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Getty Images Yes, another flaw has been identified when it comes to replay review of pass interference calls and non-calls. After declining to explain on Thursday night the basis for upholding via replay review in the Bengals-Washington game an offensive pass interference call that, based on...

Getty Images Bengals rookie quarterback Ryan Finley got his chance with the second offense last night, and turned in another performance that could help him earn the backup job. The fourth-round pick finished the night against Washington 20-of-26 for 150 yards and two touchdowns. “He was very...

Getty Images The league’s expansion of replay review to include pass interference calls and non-calls makes NFL senior V.P. of officiating Al Riveron the most powerful man in football. He now has the ultimate authority, as to every game, to determine whether large chunks of field position will...

Getty Images Bengals guard Christian Westerman didn’t make the trip to Washington for tonight’s preseason game for personal reasons, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Dave Lapham announced on the Bengals radio broadcast that Westerman is considering retirement. The Bengals waived...

Getty Images The Bengals claimed defensive tackle Dare Odeyingbo off waivers from the Buccaneers on Wednesday, the team announced. Odeyingbo signed with Tampa Bay as a college free agent out of Vanderbilt on May 10. He played in the Buccaneers’ preseason opener last Friday but had no...

Getty Images Kent Perkins is apparently done with football. The Bengals announced the reserve tackle had been waived with a left-squad designation. According to Geoff Hobson of the team’s official website, Perkins has told the team he plans to retire. Originally signed as an undrafted rookie...

Getty Images The Saints’ success with Taysom Hill, using him as a Swiss Army knife, has prompted several other teams to look for a third-string quarterback who can do more than carry a clipboard on game day. The Bengals are experimenting with Jeff Driskel at receiver. Driskel took snaps at...

Getty Images It’s International Left-Handers Day. Which for a pair of left-handers who co-host PFT Live made it a very important day. Even though the right-handers who rule the world relegated our one day of the year to August 13. We commemorated the occasion by drafting the all-time best...

The first full week of 2019 preseason games have been played, and the 16 Week One contests included 16 replay reviews of calls and non-calls of offensive and defensive pass interference. Based on a review of the official NFL game books for the games played on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday...

Getty Images In the Hall of Fame game and in 15 of the Week One preseason games, none of the replay officials called for a replay review of any pass interference call or non-call. In the Bengals-Chiefs game on Saturday night, the replay official exercised that power. Twice. One of those...

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was supposed to play one quarter. Instead, he played only one drive. It was a good one, with the 2018 NFL MVP leading Kansas City to a touchdown. Along the way, Mahomes completed five of seven passes for 74 yards, including a midseason-form 36-yard catch and...

Getty Images The Bengals have an opening in their defensive line group. The team announced on Thursday that defensive tackle Niles Scott has been placed on injured reserve. He has been out of practice and wearing a walking boot on his foot, but the exact nature of his injury has not been...

Getty Images Rodney Anderson can finally begin his rookie season. Knock on wood. The Bengals announced the running back had passed his physical, meaning he’s activated from the non-football injury list. The sixth-rounder from Oklahoma was recovering for the torn ACL suffered during the second...

Getty Images The Bengals have announced that they and The NFL Foundation will be donating $75,000 to help people impacted by last weekend’s mass shooting in Dayton. The donation will be made to the Dayton Oregon District Tragedy Fund through The Dayton Foundation, which will work with local...

We now can be assured of one more thing in life, and that’s that everything is relative. Either that or after seven years, Vontaze Burfict found his spiritual home. The veteran linebacker, who stacked up suspensions and fines like tackles with the Bengals, took a shot at his former team while...

Getty Images John Ross has played 16 games since the Bengals made him the ninth overall choice in 2017. He has missed 16 with injuries. The Bengals receiver is out of training camp with a hamstring issue. This much is obvious: The pressure is on Ross to stay healthy and play well. “It’s got...

Getty Images Good news regarding the health of Bengals players has been a bit hard to come by of late, but they got some on Friday. The Bengals announced that they have activated center Billy Price from the non-football injury list. Price was placed on the list when the team opened camp last...

Getty Images Bengals running back Joe Mixon said in June that the team is going to shock a lot of people during the 2019 season and his bullishness about the first year of head coach Zac Taylor’s run in Cincinnati has not died down over the last few weeks. Mixon spoke to reporters from...

Getty Images Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green had surgery today on the ankle he injured in practice last week. Green had what is viewed as a minor clean-out procedure, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. The Bengals are still expecting Green to miss six to eight weeks, which means the earliest...

When news broke this morning that A.J. Green underwent ankle surgery, it seemed at least a possibility the Bengals receiver could miss some regular-season games. That, indeed, is the case. Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports that “based on what they found cleaning out the ankle, [Green] is now...