The Cincinnati Bengals have invested ten out of their last thirteen picks in the first three rounds on the defensive side of the ball. Some of those picks you could realize at the time, they were picking those players at least a round above where they should be taken. At other times, they have taken players around the range they were expected to go, yet the player has not developed during their time in Cincinnati. It is fair to think they have a problem in both evaluating and developing talent on the defensive side of the ball.

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Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase told the media that Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers is a “must-win” if they want to win the AFC North, and looking at the team’s official injury report, their defense could be a concern as they try to move to 3-0 in the division.

Defensive end Trey Hendrickson (hip/pelvis) was again not on the practice field. As Head Coach Zac Taylor stated, Hendrickson will be doubtful for Sunday’s contest. With each practice he misses, that doubtful designation is looking more like a definitive no.

Fellow defensive end Shemar Stewart (knee) was also a...

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The NFL wants to put an end to the annual team report cards, per a report by ESPN’s Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta Jr.

The report cards grade franchises on 11 categories related to things like the quality of their nutritionist/dietician, food/dining services, and how they treat families.

In case you’re curious, the Cincinnati Bengals finished last in those three categories, with grades of C, F, and F- respectively.

Overall, the Bengals finished a somewhat respectable 24 out of 32 franchises, partly due to rebuilding the training room and locker room, increasing the number of meals provided, and hiring...

The playoff hopes of the Cincinnati Bengals (3-6) are hanging by a thread.

If they can win on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers (5-4), they’ll be right back in the thick of the division race with Joe Burrow nearing a return.

If they lose, the team might just let Joe Flacco finish out the year and start looking to next year.

Meanwhile, Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers is coming off his worst performance this year in a loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. He will look to take out his frustration on a Cincinnati team that snuck by last game.

Even...

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...