Latest Who Dey Light w/Mark Chalifoux

📈 Positivity is the theme of the week

🙋🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️ Your #Bengals Qs on the '23 class, saving jobs, Ossai & more

🦝 Drunk raccoon news

♠️ Blackjack with kids

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New | Myles Murphy just might be figuring it out for the #Bengals.

The numbers suggest as much. The splash plays are backing it up.

But it’s how he reacted to one of his worst plays that has coaches convinced.

✍️: www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...

Dehner Jr.: Ja’Marr Chase's suspension deserved, but judgment should end there

New | Ja'Marr Chase deserves to be suspended. There's no real debate there.

What he doesn't deserve is for people to sum up his character over one act.

Chase's consistency and growth over time should be worth much more than one bad decision.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...

New | Chase Brown won't suppress how much all this matters to him.

His emotion went viral after the 47-42 loss to Chicago.

It also helped pull him and the offense out of the muck over the last month.

On lessons, passion and running with balance.

✍️: www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...

Latest Growler with Mo Egger now up.

You heard the comments about #Bengals’ Duke Tobin and “bubbling up.” So, we talked it through.

Reality, history, timing, what’s different, what’s next and what’s likely.

Dive in.

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Why is Joe Flacco trying to play through a sprained AC joint? Check his history

New | Why is Joe Flacco trying to play through a sprained AC joint against Chicago? Check his history.

Inside a complicated quarterback room, critical Sunday and simple philosophy.

“It’s always kind of been my mindset. I’m not changing now.”

www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...

Bengals are living and dying — well, mostly dying — by inexperience on defense

These words from Zac Taylor on Monday kept playing in my head.

"That's where we're at."

The #Bengals defensive choice was committing to rookies and inexperience.

This is the deal.

On the sobering reality of a plan to "create that experience quickly."

www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...

Bengals defense dooming another season, appears more lost than ever in loss to Jets Cincinnati's offense put up 38 points and it still wasn't enough to overcome a defense that couldn't stop the previously 0-7 Jets.

The #Bengals defensive plan looks more lost, ill-conceived and desperate than ever.

Guess this wasn’t all Lou Anarumo’s fault.

Dissecting the continued fall and steep climb out of yet another season that wastes away searching for defensive answers.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...

Can Joe Flacco keep the Bengals in the mix for a division title? AFC North Whiparound Plus, the Ravens are desperate for a win, the Bengals and Browns go for two in a row and Aaron Rodgers faces his former Packers team.

New AFC North Whiparound:

🏈 Does the Joe Flacco story have real legs for #Bengals?

🏈 Is this division still in firm grasp of the Steelers?

🏈 State of the QB, predictions for this weekend?

With Zac Jackson, Jeff Zrebiec & Mike DeFabo.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...

Why the Bengals’ run game has opened up since Joe Flacco’s arrival Chase Brown finally had a big game against the Steelers, in large part because of how his new quarterback is performing.

"First of all, things were confronted."

A closer look at the #Bengals' month-long quest to resuscitate a dead running game and how Joe Flacco's arrival helped open a season of possibilities.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...

Latest PD&Jay + @moegger.bsky.social

🏈 Solutions and sad stats on #Bengals defense
🔄 Most likely trade deadline outcome
🌡️ Where is the belief meter now?
🎙️ The progress of Amarius Mims
👀 When big wins get weird

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The rise of DJ Turner II: How the Bengals CB shifted from benched to one of NFL’s best Turner has been a major bright spot on a struggling Bengals defense after losing his starting job entering the season.

New | DJ Turner’s improbable interception against DK Metcalf was one of the best you’ll see.

It’s also just one bright flash in a remarkable rise to CB1.

One that began being told he won’t be starting the opener.

“He’s changed his whole process.”

www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...

How Bengals DC Al Golden looks to improve struggling defense Golden isn't letting Thursday's result — a win over the Steelers — cloud his analysis of how his defense played.

New | By the numbers, this has been the worst seven-game start to a season for any #Bengals defense this century.

As the offense righted itself, can the defense be next?

A look at how DC Al Golden is viewing the path to improvement. ⤵️

www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...

Risky Logan Wilson benching indicative of Bengals’ desperation for defensive answers Defensive coordinator Al Golden and coach Zac Taylor will roll the dice on rookie LB Barrett Carter in a crucial matchup with the Steelers.

New | Benching captain Logan Wilson and starting two rookie LBs on an already young, shaky #Bengals defense was risky, at best.

"High anxiety," DC Al Golden called it.

Why it signals a broader desperation for answers on a unit that's STILL searching.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

Inside the Bengals’ crash course of Joe Flacco Flacco's presence was measured in hours, not days, in the wake of the in-state trade that stunned the NFL.

