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Getty Images The Bills signed and drafted a lot of offensive linemen this offseason. Former Bengals tackle Jake Fisher wasn’t one of them. The former second-round pick is making the transition to tight end this year, and is excited about the chance to jump-start his career. “I think it comes...

Getty Images Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green spent the first eight years of his career playing for head coach Marvin Lewis, so he’s making an adjustment this offseason with Zac Taylor now occupying the top job on the coaching staff. During an interview with Chris Simms, Green discussed the...

Getty Images The Bengals needed help along the offensive line, so they used a pair of draft picks there, including their first-rounder. But as yet, no one is quite sure how they’re going to deploy them. They have an incumbent left tackle in Cordy Glenn and left guard in Clint Boling they...

Getty Images The Cincinnati Bengals had just two quarterbacks on their roster as their headed into the NFL Draft last week. So it didn’t exactly surprise Bengals starter Andy Dalton that the front office would use on of its selections on a quarterback. The Bengals traded up in the fourth round...

Getty Images The Cincinnati Bengals aren’t giving up on former first-round pick John Ross. In case there was any doubt, the Bengals made 10 selections in last week’s NFL Draft with exactly zero of those coming at the receiver position. Ross has just 21 catches for 210 yards in two seasons...

There was a run on offensive linemen in the second round, and the Bengals tried to get in on it. But when they were unable to, they eventually went the other direction. According to Geoff Hobson of the team’s official website, the Bengals tried to trade up from the 42nd overall pick to get in...

Getty Images The Bengals have more picks, and a higher quality of picks, than any other team heading into Day 3 of the NFL raft. Cincinnati has two picks in the fourth round, one in the fifth and seventh rounds, and a whopping six picks in the sixth round today. Via René Bugner, that gives...

Getty Images There was some speculation about the Bengals taking a quarterback in the first round of this year’s draft, but they opted for offensive lineman Jonah Williams and avoided the position on Friday night as well. They didn’t wait long on Saturday to add a quarterback to the roster...

Getty Images Texas A&M’s Trayveon Williams led the SEC in rushing last season with 1,524 yards. He was a three-down back in Jimbo Fisher’s pro-style offense. So count Williams and the Aggies among those surprised that Williams didn’t go much higher in the draft. It took one of his former...

Getty Images The Bengals used the ninth overall choice on receiver John Ross in 2017. He has played 16 games with 11 starts, making 21 catches for 210 yards and seven touchdowns in two seasons. New Bengals coach Zac Taylor said last week he knows why Ross was a first-round choice, calling him...

Getty Images The Steelers jumped the Bengals to ensure they would get linebacker Devin Bush, a Cincinnati target. Cincinnati instead drafted Alabama offensive tackle Jonah Williams with the 11th overall choice. Williams provides immediate help to one of the league’s shakiest offensive lines...

Getty Images The Bengals have a three-day minicamp this week and defensive tackle Adolphus Washington won’t be taking part in it. The team announced on Tuesday morning that Washington has been placed on waivers. Washington arrived in Cincinnati last September after the Bengals signed him off...

Getty Images The Bengals have picked up the fifth-year option on 2016 first-round draft pick William Jackson. Jackson, a cornerback out of Houston, was chosen with the 24th overall pick in 2016. He missed his entire rookie year and was mostly a backup in 2017, but he started all 16 games last...

Getty Images Bengals head coach Zac Taylor will spend the days leading up to the draft doing his first on-field work with the team. Teams that hire new coaches are permitted to hold a three-day minicamp in the first phase of the offseason and the Bengals will hold theirs from Tuesday to...

Getty Images With legalized gambling slowly spreading from sea to shining sea, odds will emerge for just about anything. Now that the 2019 schedule has been released, odds have been set regarding the last team to be unbeaten. Based on odds from the DraftKings Sportsbook, via Darren Rovell, the...

Getty Images Bengals head coach Zac Taylor went undrafted out of Nebraska in 2007, but he has a lot of experience with quarterbacks drafted in the first round. Taylor’s first NFL coaching job came with the Dolphins in 2012 and he worked with rookie Ryan Tannehill after Miami selected him with...

Getty Images Zac Taylor will have to wait at least one more year to coach his first Thursday night game. One of the quirks of the 2019 NFL schedule is that the Bengals have not been scheduled for any games on that night of the week. At a Friday press conference, Taylor acknowledged that...

Getty Images If you get a lot of prime-time games, it’s usually because you’re good, interesting, or at least from a city with a lot of people. So it’s worth noting the teams on the other end of the spectrum, who are hidden away from public view. While the Bills are the only team shut out of...

Getty Images A pair of 2018 playoff teams will square off in the first Monday night game of the 2019 season. The NFL’s schedule was released on Wednesday night and it shows that the Texans will be in New Orleans to face the Saints on Monday Night Football in Week One. In addition to that...

Getty Images At one point, every NFL team had to play one game on a short week. This year, 30 teams will do that. Which means that (abacus engaged) two teams won’t. This year, those two teams are the Bengals and the Dolphins. It’s a good thing for these teams to avoid the short-week...