D-line thinned by injuries as Bengals prepare for Titans
CINCINNATI (AP) — After the Bengals won a playoff game for the first time in three decades last Saturday, coach Zac Taylor and a few players delivered game balls to three Cincinnati sports bars as a way of thanking fans who stuck with them through the bad times. “I think the city can finally exhale,” […]
Bengals hold on, finally win in playoffs, 26-19 over Raiders
CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow led an efficient offense that scored on six drives, including two of his touchdown passes, and rookie Evan McPherson made four field goals as the Cincinnati Bengals finally advanced in the playoffs with a 26-19 win over Las Vegas in Saturday’s wild-card game. It was a victory three decades in […]
Mulligan – Episode 41
This week on Mulligan Matt goes over daily fantasy and weekend wagers. He then discusses the NFL's Wild Card weekend and the Cam Reddish trade to the Knicks.
Draft picks key Bengals’ resurgence, return to playoffs
CINCINNATI (AP) — Many in Cincinnati scoffed when the Bengals passed on elite Oregon offensive tackle Penei Sewell to take Ja’Marr Chase with the fifth-overall pick in the NFL draft last spring. Cincinnati sorely needed offensive line help, and Sewell seemed an obvious choice. Chase, like Sewell, sat out the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and was […]
After regulars rest, playoff-bound Bengals prep for Raiders
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals wanted to be rested and ready for the first round of the playoffs so they didn’t play many of their key starters in the regular-season finale against the Cleveland Browns. Star quarterback Joe Burrow watched Sunday’s game from home, and many starters either got a rest or were on […]
Browns close season with 21-16 win over Burrow-less Bengals
CLEVELAND (AP) — Case Keenum got his second win, filling in for Baker Mayfield on Sunday as the Cleveland Browns ended their dismal season with a 21-16 win over the playoff-bound Cincinnati Bengals, who left quarterback Joe Burrow at home and played their backups. Keenum threw touchdown passes to Jarvis Landry and Demetric Felton as […]
With playoffs ahead, Bengals QB Burrow sitting out finale
CLEVELAND (AP) — Joe Burrow’s sitting out this one to rest for the playoffs. Baker Mayfield’s skipping the season finale as well — for a very different reason. To think what it might have been: Burrow and the brash, baby Bengals vs. Mayfield, Myles Garrett and the Browns for an AFC North title. Instead, it’s […]
AFC North champ Bengals will rest Burrow in season finale
CINCINNATI (AP) — The AFC North champion Cincinnati Bengals won’t play quarterback Joe Burrow in the regular-season finale against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday to make sure he is healthy for the first round of the playoffs. Burrow is nursing aches and pains, including his right knee and pinky finger on his throwing hand, but […]
Analysis: Zac Taylor’s fearless gamble pays off for Bengals
Zac Taylor wasn’t born until four years after Molly Hatchet released “Flirtin’ With Disaster” in 1979. The southern rock group’s ballad came to mind in the final minute of the Cincinnati Bengals’ monumental 34-31 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. On fourth-and-inches from inside the 1 with under a minute left, Taylor, the […]
Chiefs fall from No. 1 seed with last-second loss to Bengals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs probably felt as if they were looking in a mirror on Sunday in Cincinnati. There was a young, hotshot quarterback carving up their defense for 446 yards and four touchdowns. An equally young, dynamic wide receiver catching 11 balls for 266 yards and three of the […]