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?

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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.”

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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?

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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...

The Growler Live season preview show is now up!

Incredible time at BetMGM/Tom’s Watch Bar at The Banks.

Thanks to everyone who came out as we emptied the hot take and prediction bucket for the 2025 #Bengals.

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What I’m seeing from the Bengals: Joe Burrow and company feel they’ve addressed slow starts Burrow has looked sharp this offseason and decisions have been made on the offensive and defensive lines.

New | What I'm seeing and hearing from the #Bengals:

🏈 Where coaches feel the many slow-start solutions worked best.

🏈 What Joe Burrow did (and said) has my attention.

🏈 Expectations at RG early on.

🏈 How the new DL mix will look.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...

Latest Growler: Previewing #Bengals at Browns with @AkronJackson

🎙️ Comparing offseasons, intrigue of weakness vs. weakness, Sunday's game style, expectations for Flacco and bemoaning how old we are.

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Bengals season predictions: Did Cincinnati build enough around Joe Burrow? The Bengals' season will (again) be defined by whether they can beat Lamar Jackson and the Ravens.

New | Joe Burrow has always felt more superhero than superstar in Cincinnati.

Last year, even at his best, we saw he can’t do it alone.

Did the #Bengals build enough around him?

👇 Bengals season and NFL playoff predictions👇

www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...

Latest Growler: #Bengals season predictions w/@ByJayMorrison & @MoEgger

🏆 X-factor, ROY, 1st Pro Bowl
🔮 Playoffs, record, AFCN, September, biggest worry
🎙️Hear from Dan Pitcher & Cam Taylor-Britt
🧮 #JaysGotOpenerStats

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Why Bengals’ RB Chase Brown is ‘going to be a problem this season’ Cincinnati is tailoring its running game around the third-year back who broke how down the stretch last season.

New | Chase Brown’s work ethic won the #Bengals over.

Now, even in an offense fronted by Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, they’re evolving the offense around him.

How did all this happen for a fifth-round pick?

“I’ll make myself undeniable.”

www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...

Cincinnati will pay $141.1M in cash to its top 4 players this year. They account for 41.3% of cap space.

The #Bengals did what many said they wouldn't. They paid their stars.

On why (and how) they decided to be the most top-heavy team in football.

✍️: www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...

Bengals roster cutdown: Why opposite approaches on O-line, D-line signal same concern

Sifting through four lessons of the #Bengals cutdown day.

🧮 What 8 OL and 11 DL said (Hint: the same thing)

👋 Waiver wire options with connections

🫰 Snaps and the anxiety of another new operation

www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...

Bengals never had interest in 2026 Trey Hendrickson: Dehner Jr. The All-Pro sack artist got a $14 million raise, but it appears the 2025 season will be his last hoorah in Cincinnati.

New | The six-month soap opera with Trey Hendrickson wasn’t much ado about nothing.

It was much ado about one thing: The #Bengals never had interest in 2026 Trey Hendrickson.

Why thier words, actions and final offers proved it.👇

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Emergency Growler: Trey signs, did anyone win?

With Charlie Goldsmith discussing intricacies of the Hendrickson deal.

The #Bengals undeniable message, the laughable offer, the franchise tag chatter, the meme and the 2025 fallout.

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The Walkout: Roster projection (and Colts 41, #Bengals 14)

Charlie Goldsmith and I run through the 53, pinpoint the biggest decisions and what we learned Saturday.

🚗 Presented by Joseph Toyota of Cincinnati

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New | The games have been ugly for the #Bengals' first-team defense. There's no denying that.

The Bengals don't, they merely aren't moved by it.

Why the team sees a different side of the story on its most critical variable.

✍️: www.nytimes.com/athletic/656...

Bengals' preseason win: 3 who impressed, 3 who struggled, 1 who provoked a question

Analyzing the #Bengals preseason win:

📈 3 who impressed (Should we just name this category after Mitch Tinsley?)

📉 3 who struggled (Aka let’s talk about the defense now)

🤨 1 who provoked a question (That Q: WTH are you doing, Joe?)

www.nytimes.com/athletic/656...

How Bengals’ Shemar Stewart has quickly flipped the narrative: ‘You feel his impact’ After an ugly holdout and fan backlash, the rookie now is making an impact on the field while doing and saying all the right things.

Three weeks ago, Shemar Stewart was a pick panned by fans that contentiously held out and took shots at the #Bengals in the process.

Entering MNF, he’s now the talk of camp for saying and doing all the right things.

How Shemar flipped the narrative.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/655...

Who Dey Light w/Mark Chalifoux:

🎬 A favorite from the editing room floor this week

🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️🙋🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ So many guard questions

🎟️ A ticket dilemma for #Bengals at Lambeau

🐒 Questionable zoo ideas