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• Bengals signing Miami (OH) safety Michael Dowell as UDFA

Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports The Cincinnati Bengals are doing their due diligence after the draft by bringing in other talents for their undrafted free agent class. Lou Anarumo ain’t done. After the team used four of its ten picks on the defensive side of the ball, two of which were secondary players, the Cincinnati Bengals are grabbing another local talent to fortify the back end of the ...2024
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• Breaking down the Bengals’ selection of DB Daijahn Anthony in Round 7

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports The Bengals grabbed an intriguing player with the pick they received from the Texans in the Joe Mixon trade. The Cincinnati Bengals have closed things up for the weekend (at least in terms of picks being made), and they made an interesting one with the pick they received from the Houston Texans in the Joe Mixon trade. Near the commencement of Round 7, the Beng...2024
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• 6 winners and 5 losers from the second day of the 2024 NFL Draft

Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports Some more winners and losers from the second day of the draft! Day 2 of the 2024 NFL Draft is in the books, and the Cincinnati Bengals have added Michigan defensive tackle Kris Jenkins with the No. 49 overall pick, Alabama wide receiver Jermaine Burton with the No. 80 overall pick, and with the No. 97 pick, they selected Texas A&M defensive tackle McKinnl...2024
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• 4 winners and 5 losers from Bengals’ first-round selection of Georgia OT Amarius Mims

Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK Hey, we’ve officially made it to the NFL Draft. That means we’re all kinda winners right now! Well, look at you, you made it! After all those nights scrolling through Cincinnati Bengals mock drafts or creating thousands of your own using one of the many AI engines, you got here. The time for talk is over, and the time for action has come. No...2024
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• NFL Mock Draft roundup for the Cincinnati Bengals

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images Cincinnati currently holds the 18th pick in the first round. The Cincinnati Bengals’ first-round pick could go in a variety of directions, but we’ll finally know where it lands Thursday when the 2024 NFL Draft officially kicks off. The offensive and defensive line could be in focus, but if Brock Bowers drops, there’s no reason the Bengals don’t find the...2024
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• Dax Hill is ready for the challenge of competing in Bengals’ revamped safety room

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images Lots of movement in the safety room. The Cincinnati Bengals had issues with their safety room last season. Following the departure of Jessie Bates III and Vonn Bell, Dax Hill was thrust in to a full-time starting role at deep safety. Nick Scott tried to fill Bell’s role but was replaced by Jordan Battle midseason. Battle played well but still showed signs o...2024
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• Breaking down the Bengals’ selection of DB Daijahn Anthony in Round 7
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• How closely is Monti Ossenfort following the Patriots’ coaching and personnel philosophies?

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images From the get-go it appears that MO has been mostly following his own m.o. One ROTB mailbag question that I have been meaning to try to answer is from Stewie43: “After living in Patriots land for years, do you see any similarities between MO’s mo for roster building and the Patriots way?” MO’s m.o.! This is such a great question —- one...2024
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• Cowboys draft 2024: 7-round NFL mock draft for all teams after free agency

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images How has free agency shaped the Cowboys draft plans in your opinion? While there are still some NFL teams out there making moves with remaining free agents, the initial frenzy of the open signing period has mostly died down by now. That didn’t stop the Bills and Texans from agreeing to a huge Stefon Diggs trade, but most teams seem to be g...2024
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• AFC North grades through initial wave of free agency

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Assessing how each AFC North team has addressed their needs through the first week of the new league year. Even though the new league year is less than a week old, there has already been a lot of turnover throughout the league. There are man faces in new places including several players that stayed within the same division but opted to join rival teams. All...2024
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• Nose tackle NFL Draft prospects for the Bengals

Photo by Chris Leduc/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It is impossible to replace DJ Reader, but that is what they have to do. Many fans call DJ Reader the most important player on the Cincinnati Bengals defense. Defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo calls him the best player in the league at his position. We can all agree that losing him in free agency was a huge blow, particularly with no o...2024
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• Lou Anarumo on the importance of a deep defensive line

Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK The Bengals will need to address the trenches on defense. As the Cincinnati Bengals begin shaping their roster for the 2024 season, one position group that needs major attention is the interior defensive line. As of now, BJ Hill is the only interior defensive lineman under contract for next season. With DJ Reader expected to have a large market ...2024
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• Lions free agency preview: 11 defensive tackle options

