Despite investing nearly $160 million since 2021, Cincinnati's pass protection has never ranked higher than 22nd in Burrow's tenure per Pro Football Focus while missing on key draft opportunities.

Nine former Cincinnati Bengals on list of 128 nominees for Pro Football Hall of Fame, including 2025 finalist Willie Anderson and first-year eligible Geno Atkins.

The Vikings scored on the opening drive of the Sept. 21 game and allowed the turnover-prone Bengals to bury themselves in an eventual 48-10 Minnesota victory at U.S. Bank Stadium. A crowd of 66,792 attended the rout,

CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Bengals head into their Monday night matchup in Denver with plenty of offensive issues to fix, particularly regarding the run game. But if there’s any silver lining, Cincinnati isn’t the only team with offensive issues to fix.

Howard Cross III made his NFL debut, tallying nine defensive snaps. Marco Wilson was on the field for 13 snaps in his first regular season action of 2025. The Bengals suffered the worst loss in team history. Bengals head coach Zac Taylor blamed the five turnovers—two of them were returned for touchdowns.

While arguing that it would make sense for the Bengals to at least pick up the phone and call the Falcons, ESPN’s Dan Graziano said that based on what he’s hearing, the Bengals aren’t necessarily that hot on the idea of Cousins:

Ja'Marr Chase: "I don't really look at other receivers. ... I'm competing with myself, and it's only me against myself now."

The Denver Broncos have struggled to start the NFL season, one year after making the playoffs. A loss to the Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Chargers has dro