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Getty Images An NFL team’s success is determined by the extent to which it exceeds expectations. If the Houston Texans win only one game in 2021, they will have exceeded expectations. The Westgate sportsbook has the Texans as the underdogs in each of the team’s 2021 regular-season games. The...

Getty Images The Bengals are closing in on getting all of their draft choices under contract. Offensive lineman Jackson Carman is the latest to reach a deal with the team. The second-round pick is the eighth member of the 10-player class to sign, leaving only first-round wide receiver Ja'Marr...

Getty Images Expect Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow to be on the field when the regular season starts. Dr. Neal ElAttrache, who operated on Burrow’s injured knee last year, told Adam Schefter of ESPN that Burrow is well on his way to being on the field on September 12 when the Bengals open the...

Getty Images Cincinnati is adding to its receiving corps. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports the Bengals are signing Trent Taylor to a deal. The club had him in on a tryout basis at rookie minicamp over the weekend. A slot receiver and punt returner, Taylor spent his first four years with the...

Getty Images There are plenty of differences between the college and pro games for NFL rookies to sort out, including the placement of the hash marks on the field. Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase got his first taste of that at the team’s rookie minicamp. The fields are the same width at...

Getty Images The Patriots have made a couple of moves to solidify depth on their offensive line. Alex Redmond is signing with the team after working out with New England last week, according to agent Michael Hoffman. And Mike Reiss of ESPN reports the Patriots are also re-signing James...

Getty Images The Bengals have most of their draft class under contract. The team announced seven signings on Monday. Fourth-round defensive end Cam Sample, fourth-round defensive tackle Tyler Shelvin, fourth-round tackle D’Ante Smith, fifth-round kicker Evan McPherson, sixth-round offensive...

Getty Images The Bengals signed quarterback Eric Dungey and tight end Cheyenne O’Grady Friday afternoon. Both were tryout players who participated in the team’s rookie minicamp earlier in the day. Dungey was playing in The Spring League before receiving the invite. Dungey, 24, entered the NFL...

Getty Images After the NFL schedule was released on Wednesday night, we noted that the Ravens have what looks like a challenging final seven weeks of the 2021 season. They host the Browns in Week 12 and travel to Pittsburgh and Cleveland in Weeks 13 and 14 before returning home to face the...

Getty Images The Bengals announced the signing of six undrafted free agents as their rookie minicamp got underway on Friday. Cornerback Antonio Phillips is part of the group. Phillips had a microdiscectomy to repair a back injury in March and that may have contributed to him not getting...

Getty Images Free agent cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick is visiting the Patriots today, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Kirkpatrick signed a one-year deal with the Cardinals on Aug. 23, 2020, and played 14 games with 11 starts with Arizona last season. The Bengals made him a first-round choice...

Getty Images The NFL announced its 2021 schedule on Wednesday night. The includes 17 games on ESPN’s Monday Night Football. It does not feature a doubleheader on the first Monday night of the season. ESPN also will air a Week 18 Saturday doubleheader. Those games, which will kickoff at 4:15...

Getty Images The Buccaneers and Cowboys will begin the 2021 the season on Thursday, Sept. 9. But Thursday Night Football will technically begin the next week with a divisional contest between the Giants and Washington on NFL Network. After Carolina visits Houston in Week Three, the Week Four...

Getty Images Ten teams each received five primetime games. The Packers, Saints, Cowboys, Seahawks, Steelers, Ravens, Rams, 49ers, Chiefs and Bucs are scheduled for five night games each. The Saints and Cowboys also have Thanksgiving Day games, and the Packers a Christmas Day game. The Bears...

USA TODAY Sports Whether Aaron Rodgers is still with the Packers or makes his way to the Broncos, he’ll be playing at 4:25 p.m. on FOX in Week One. But there will be at least one familiar quarterback in a new place in the network’s early slate to open the season. The Seahawks will travel to...

Getty Images The release of the schedule for the first weekend of the 2021 NFL season has led to sportsbooks releasing point spreads for the first 16 games of the year. A pair of NFC West teams have been installed as the biggest early favorites. William Hill has the 49ers favored by seven...

Getty Images Cornerback Steven Nelson remains one of the top veteran free agents available. It’s not for a lack of interest. Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports Nelson has heard from 14 teams, including the Texans, Bears, Eagles, Bengals and Bills. “He continues to be patient waiting for right fit...

Getty Images Last month, the NFL revolutionized the rules regarding jersey numbers. Since then, 16 players have taken advantage of the shift. Peter King lists them in his latest edition of Football Morning in America. King arranged them by number. We’ll list them by player in alphabetical...

Getty Images Wide receiver Dede Westbrook has not found a team for the 2021 season, but it looks like he may have a couple of options on his radar. Josina Anderson reports that the Bengals and Vikings have both had “preliminary conversations” with the wideout. She adds that some Chiefs players...

Getty Images While quarterback Joe Burrow‘s knee will be closely monitored through Week 1 and beyond, the player who lines up in front of him is going through a rehab process of his own. Bengals center Trey Hopkins tore the ACL in his left knee during Cincinnati’s Week 17 loss to the...