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images A look at 11 free agent defensive tackles who could help the Detroit Lions defense in 2024. The Detroit Lions enter the 2024 offseason with a lot of questions at defensive tackle. Will Alim McNeill get a contract extension as he enters the final year of his rookie deal? Is 2023 third-round pick Brodric Martin ready to contribute? Do the Lions still have ...2024
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• Bengals News (3/1): Joe Burrow Begins Offseason Workouts

Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images The quarterback is getting prepared for next season after a season ending wrist injury. Look: Cincinnati Bengals Quarterback Joe Burrow Has Started 2024 Offseason Training ProgramThe Bengals franchise quarterback is back at Black Sheep Performance Center in Cincinnati, working hard this offseason. Check out Joe Burrow and other NFL players going through w...2024
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• DJ Reader ‘has been and could be a very important part of our team’

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Duke Tobin clearly would love for the Bengals to re-sign DJ Reader as he gets set to enter NFL free agency. The Cincinnati Enquirer’s Kelsey Conway was able to discuss the upcoming offseason with Cincinnati Bengals director of player personnel and de facto general manager Duke Tobin. They discussed a wide range of topics, and eventually...2024
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• Bengals News (1/30): Improving the running game

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Dan Pitcher is ready to make improvements to the Bengals’ rushing offense. Will Joe Mixon be part of that? Bengals News Dan Pitcher to take close look at Bengals’ running game over offseasonDan Pitcher has big plans for Bengals' running game, which hasn’t been at the level you’d expect in an offense that forces defense to focus heavily on stopping the pass....2024
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"It was the same offseason Cincinnati lost Jessie Bates to the Atlanta Falcons, leaving Lou Anarumo without both of his starting safeties."

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"If defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo lands the head-coach gig in Arizona (he recently had a second interview), the situation gets even stickier."

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"Bengals DC Lou Anarumo has a new nickname for QB Joe Burrow"

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"Lou Anarumo wants his defense to take on adversity like Michael Jordan did in 'The Last Dance'"

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"The Bengals have hired Giants defensive backs coach Lou Anarumo as their new defensive coordinator."

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"Dolphins defensive backs coach Lou Anarumo was the assistant head coach/defensive backs/special teams at Harvard from 1995-2000."

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"He will work with Lou Anarumo, who moved back to the defensive backs role he occupied before being named the interim defensive coordinator when Kevin Coyle was…"

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" Pro Football Talk on Twitter reported the Dolphins will promote defensive backs coach Lou Anarumo to defensive coordinator."

• Bengals signing Miami (OH) safety Michael Dowell as UDFA
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• Breaking down the Bengals’ selection of DB Daijahn Anthony in Round 7
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• 6 winners and 5 losers from the second day of the 2024 NFL Draft
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• 4 winners and 5 losers from Bengals’ first-round selection of Georgia OT Amarius Mims
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• NFL Mock Draft roundup for the Cincinnati Bengals
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• How closely is Monti Ossenfort following the Patriots’ coaching and personnel philosophies?
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• Cowboys draft 2024: 7-round NFL mock draft for all teams after free agency
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• Lou Anarumo wasted no time in recruiting Vonn Bell back to Cincinnati

Photo by Silas Walker/Getty Images Cincinnati should have a much-improved safety room in 2024. Vonn Bell is getting older, and the Carolina Panthers are getting younger. Unless Bryce Young came in and gave CJ Stroud-like performances, the marriage between the two was never going to be successful. That divorce is what led to Bell being back on the market, and while he may not be as impactfu...2024
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• AFC North grades through initial wave of free agency
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• Nose tackle NFL Draft prospects for the Bengals
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• Arrowheadlines: A dynasty confirmed

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Chiefs headlines for Monday, February 12 The latest Kansas City Chiefs’ dynasty status is undeniable after Super Bowl win | USA Today The Super Bowl was a bit of a microcosm of the Chiefs’ season, the team starting slow before finishing with a flourish – Mahomes throwing the game-winning touchdown to Mecole Hardman with 3 seconds on the clock to cap a 22-p...2024
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• Mahomes Alone and Purdy Comebacks

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports Notes from the AFC and NFC Championship Games Chiefs 17 Ravens 10 In recent years, the road to the Super Bowl for Patrick Mahomes has traveled mostly through the friendly and raucous confines of Arrowhead Stadium. This year, Mahomes and the #3 seeded Chiefs took to the road as uncustomary underdogs. Yet, hey were able to prevail over the #2 seed Bills 27-24 at...2024
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• Mahomes Alone and Purdy Comebacks

