Cincinnati Bengals

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Cincinnati Bengals: Jermaine Gresham Exits Game With Injury

The one thing that the Cincinnati Bengals wanted to avoid in their second NFL pre-season game against the Atlanta Falcons was injuries. Last Friday, in their pre-season opener against the New York Jets, four key Bengals, Rey Maualuga, Carlos Dunlap, Travelle Wharton, and Taylor Mays all went down with injuries within the first two quarters. This time around the injury bug has managed to hit the Bengals starting [...]

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Cincinnati Bengals: Four Starters Lost In Pre-Season Opener vs. New York Jets

By: Joshua Casey

Judging how a team will do in the regular season, based off of pre-season play, is simply idiotic. I know that many people do it, and swear by it, but I am not one of those guys. But, although I do not believe in predicting a teams regular season wins based off of pre-season play, [...]

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Cincinnati Bengals: Perennial Disappointment Derrick Harvey Released

By: Joshua Casey

Nearly every year in the NFL you hear the story of a prospect who came out of college, was a can’t miss, ended up missing in the NFL, and is now struggling to keep his career alive. Well, the Cincinnati Bengals are one of the latest teams to release one such player, the once promising defensive end Derrick Harvey. Harvey was [...]

Frank Victores-US PRESSWIRE

NFL Rumors: Andy Dalton Struggling With The Deep Ball

By: Joshua Casey

Last season one of the many surprises for the Cincinnati Bengals was the stellar play of rookie quarterback Andy Dalton. The rookie out of TCU started from day one, and led the Bengals to a playoff berth. Of course having A.J green didn’t hurt either, but nevertheless Dalton was a surprise last season. Now, in his second season, Dalton is being [...]

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Cincinnati Bengals: Won’t Use New NFL Blackout Rule

By: Joshua Casey

One of the reasons why the NFL implemented it’s new blackout rule, a rule in which teams are allowed to set their blackout accommodations at 85% of total seats sold, rather than 100%, was for teams specifically like the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals ranked last in total attendance last season, garnering just 394,009 total fans through eight games, and [...]

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Cincinnati Bengals: Head Coach Marvin Lewis Bans Twitter For Training Camp

By: Joshua Casey

If you are a Cincinnati Bengals fan, and you are also an avid user of Twitter, you may be out of luck. Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis apparently is not a fan of Twitter, thus the reasoning behind his new rule for the duration of Bengals training camp, all players are banned from using Twitter. According to the CincinnatiEnquirer Lewis recently informed his players that they will not be able [...]

Frank Victores-US PRESSWIRE

Dre Kirkpatrick Injures Leg, Expected To Be Out Six Weeks

By: Joshua Casey

One of the key strengths for the Cincinnati Bengals, heading into the 2012-2013 NFL season, was their depth at defensive back. Just recently, though that strength has turned into somewhat of a problem as Bengals first-round draft pick Dre Kirkpatrick injured his knee and is expected to miss six weeks. But, even though injury has struck one of the key Bengals players, [...]

Cincinnati Bengals: Taylor Mays In Prime Position To Land Starting SS Job

By: Joshua Casey

Although the Cincinnati Bengals defense did play well last season, there was a glaring weakness at one position, strong safety. It seemed, to Bengals fans at least, that a mistake by starting strong safety Chris Crocker last season was something they could rely on game in and game out. Fans became frustrated and cried out for a change to be made, the [...]

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Cincinnati Bengals: Running Back By Committee Approach Smart

By: Joshua Casey

For the Cincinnati Bengals one of the big story-lines of the off-season was their decision to move on from long tenured running back Cedric Benson. Benson, who was replaced by former New England Patriots running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis, finished up his career with the Bengals with totals of 4,176 yards rushing (5th all-time amongst Bengals running backs), and 21 touchdowns. So while the move was not totally [...]

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Cincinnati Bengals: Defense Will Be Key To A Potential Deep Playoff Run

By: Joshua Casey

Last season the expectations for the Cincinnati Bengals were little to none. Many “experts” had picked the Bengals to win 4-5 games, if they were lucky, citing that the inexperience of Andy Dalton, and A.J Green would be too much for the Bengals to overcome, and try to make the playoffs. Well they were wrong, as the Bengals did make the playoffs, and both Dalton [...]