' inactive list looked like all his others and was yet another indication that he at least started out try... |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com With the AFC North wrapped up, the Baltimore Ravens are resting several key players, including wide receiver Anquan Boldin, guard Marshal Yanda, defensive tackle Haloti Ngata and linebacker Terrell Suggs for the regular season finale against the Cincinn… |
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Ravens expected to rest Ray Rice todayDec 30, 2012
The Ravens are going to play it safe today in the regular-season finale instead of play for the No. 3 seed. Baltimore is expected to rest running back Ray Rice against the Bengals on Sunday, according to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. This means rookie… |