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports Notes from the AFC and NFC Championship Games Chiefs 17 Ravens 10 In recent years, the road to the Super Bowl for Patrick Mahomes has traveled mostly through the friendly and raucous confines of Arrowhead Stadium. This year, Mahomes and the #3 seeded Chiefs took to the road as uncustomary underdogs. Yet, hey were able to prevail over the #2 seed Bills 27-24 a...2024
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• Ravens vs. Chiefs: Early thoughts

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports MVP quarterbacks face off for a trip to the Super Bowl With the Kansas City Chiefs victory over the Buffalo Bills, the Baltimore Ravens finally have their opponent for the AFC Championship set in stone, and while the game is still five days away, it’s never too early to evaluate these two football titans and how they will fair against one another in the big ...2024
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• 11 winners and 2 losers in Bengals’ 31-14 win vs. Browns

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images The Bengals dominated the Browns on Sunday, with many starters and reserves shining. The Cincinnati Bengals took it to the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, getting a much-needed divisional win. The former played its starters well into the second half, while the former rested most of its team, but the Bengals did what they were supposed to do against the Browns’...2024
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• Browns Schedule Week 18: Scouting the Cincinnati Bengals

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images Cleveland looks to get their 12th win of the season against the Bengals on Sunday The Cleveland Browns have already punched their ticket to the 2024 playoffs, so this game could be viewed as more of a preseason bout in terms of its importance to the organization. Though the Browns don’t need to win this game, there is one benefit to being victorious over th...2024
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• All signs point to Patrick Mahomes having a “get right” game vs. Bengals

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The superstar QB is due for a redemption. Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs have had some heated contests against the Cincinnati Bengals, including two AFC Championship games. The Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo has gotten the best of the Chiefs quarterback more than any other team. But now, Anarumo’s unit is struggling mightily, havin...2023
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• Many winners and zero losers in Bengals’ OT thriller vs. Vikings

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images What a game by the Cincinnati Bengals to propel them into the postseason picture. Wow. Has your heart rate calmed yet? The Cincinnati Bengals showed immense fortitude to overcome a myriad of injuries and errors to pull out an improbable 27-24 overtime victory over the Minnesota Vikings. Here are the winners this week for the Cincinnati Bengals and ZERO l...2023
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• Is the AFC North the strongest division in football?

The current AFC playoff picture features all four AFC North teams. As of right now, the AFC North looks like the strongest and toughest division in the NFL. Previewing this season, almost every platform you read or any analyst you watched agreed the AFC North and NFC West were the divisions to beat. Now, nine weeks into the season, these North teams are proving just that, all being within one gam...2023
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• Cowboys draft 2024: 7-round NFL mock draft for all teams after free agency
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• Nose tackle NFL Draft prospects for the Bengals
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• Bengals News (3/1): Joe Burrow Begins Offseason Workouts
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• Bengals News (2/14): Rise of Brad Kragthorpe

The new Bengals quarterbacks coach has had quite the jouney. Bengals New QBs Coach Brad Kragthorpe: A Coach's Son At Home On The MoveNot only that, during his first year in that LSU quarterbacks room, Kragthorpe was coached by his father, two-time head coach Steve Kragthorpe. Then Brad became a coach himself at his alma mater and worked with Burrow as the Ohio State transfer settled into Baton Rou...2024
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• Bengals News (2/6): Will Willie Anderson make Pro Football Hall of Fame this week?

Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images It is time to see if the big man gets the credit he deserves or has to wait another long season Hall of Fame Class of 2024: Why these finalists should be inductedIt’s a busy week for the NFL. Not only will the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers battle it out in Super Bowl 58, but the Pro Football Hall of Fame will welcome a new class to Canton...2024
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• Ravens vs. Chiefs: Early thoughts
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• Bengals Twitter reactions to the playoff-eliminating loss to the Chiefs

Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK This team gave its all. It just wasn’t enough. For a quarter and a half, Jake Browning and the Cincinnati Bengals looked like they just might pull off a tough road win in Arrowhead against the Kansas City Chiefs. That would’ve been huge. With the Baltimore Ravens winning over the Miami Dolphins, it became increasingly likely that the Cleveland B...2024
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• Many winners and zero losers in Bengals’ OT thriller vs. Vikings
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• Is the AFC North the strongest division in football?
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• Kevin Coyle Fired by Dolphins: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Bengals News (2/14): Keeping the trio together
Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images A former Bengal says the Bengals need to keep Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins together. Bengals Roster Move: CB Acquired on WaiversLammons (5-10, 190) originally signed with Atlanta as a college free agent in 2018 out of the University of South Carolina. He spent the 2018 season on the practice squads of the Falcons, the New Orleans Saints an...2023
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• Vonn Bell to Bengals, per report