New | From trade calls to highway installs to special walkthroughs, the #Bengals chose controlled chaos this week.

A look behind the scene of the 72-hour, Joe Flacco crash course.

“Welcome to the club and we are ready to start you on Sunday.”

www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

Are the Bengals cooked? It’s a fair question after lifeless 28-3 loss to Broncos Another mistake-filled, blowout loss without Joe Burrow makes for a bleak outlook for the remainder of the season.

It’s typically unfair to write a team off before we reach October.

Only, we’ve learned too much about the Burrow-less reality the last two weeks.

Only one thought wafted over the rubble of 28-3 on MNF: The #Bengals are cooked, aren’t they?

www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...

New | The #Bengals must relieve the pressure on Jake Browning. Browning must be better when it comes.

Whether either can do so will define this critical stretch of Cincinnati's season.

On the current approach to solving the pressure problem.

✍️: www.nytimes.com/athletic/666...

Latest PD&Jay w/Mo Egger is up.

🇦🇱 Red flags for the #Bengals in the long run

🎙️ Zac Taylor's responsibility and the narrative surrounding him

🙏 Remembering Rudi

🎲 Unprecedented #BengalsGrowlerBet

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The Bengals’ run game is historically bad. Can they find answers? Bengals coaches look to get the offensive line to be more aggressive and physical to open holes for struggling Chase Brown.

New | No feature RB endured a worse first three rushing games this century than Chase Brown.

Nobody's blaming him, but the #Bengals are hunting any way to set him free.

On the search for answers, lack of physicality and a defining task of the season.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

Who Dey Light w/ Mark Chalifoux: Being delusional

🤔 Appreciating Jake Browning’s perspective

🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️🙋 Your #Bengals Qs

😆 An attempt to lighten up after a rough week in Cincinnati

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Bengals post-Joe Burrow: How the offense could change under Jake Browning The backup will surely be under center more than Burrow but still expect to see plenty of snaps in shotgun.

New | How could the #Bengals offense change under Jake Browning?

🏈 A scheme tweak where he was better than anyone at in 2023

🏈 How much more under center to expect and if that matters

🏈 Where his voice will carry the most weight in the gameplan

www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

Andrew Whitworth on Joe Burrow, Bengals drafts and ‘most difficult job in the entire NFL’ The Bengals great weighs in on Burrow's injury and what he thinks needs to change to avoid more like it in the future.

New | Nobody on Earth is better positioned to discuss the #Bengals situation with Joe Burrow and OL play than Andrew Whitworth.

So we did. It was (as always) enlightening.

“No question. I think that’s the most difficult job in the entire NFL.”

www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

PD&Jay + Mo Egger:

🗓️ Timeline, realities of Joe Burrow’s toe and Jake Browning’s backups

🫵 The #Bengals, Burrow, malpractice, play style, mistakes and every angle of understanding how we got here

😃 #JaysGotHappyStats

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New | Joe Burrow injury blame game season has begun.

The #Bengals didn't protect their QB.

They also provided what he wanted and created one of the league's most potent offenses.

Multiple things can be true.

👇 Understanding nuance amid the Burrow nightmare. 👇

www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

Rewatch with Charlie Goldsmith is live:

🎙️ Hear from OC Dan Pitcher on the play that hurt Joe Burrow and a surprising favorite of Jake Browning.

🎥 Where the #Bengals OL failed Burrow

🏈 A play reminiscent of SB56

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Preview, predictions for #Jaguars at #Bengals w/ Jay Morrison:

📰 News/injury updates
🧐 Ref report
📈 Stat that matters
🎰 #BengalsGrowlerBet
🔮 Predictions

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How Joe Burrow, Bengals are planning the latest offensive bounceback

New | The #Bengals offense turned a hot start into another opening-day dud. Joe Burrow, included.

The seemingly annual bounce back is coming, right?

“You’d like to say that. But you’ve got to go out and prove it.”

www.nytimes.com/athletic/661...

Latest PD&Jay w/Mo Egger:

📰 Thoughts on injuries, snaps and coach reaction to #Bengals win

🚓 Winning games and avoiding speeding tickets

🐣 RPB: Best rookie debut?

📓 Jay’s got sad stats and happy trivia

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Is Bengals' problematic run defense now fixed?

New | The #Bengals primary defensive objective this offseason was to stop getting pushed around.

They viewed shoddy run defense as the root of most evil.

Sunday was the best performance by the run defense in four years.

Does this mean they fixed it?

www.nytimes.com/athletic/661...

Bengals' defining 9: Assessing the top-100 picks Cincinnati's defense is counting on

New | Nine players will define the #Bengals year.

The group doesn't include Burrow or Chase.

They're 9 top 100 picks on rookie deals the club is betting leave uneven play behind and reinvigorate their defense.

A deeper look at where they all stand:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...