The trade deadline has come and gone. No one is coming to save the Cincinnati Bengals defense. They have to figure it out with the guys they have.

The Bengals have a habit of waiting until the bye week to make sweeping schematic changes that fix big problems.

Here is what they need to do to get back on track.

How to Fix the Pass Rush

Step one: Get Trey Hendrickson healthy.

Step two: Keep Trey Hendrickson healthy.

That means keeping his snap counts down in the high 30s or low 40s.

Step three: Let him eat.

Trey Hendrickson...

The Cincinnati Bengals are back at it again after their bye week. They will get their second chance against the Pittsburgh Steelers after upsetting them on Thursday Night Football four weeks ago.

What a time that was. It was Joe Flacco’s second game. It seemed like they were going to reach out, possibly exceed .500, with the New York Jets and Chicago Bears next on the schedule.

Well, now the Bengals are practically in must-win territory as winning the AFC North is probably their most likely route to the playoffs. The defense has ruined two games in a row and...

Defense. That has been the Achilles heel of the Cincinnati Bengals for the past couple of years. And that will be the focus of this initial 2026 Cincy Jungle NFL Mock Draft. Maybe, just maybe, it will make a difference.

It’s still early in the game, and the Bengals currently hold the 8th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. No one knows where they might end up, but we’re going to start with where they are now.

1st round: 8th overall pick: Rueben Bain Jr., DE, Miami (FL)

Bain, at 6-3 and 275 pounds, is generally recognized as one...

The Cincinnati Bengals were pretty much radio silent during the final days before the NFL trade deadline last week.

Despite a historically bad defense this season, the front office did not believe they needed to bring in any help to boost that side of the football.

Instead, they sent veteran linebacker Logan Wilson to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a 7th-round draft pick.

Wilson had recently been benched for a rookie linebacker duo in Demetrius Knight Jr. and Barrett Carter, and with that, requested to be traded.

Despite being moved to Dallas, Wilson has full intentions of supporting Carter...

Joe Burrow is not-so-slowly, but surely, recovering from the grade-3 turf toe injury suffered in Week 2 of the Cincinnati Bengals’ 2025 season. The Bengals collapsed without Burrow before they pulled off the rare inter-division trade with the Browns to bring Joe Flacco. Since then, things have been bad still, but at least the offense works.

As the Bengals prepare to face the Steelers for the second time this season, many fans, desperate for something good to cling to, have been paying a lot of attention to the speed of Burrow’s recovery. To the shock of many, he returned to...

If the Cincinnati Bengals are going to pull off a miracle and turn their season around, it will start on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers. After their bye week, the Bengals could use a little help from their injury report.

Franchise quarterback Joe Burrow (toe) has returned to practice in a limited capacity. The team has opened his 21-day practice window on Monday, but head coach Zac Taylor said he will not play this week and was noncommittal on when Burrow will return to game action.

Current starter Joe Flacco (shoulder) was listed as a non-participant. Per Zac Taylor, the...

The older I get, the more aware I’m becoming of the Cincinnati Bengals’ organizational failure.

I have older friends, coworkers, family, etc, who have told me for the last few years about the historical blunders from this organization. I have always been a fan and I always will be a fan, but again, being a fan doesn’t put blinders on you to not be aware of the obvious mistakes and failure of something, in this case, an organization.

To date, there are plenty of years and drafts when I’m ecstatic for the upcoming season, and I find myself defending them...

After a week off, the Cincinnati Bengals are getting geared up for another divisional game week as they face off with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

With a 33-31 win over the Steelers in Week 7, the Bengals hold a 2-0 division record while sitting in third place in the AFC North at the moment, meaning a win in Pittsburgh could go a long way if they hope to make any kind of postseason push.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of variables that have to play into this team’s favor at the moment to make that seem like a reality. With Flacco...

The Cincinnati Bengals, regardless of whether it’s Joe Burrow or Joe Flacco under center, have one of the best offenses in the league. They also have one of the worst defenses – not just bad, but historically bad.

The result is mediocre at best, disappointing at worst. And those results are reflected by the latest NFL Power Rankings.

According to ESPN, the Bengals, 3-6 on the season, currently stand at No. 24, down one spot after their Week 10 bye. Much of that is thanks to the chemistry that has been established between Flacco and All-Pro receiver Ja’Marr Chase. Chase...

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The Cincinnati Bengals opened the 21-day window for quarterback Joe Burrow to return from the Reserve/Injured list Monday, but he does not have to play in a game before that window expires.

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The Cincinnati Bengals got...

This was a huge draft class for the Bengals that has had very mixed results so far.

You have two linebackers who have been productive but also made a lot of mistakes.

You have a 1st-round pick who has only one more tackle than your 6th-round pick, which is crazy since only one of them plays defense.

And then there are the pair of guards who are both starting.

1st-Round Pick Shemar Stewart

I think we all knew that 1st-round pick Shemar Stewart was a bit of a project, but you would have liked to have seen more out...

It’s hard to imagine, but maybe there is still light at the end of the tunnel for the Cincinnati Bengals.

Despite two of the most horrible losses imaginable, the Bengals are still only two games out of the lead in the AFC North. The Bengals had a bye this past week and hopefully spent lots of time working on tackling. We’ll find out soon enough when Cincinnati travels to Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon.

Despite a 25-10 thrashing at the hands of the Los Angeles Chargers Sunday night, Pittsburgh, at 5-4, still stands atop the division, with the Baltimore Ravens closing fast....