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Bell was a major part of the Bengals’ two AFC Championship runs. The Cincinnati Bengals are bringing back Vonn Bell. According to James Rapien of All Bengals and Locked On Bengals, the Bengals are in the process of signing Bell after he left the team in the 2023 offseason. It’s reportedly a one-year deal for the 29-year-old safety, who was a recent cap ca...2024
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• Bengals players 'ecstatic' Lou Anarumo will return as DC, know 'he'd still make a great head coach'

Anarumo was a candidate for a head-coaching job, but all 32 positions are now filled...2023
• Germaine Pratt makes it clear he wants to win; praises Joe Burrow for turning around Bengals franchise
Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Keeping Lou Anarumo also helped Pratt decide to remain with the Bengals. NFL free agency is one of the wildest periods in any sport. Players are finding new homes at a rapid pace and millions of dollars are being tossed around by teams. It is one of the rare instances where players can have some leverage over a team, and they truly get t...2023
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• Logan Wilson reacts to Lou Anarumo staying with Bengals
The Enquirer-USA TODAY Sports Cincinnati’s MIKE linebacker is happy about his defensive coordinator coming back. Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo running it back for a fifth year is great news for the defense he’s built. MIKE linebacker Logan Wilson is undoubtedly one of the centerpieces for the unit, as anyone could tell by his position. When asked about the news of A...2023
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• How Bengals DC Lou Anarumo confused Josh Allen and the Bills in convincing divisional round playoff win

Cincinnati's defensive coordinator was at his best again in the playoffs...2023
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• Arrowheadlines: Chiefs now ranked amongst NFL dynasties
Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports Chiefs headlines for Wednesday, February 15 The latest Ranking NFL’s greatest dynasties of the past six decades: Where Chiefs rank after winning 2023 Super Bowl | CBS Sports 10. Chiefs (2018-present) By virtue of Sunday night’s win, the Chiefs earned a spot among the top-10 teams of the Super Bowl era, ahead of the 2000s Steelers, late ‘90s Broncos and Bill...2023
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• 6 winners and 5 losers from the second day of the 2024 NFL Draft
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• Dax Hill is ready for the challenge of competing in Bengals’ revamped safety room
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• Vonn Bell to Bengals, per report
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• Lou Anarumo on the importance of a deep defensive line
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• Lou Anarumo hopes to keep “Dominant” DJ Reader; excited about healthy Joseph Ossai

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Keeping Reader may be easier said than done The Cincinnati Bengals have Super Bowl aspirations next season, and while Joe Burrow’s health will be pivotal in any deep playoff run in 2024, filling out and retaining star defenders this offseason will be a huge hurdle. DJ Reader, who will be on the open market and could command a lofty salary, one in which t...2024
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• DJ Reader ‘has been and could be a very important part of our team’
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• Ravens vs. Chiefs: Early thoughts
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• 3 things we learned from the Bengals’ gut-punching loss to the Chiefs

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Jake Browning bounced back nicely but couldn’t avoid pressure late. The Cincinnati Bengals won’t be in the playoffs this year, which is a shame for all NFL fans. But the team remained competitive down until the very end. What did we learn from the 25-17 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 17? Jake Browning learns quickly Talk about a turnaround. Br...2024
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• Lou Anarumo names Jordan Battle starter at strong safety

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images The rookie gets the nod. The Cincinnati Bengals were faced with a tall task this offseason. Cincinnati saw Jessie Bates III and Vonn Bell both leave in free agency, breaking up a safety duo that was as good as any in the league. In the 2022 NFL Draft, the Bengals started that process when they drafted Dax Hill out of Michigan with the 31st overall pick. B...2023
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• 8 winners and 5 losers in Bengals’ preseason-opening loss vs. Packers

Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK It wasn’t pretty, but many new and/or young faces made big-time impressions on Friday night versus the Packers. The Cincinnati Bengals finally took the field for real (sort of) on Friday night, with their 2023 debut at Paycor Stadium. They took the loss, and there were lessons learned, but familiar preseason inconsistency plagued the team. Here...2023
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• Bengals News (5/15): Chase Brown eager to learn from Joe Mixon
Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Bengals newest running back has a good veteran to learn from. Bengals’ DJ Turner got call from Leon Hall, hopes to emulate his gameTurner joins former Wolverines teammate Dax Hill — the team’s first-rounder last year — as the new long-term leaders in the defensive backfield. It’s a group defined by its raw athleticism and versatilit...2023
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