One of the more fun things the Cincinnati Bengals have done in recent years is lean harder in to the fan experience at Paycor Stadium. On top of ongoing stadium renovations, the team has added lighting effects, new imagery around the stadium, and has started to implement the crowd into themes to help the home-field advantage.

Fans typically circle these games on their calendars, and over the course of the last week, the Bengals have announced when these games will be.

For the third straight season, the Bengals will continue their “Open in Orange” campaign, where the team will wear...

Merril Hoge was an NFL analyst on ESPN for over 20 years.

He also played running back and fullback for the Pittsburgh Steelers for seven seasons and then one year for the Chicago Bears.

To say he’s seen his fair share of football is an understatement.

So when Hoge has an opinion about current quarterbacks in the league, it’s worth paying attention.

He recently went on former ESPN colleague Trey Wingo’s podcast and veered off a conversation about the Pittsburgh Steelers’ murky QB room to shower praise on Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow.

The analyst began by explaining that QBs...

Something to prove. It can be viewed as a theme heading into the 2026 Bengals season and throughout their offseason program.

Frankly, this team has something to prove after three straight seasons without making the playoffs. And there are individual players on this team with something to prove coming into this season. Shemar Stewart, Barrett Carter, Demetrius Knight Jr., Myles Murphy, Andrei Iosivas, Dexter Lawrence.

Wait, hold on. Dexter Lawrence? Something to prove? Isn’t he the best defensive tackle in the NFL, and that’s why the Bengals traded away the No. 10 overall pick to acquire him?

Well, yes. You’re...

One of the best fit free agency additions was the Cincinnati Bengals adding safety Bryan Cook. The Bengals safeties were a real weak link on a bad defense and Cook was the best available at the position in free agency.

Seeing him all the sudden left off the list of top safeties voted on by members of the NFL front office is a bit frustrating and confusing.

While it is frustrating, ultimately it doesn’t matter that Cook is being underrated now that he is in Cincinnati. If he fixes the mess on the backend then he is exactly who the...

For the first time in the Joe Burrow era, fans are not nervous about the Cincinnati Bengals’ offensive line heading in to training camp. For the first time in Burrow’s career, all five starters from the previous season will return. Despite Burrow’s turf toe injury last season, Scott Peters’ unit put together the best season of offensive line play we have seen since Burrow arrived in 2020.

A large part of that success was rookie left guard Dylan Fairchild. After earning the starting spot as a rookie, the upside he provided was obvious early on. Playing alongside veteran left tackle...

Netflix’s ‘Quarterback’ has now (unintentionally) featured a Cincinnati Bengals quarterback twice. The first was Joe Burrow, and now it’s Joe Flacco.

The Cleveland Browns and Bengals making a trade to send Flacco south was shocking for a number of reasons. Cincinnati is not known for making those direction-changing moves in the middle of a season, slipping away. Probably more surprising was Cleveland actually sending Flacco — their Week 1 starter — to a quarterback-needy divisional rival.

The shock is palpable in this scene, but it also goes to show just how quickly things can move.

One of the funniest things...

The Cincinnati Bengals are lucky enough to have arguably the best wide receiver in the NF: with Ja’Marr Chase. While he has always been a major play maker since entering the league, the top front office members and coaches recognize he isn’t simply your normal No. 1 wide receiver.

A big thing that has made Chase so hard to defend consistently is his ability to play from the slot as well as anywhere else on the field. It simply makes it harder on defenses to properly double cover him without committing defenders from unusual places to help. While that may...

Amarius Mims showed rapid improvement during his second season as the starting right tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals. Mims will be returning, along with all four of the other starting offensive linemen in 2026, as well as the same offensive line coach who helped him make big strides last year.

Amarius Mims

• Height: 6-foot-7
• Weight: 340 pounds
• Age: 23 years old
• College: Georgia
• Hometown: Cochran, Georgia
• Experience: 2 seasons

Contract Status

Mims is entering the third season of his rookie contract after being drafted with the 17th overall selection during the 2024...

The Cincinnati Bengals are hoping to return to the Super Bowl this season after spending some money on the defensive side of the ball. Add in Joe Burrow and the offensive talent they are returning, and you could see a world where the Bengals could return to the big game in February.

That is where an article by Richard Skinner of WKRC, which dives into the Simple Rating System from Pro Football Reference, comes into play and opens some eyes.

Despite never winning a Super Bowl, the Bengals have had three teams finish as the runner-up, and according to the...

Ja’Marr Chase has surpassed his former LSU teammate Justin Jefferson as the league’s top receiver.

ESPN’s annual survey of executives, coaches, and scouts confirms this.

According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, Chase “earned around 70% of the first-place votes despite finishing third in catches (125) and fourth in receiving yards (1,412) last season” because he “looks different than everybody else with the ball in his hands.”

In the article, Fowler quotes one coach as saying, “He’s the best I’ve gone against… He can break it for 80 [yards] at any time.”

Fowler noted that Chase has the second-most receiving yards (6,837)...

The Cincinnati Bengals have done a masterful job of building this offense. Part of that gets recognized as they get voted as having the No. 1 Triplets (quarterback, wide receiver and running back) in the NFL. It is safe to say that you can easily argue Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase as the best quarterback and wide receiver Duo in the NFL. Realistically, Matthew Stafford and Puka Nacua are the only other pair that comes close.

But Chase Brown proving he is a good quality running back gets Cincinnati vaulted to the top spot in this particular category. You could...

When the Cincinnati Bengals selected Kris Jenkins Jr. with the 49th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, they weren’t simply looking for another rotational defensive tackle. They believed they were drafting the future anchor of their defensive front, a player capable of controlling the line of scrimmage, collapsing the pocket, and helping restore the physical identity that once defined Cincinnati’s defense.

Two years later, the flashes have been there, but not the consistency. With all the additions Cincinnati has made along the defensive line, it is now or never for the former Michigan captain.

If Jenkins takes the leap...