When it became abundantly clear that Jake Browning wasn’t the answer, the Cincinnati Bengals hopped on the phones.

According to Erich Richter of The New York Post, the Bengals made calls about a number of quarterbacks, one of whom was the starting QB for the Las Vegas Raiders when Cincinnati ended a decades-long postseason losing streak.

“The former Saints quarterback who surprisingly retired this past offseason was among the players that the Bengals attempted to sign in the last few weeks, Derek’s brother, David Carr, revealed,” wrote Richter.

Carr is still only 34, and he had a QB rating of...

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Game Within The Game | Fitzmagic Sprinkles Some Dust As Bengals’ Flacco Faces Steelers’ Rodgers In Game Of The Ages
“Shayne Graham got hurt and the punter had to kick,” Fitzpatrick says, still recalling the ire of special teams coordinator Darrin Simmons. “He asked me if I had ever held. The punter was the holder. I said, ‘No.’ So we practiced on the sideline...

Thursday night is the Bengals’ season. There’s no two ways around it.

If the Bengals win on Thursday night, they’d be 3-4 but 2-0 in the AFC North. All of a sudden, in a wide-open AFC, you can see a path where the Bengals can get back in the thick of the playoff picture. After the Steelers, the Bengals play the Jets and Bears at home, leading into their Week 10 bye. Getting to 5-4 sounds realistic.

However, a loss Thursday night, which would drop them to 2-5, would be the end of anything the Bengals were hoping to accomplish...

The 2-4 Cincinnati Bengals have their backs against the wall heading into their Week 7 Thursday Night Football matchup against the 4-1 Pittsburgh Steelers.

Another loss—especially on a short week—could force them to run the table in the back half of the season just to keep playoff hopes alive. With Joe Burrow, maybe that’s possible. With Joe Flacco, it’s a different story.

Can they win with Flacco? Absolutely. They proved it in the second half against Green Bay. If they can string together two halves like that in one game, there aren’t many teams they can’t beat.

But is Flacco...

This is a huge game for the Bengals as they look to knock off the top team in the AFC North and get their first win since Joe Burrow’s injury.

The team has some really bright spots, but in this game, they need to all shine together.

Flacco Fast Start

This team has been notorious for slow starts to seasons and games alike.

It took Joe Flacco a half to get settled into the offense, but once he did, he had this offense moving. Hopefully, that was about Flacco getting his feet under himself and not about the team...

If there is one thing that has been apparent for quite a few seasons now. It is clear that the Cincinnati Bengals need serious help on both sides of the line of scrimmage. They have tried to address it with their past three first round picks being two defensive ends and an offensive tackle. Not to mention several defensive tackles and a guard on Day 2 in the past couple of drafts.

So strap in as mock draft season picks up for plenty of offensive linemen and defensive linemen getting paired with Cincinnati, as they still need serious help in...

The Cincinnati Bengals face a crossroads game for their season this Thursday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers (have we heard that before?). Lose and more talks of a lost season and upcoming fire sale of star players rev up; win and they can keep a little pace in a down year in the AFC conference—especially with what would be two divisional wins.

Joe Flacco showed the ability to be competent and keep the Bengals in games last week, but the team still fell short. Somehow, the visiting Steelers sit at 4-1 coming to Cincinnati this week, and to get the...

After Sunday’s expected loss to the Packers, there really isn’t anything different to take away other than a few slight improvements and a minimalist glimpse of hope.

I’m trying to wrap my head around how this team and coaching staff operate. Normally, when a teammate, especially a captain, gets hurt and is out for an extended period, the team plays extra hard for that individual.

Well, it appears they are doing the opposite. I didn’t realize how a team was such a well-oiled machine under the direct leadership and management of one single player. Ever since Joe Burrow went down,...

The Cincinnati Bengals are breaking out their white tiger uniforms for their Thursday Night Football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. This has been dubbed the Unc Bowl, as we will see two quarterbacks over 40 years old face off, which is a very rare circumstance in the NFL.

The Bengals will have Joe Flacco for their second game after he started Sunday against the Green Bay Packers. Even though it was ultimately a loss, we saw what Flacco can do for this offense in the second half as he got into rhythm with his weapons and Ja’Marr Chase, who had...

Mike Tomlin was not happy about the Cincinnati Bengals acquiring Joe Flacco from the Cleveland Browns last week. And he didn’t hide his feelings.

Yesterday, Flacco was asked about Tomlin’s comments and the fact that Tomlin was “maybe a little bit more upset than he’s previously shown in pressers”.

Flacco responded that he didn’t see how upset Tomlin was, but “I think he’s probably just playing the game a little bit and doing whatever he has to do.”

The veteran QB shared that he has tremendous respect for Tomlin and the Steelers, who have always been “physical.”

He also played...

There were signs of life for the Cincinnati offense in the second half versus the Green Bay Packers. Can that carry over into the game this Thursday versus Pittsburgh?

If it isn’t going to, the Bengals will need the offensive line to have their best game of the season. So far this year, it feels like one side of the line performs at a solid level each week, while the other side struggles. This past week, it was the right side that had some issues.

Specifically, rookie right guard Jalen Rivers had his worst game of the season. It wasn’t...

The Bengals made a big move last week, trading for veteran quarterback Joe Flacco. Although he wasn’t one of the big names that were rumored, he may just be the perfect fit.

Flacco has a huge arm, big-game experience, and has seen just about everything the NFL can throw at you.

Let’s take another look at Flacco’s first action in stripes.

In this clip, you can see how quickly Flacco reads the defense and gets the ball out.

Initially, Flacco looks at Andrei Iosivas on the slant, but as the linebacker (56) gets wider, he goes to the other side....