The latest wrinkle in this debate comes from Geoff Hobson of Bengals .com:

The Cincinnati Bengals remain in a contract impasse with their top defender, Trey Hendrickson. NFL sources open up on his market value

Pro Football Focus believes the Bengals are one of the most overlooked teams heading into the 2025 season. "Cincinnati lost seven of its 11 one-score games last season," Dalton Wasserman wrote. "The franchise was realistically only a handful of plays from having one of the best records in the league, even accounting for its plethora of flaws.

While the NFL will head into the doldrums of the offseason for five weeks before the excitement begins, mandatory minicamp did take center stage. There certainly was no shortage o

The Bengals aren’t doing themselves any favors with the current news emanating out of the organization. They have another disgruntled player.

The Bengals seem to invent new ways to frustrate their fans (and players) every year, and that's once again happening this year. Not only did they have Trey Hendrickson skip minicamp, but their first-round pick (Shemar Stewart) left camp early on Thursday.

With OTA's and mandatory minicamp now concluded, and the Bengals going their separate ways for about five weeks prior to the start of preseason training camp, plenty was said about the supposed forward steps by Cincinnati's defense under first-year coordinator Al Golden.