Josh Kirkendall / Cincy Jungle 7 hours ago 
Branden Albert is Arizona Cardinals top target in free agency
With the pool of offensive tackles entering free agency being stacked at the top-end, the Bengals still have a realistic shot to retain Anthony Collins. It's been a forgone conclusion that the Arizona Cardinals are ready to make a huge push to sign Kansas City Chiefs free agent Branden Albert. Not only are they looking to sign him, Albert is also Arizona's top target in free agency, according to Kent Somers with the Arizona Republic. #azcardinals strategy for OL hasn't changed since last week from what i hear: LT Albert No. 1 target. G/T Rodger Saffold, 1b — Kent Somers (@kentsomers)...
Josh Kirkendall / Cincy Jungle 8 hours ago Chicago Bears inquired about Bengals free agent Michael Johnson
There are upwards to seven teams that have inquired about Bengals free agent Michael Johnson. The Bears become the third known team The Chicago Bears are interested in Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Michael Johnson, according to Jeff Dickerson with ESPN's NFL Nation. The Bears were one of the teams...
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Paul Dehner Jr. / Bengals Blog | Cincinnati Enquirer Mar 5, 2014 Bengals officially tender three RFAs
The Bengals made it official they have tendered their three restricted free agents linebacker Vinny Rey plus wide receivers Andrew Hawkins and Dane Sanzenbacher. The moves were first reported as Tom Pelissero of USA Today, who added that these were the lowest tenders possible. This means any team can make an offer to the three […]
Dave Clark / Bengals Blog | Cincinnati Enquirer Mar 5, 2014 Boomer Esiason: ‘Calm down’ about Andy Dalton
Former Bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason discussed current QB Andy Dalton with Bengals.com, insisting that Dalton should be supported, not criticized. From Geoff Hobson’s story: “I never had a season like he had this year. He’ll be fine,’ Esiason said. “The trajectory is like this, 9-7, 10-6, 11-5, 22 touchdowns, 27 touchdowns, 33 touchdowns. The guy […]
Paul Dehner Jr. / Bengals Blog | Cincinnati Enquirer Mar 5, 2014 Walkthrough: Discussing extra point options
Earlier this week we saw the rumor surface about extra points being moved back to the 25-yard line for a 42-yard kick. All of this attempting to keep excitement in the game. This came after Roger Goodell mentioned last month the possibility of getting rid of extra points altogether, awarding seven points for a touchdown, […]
Paul Dehner Jr. / Bengals Blog | Cincinnati Enquirer Mar 4, 2014 Walkthrough: Reality of free agency
The deadline to tag players came and went Monday. As we’ve been telling you for weeks would be the case, Cincinnati didn’t tag Michael Johnson or Anthony Collins. Dropping 13.1 or 11.6 on either of those two means a doctor should head to PBS and check Mike Brown for a fever. As soon as I […]
Cincinnati Enquirer Mar 3, 2014
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Dave Clark / Bengals Blog | Cincinnati Enquirer Mar 3, 2014 Andy Dalton among USA Today’s ‘quarterbacks that need to step up’
Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton tops a list by USAToday.com’s Lorenzo Reyes of five quarterbacks that need to step up next season, at the risk of being benched. Here’s what Reyes had to stay about Dalton’s leading his list of inconsistent QBs: When a quarterback has taken his team to the playoffs in his first three […]
Cincinnati Enquirer Mar 3, 2014
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Paul Dehner Jr. starts his first full week as the Enquirer's full-time Bengals writer. We asked Paul to write a column to introduce himself.
Paul Dehner Jr. / Bengals Blog | Cincinnati Enquirer Mar 3, 2014 Walkthrough: Franchise tags, future cash
Today the deadline will come and go for teams to place the franchise tag on players. Don’t expect the Bengals to do so. The only two players they would tag would be Michael Johnson and Anthony Collins. To think they would drop $13.1 million down for another year of MJ93 or $11.6 million for AC […]
Cincinnati Enquirer Mar 2, 2014
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Cincinnati Enquirer Mar 1, 2014
Bengals writer Reedy gives goodbyes
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Cincinnati Enquirer Mar 1, 2014
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Bengals writer Paul Dehner begins his position-by-position analysis heading into free agency and May's draft by taking a look at quarterbacks.
Paul Dehner Jr. / Bengals Blog | Cincinnati Enquirer Mar 1, 2014 Effect of increased cap number
The NFL notified teams that the salary cap for 2014 will be $133 million in 2014. That is a $10 million jump from last year. The jump in money serves as a huge number considering jumps had only been for one or two million in recent years. This sails above the $126.3 million projection told […]
Paul Dehner Jr. / Cincinnati Enquirer Feb 28, 2014 Bengals Scribe Session: Farewell to Reedy
In the final podcast for Bengals beat writer Joe Reedy before he moves home to join Fox Sports Ohio covering the Indians, the torch is officially passed to now full-time Bengals beat writer Paul Dehner Jr.
