College All-Star Games: How To Watch the Panini Senior Bowl and the East-West Shrine Bowl
There are numerous events for potential draftees, including all-star games, College Pro Days and the NFL Scouting Combine in March before culminating in the 2026 NFL Draft in April. Events start this coming week with the East-West Shrine Bowl and the Reese’s Senior Bowl.

Playoff Linebacker Could Bring Leadership the Bengals Need on Defense
Strnad made eight starts, totaling 58 combined tackles, five tacles for loss, with an interception, and 4.5 sacks. He was on the field for 575 defensive snaps and appeared in 16...

The Cincinnati Bengals will have two of their own highly regarded free agent defensive ends this year. Let’s take a look at how they stack up with some of the other free agent edge players for 2026.

Trey Hendrickson (6’4” 270 lbs.)

Hendrickson only played in parts of seven games during the 2025 season due to injury. He was still able to record 16 tackles and 4 sacks on the year. He had 23 pressures and just a 7.7% missed tackle rate. The 31-year-old posted a 90.0 pass rushing grade and a 56.8 run defense grade.

Joseph Ossai (6’4”...

The Bengals defense showed some signs of life during the second half of the 2025 season. However, that is still the side of the ball that needs heavy investment this offseason. Free agency will clear things up prior to the draft, but for now, defense is going to be the heavy focus during mock drafts.

That was the case once again during the recent A to Z Sports mock draft by Ryan Roberts and Joe DeLeone. They selected defensive players in all three rounds.

With the first round choice, they had the Bengals going with Rueben Bain. The Miami defensive...

The AFC and NFC Championship games are over, and the stage is set for Super Bowl LX. It’ll be a rematch of a Super Bowl played 11 years ago as the New England Patriots will face the Seattle Seahawks on February 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

The Patriots edged out the Broncos in Denver in a low-scoring, defensive game by a score of 10-7. Drake Maye scored New England’s lone touchdown on the ground, and Broncos kicker Wil Lutz missed two field goals in snowy weather. The 14-3 Patriots are going to their first Super Bowl since...

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Bengals’ New-Look Personnel Department Begins All-Star Games Tour

The Bengals’ new-look scouting staff, trying to project the weekend’s cantankerous weather as well as sleek edge rushers, has converged at the season’s first major college all-star game for practices leading up to Tuesday’s East-West Shrine Bowl in Frisco, Texas.

Micah Parsons says don’t compare Hoosiers to Joe Burrow’s LSU team

Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza joined Cincinnati Bengals quarterback and former LSU Tigers standout Joe Burrow as the 10th QB to win the Heisman Trophy and national title in the same season.

[Surprising NFL coaching hire keeps the...

Since he came over from the Baltimore Ravens, Geno Stone’s play has been underwhelming, to say the least.

The safety has struggled in both his years in Cincinnati, often being out of place for tackles. He finished with 23 missed tackles in 2025-26, according to Pro Football Focus.

And while he was known for his playmaking ability in Baltimore, Stone has been inconsistent in that regard with the Bengals. He only had two interceptions and broke up just one pass last year, according to PFF.

As a result, a lot of fans have been looking forward to Stone’s departure from...

The Pittsburgh Steelers have a lot of question marks as they head into the offseason.

On the heels of their 30-6 loss at home to the Houston Texans in the wildcard round, the Steelers and long-time coach Mike Tomlin parted ways, and it’s unclear who will be taking snaps under center in 2026.

For the first time since 2007, the Steelers’ immediate future was completely unknown.

I say was, because the Steelers announced on Saturday that they hired former Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers’ head coach Mike McCarthy to lead the storied franchise moving forward.

McCarthy, who is originally...

The Cincinnati Bengals are in offseason mode and are busy building a roster they hope can contend for a Super Bowl in 2026 to prove ‘21 and ‘22 were the standard, and that the last three seasons were just bad outliers.

The team that will be observing the college players at the East-West Shrine Bowl and the Senior Bowl will have a few new faces who were hired last spring.

“More efficient and more eyes on more players,” is what assistant GM Mike Potts said, per Geoff Hobson. “Multiple looks at more players on both the college and pro side,...

When you think about the season Ja’Marr Chase had in 2025, it’s remarkable the numbers he was able to put up without Joe Burrow for nine games and an offensive line that wasn’t very good at the start of the season.

Chase finished the season with 125 receptions for 1,412 yards and eight touchdowns. Those numbers rank third, fourth, and tied for 11th in the NFL. It was a season filled with adversity, with Chase going, at one point, eight straight games without a touchdown reception, serving a one-game suspension for spitting at Steelers’ cornerback Jalen Ramsey, and being visibly...

It’s the Conference Championship Game weekend coming up and while four teams are still vying for the Super Bowl, the Bengals are full-steam ahead with their offseason plans. While they may dabble in outside free agency this year, holding a top-10 pick in this year’s draft is garnering a lot of the springtime attention.

Defense seems to be the name of the game in this year’s class, but a couple of quality offensive players could grab their eye. Especially if the nine picks in front of them see many quality defenders go off of the board.

We discuss more offseason...

It was no secret that the Bengals’ 2025 campaign was one of the most disappointing ones in recent memory, and the offseason is crucial if the franchise hopes to get back to winning ways.

The Bengals had one of the worst defensive units (statistically) in the Super Bowl era and cost the team multiple losses, including a historically poor performance against an 0-7 New York Jets team in Cincinnati.

Although it was a challenging season to get through, one name shone on this poorly constructed defensive unit, and that name is DJ Turner.

Pro Football Focus writer Zach Tantillo even...

The Cincinnati Bengals were kept out of the playoffs for the third consecutive season, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t the occasional nugget of good news. According to James Rapien, four Bengals players will be getting nice bonuses thanks to their performance and the percentage of plays they find themselves on the field.

Those four players are running back Chase Brown, cornerback DJ Turner, wide receiver Andrei Iosivas, and safety Jordan Battle.

Brown and Turner both emerged as top players at their respective positions in 2026. Brown carried the ball for over 1,000 yards and contributed over 400 receiving yards...