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It took a lot longer than anyone hoped, but Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor picked up his first win on Sunday against the New York Jets. After the game was emotional with red eyes, and he talked about how much the win meant to everyone. “These guys fought their tails off the last nine months […]

The Cincinnati Bengals tried going to rookie quarterback Ryan Finley, but the results were less than optimal. Now, the Bengals are reinserting Andy Dalton into the starting lineup, as head coach Zac Taylor feels it gives the team a better chance to win. “We just want to win, and that veteran presence he has will […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers opted to make a switch under center in Week 12 and it kept the Cincinnati Bengals from getting their first win of the 2019 NFL season. It appears head coach Zac Taylor has no intention of doing the same with quarterback Andy Dalton. Quarterback Ryan Finley struggled mightily once again to get […]

On Friday, the Cincinnati Bengals made it clear that wide receiver AJ Green would not make his season debut in Week 12. However, they did not shut him down for the rest of the season. Bengals head coach Zac Taylor — who has yet to win a game — gave his reasoning for not shutting […]

The Cincinnati Bengals are beginning to see that Ryan Finley likely isn’t the answer at the quarterback position. With that being said, Joe Burrow would be exactly what the Bengals need in the 2020 NFL Draft. Burrow is currently projected to be the first quarterback taken in the upcoming draft. The LSU quarterback has his […]

The Oakland Raiders will host the Cincinnati Bengals in a game between two teams with different outlooks in Week 11. With Oakland fighting for a playoff spot in the AFC, this is a game that the Raiders can’t afford to lose. Oakland is coming off a narrow victory over the Los Angeles Chargers in Week […]

Before the Cincinnati Bengals began their bye week in Week 9, Zac Taylor decided to bench Andy Dalton in favor of rookie Ryan Finley at quarterback. While preparing for Sunday’s game, Finley admits that he is nervous ahead of his NFL debut. “Yeah, I would be worried if I wasn’t nervous because that would mean […]

The Cincinnati Bengals have been optimistic about wide receiver A.J. Green’s status for Week 10 against the Baltimore Ravens. It appears head coach Zac Taylor has seen enough from him to make his return. According to ESPN’s Field Yates, Taylor expects Green to make his 2019 NFL season debut against the Ravens: “I do think […]

The Cincinnati Bengals are still looking for their first win of the season and Zac Taylor is pulling out all of the stops on offense. Midway through the second quarter, Taylor fooled his former team with a clever touchdown play versus the Los Angeles Rams. Great play design by the @Bengals. #SeizeTheDEY@andydalton14 ➡️ @Joe_MainMixon 🙌 #CINvsLAR […]

The Los Angeles Rams will take on the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 8 in London with the Bengals searching for their first win of the season. Despite the slow start, Sean McVay believes that Taylor is a perfect candidate to turn the Bengals around. “I think if there is anybody that is meant to handle […]

The Cincinnati Bengals came up short once again versus the Jacksonville Jaguars. They are now holding out hope that reinforcements could be on the way in the form of wide receiver A.J. Green in Week 8. Green is seemingly on the verge of making his return from an ankle injury. Head coach Zac Taylor is […]

There has been plenty of speculation that the Cincinnati Bengals could decide to deal A.J. Green in the near future. While speaking to the media on Thursday, Zac Taylor responded to the trade rumors involving Green. Bengals’ HC Zac Taylor to reporters today regarding trade speculation involving WR A.J. Green: "I hear a lot of […]

The Cincinnati Bengals came up short once again in their attempts to register their first win of the 2019 NFL season. As a result, head coach Zac Taylor has now had to do some damage control. Taylor’s tenure in Cincinnati has hardly gotten off to an ideal start after going 0-5. According to Marisa Contipelli […]

Sitting among the NFL’s bottom feeders, the Cincinnati Bengals and Zac Taylor weren’t able to get their desired result on Monday night, losing to the division rival Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-3. In the loss, quarterback Andy Dalton looked worse than ever, throwing for under 200 yards and turning the ball over twice. Despite Dalton’s struggles first […]

The Cincinnati Bengals are not very good, and on Monday night, they hit rock bottom. In a battle of two 0-3 teams, the Bengals were routed by the Pittsburgh Steelers by a score of 27-3, dropping them to 0-4 on the season, and afterward, first-year head coach Zac Taylor expressed his frustration. “We’re the 0-4 […]

Zac Taylor’s Cincinnati Bengals won’t have to face a Pittsburgh Steelers squad led by Ben Roethlisberger on Monday. After Big Ben’s season-ending elbow surgery, Mason Rudolph is the quarterback the coach is preparing for. For Taylor, that doesn’t mean taking a break from the film room. The first-year Bengals head coach is all too aware […]

There were eight coaching changes during the offseason and those coaches made their regular season debut in Week 1. Among them, only Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur was able to secure a victory for his team in Week 1. In comparison, the other seven coaches finished Week 1 with a 0-6-1 record in their […]

First-year head coach Zac Taylor was unable to lead his Cincinnati Bengals to a victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday afternoon. However, in what will certainly be a memorable first go-round as a NFL head coach, Taylor helped the Bengals keep the game close throughout. Cincinnati led for most of the game. Despite the […]

The Cincinnati Bengals were incapable of getting their running game going in Week 1 against the Seattle Seahawks. Rookie head coach Zac Taylor explained his imbalanced run-pass ratio versus the Seahawks. “They (Seahawks) pretty much have you covered in every gap you have,” Taylor said. “It was a good game plan for them with (Jadeveon) […]

The Cincinnati Bengals will be without AJ Green in Week 1 versus the Seattle Seahawks. On Sunday, the Bengals announced that Damion Willis will be Green’s replacement to begin the regular season. In one of the first practices of training camp, Green suffered an ankle injury and was ruled out fo six to eight weeks. […]

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver John Ross has been out for most of training camp with a lingering hamstring injury. However, his return date is getting closer. On Monday, head coach Zac Taylor noted that Ross won’t play against the New York Giants for the team’s third preseason game on Thursday. However, he should be available […]

The Cincinnati Bengals can’t seem to catch a break along their offensive line this year. After mulling the decision, offensive lineman Christian Westerman has retired from the NFL, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. The Bengals placed Westerman on the exempt/left squad list on Friday. Westerman spent just two seasons with the organization and […]

Rookie quarterbacks sometimes have a tough time adjusting to the NFL and reading defenses. The Cincinnati Bengals seem to be satisfied with the strides that rookie Ryan Finley has made in training camp. Per Paul Dehner Jr. in The Athletic: “From our perspective, (Finley’s) been making the improvements that you would expect to see from […]

A dark cloud is hanging over Cincinnati Bengals training camp thanks to an ankle injury to wide receiver A.J. Green that will keep him out for six-to-eight weeks. Green, who missed seven games this past season due to a toe injury, was obviously very upset about the injury, and new Bengals head coach Zac Taylor […]

The Cincinnati Bengals’ offensive line was not good this past season. As a matter of fact, Pro Football Focus ranked it 27th in the NFL in 2018, which reflects the Bengals ranking 26th in the league in total offense overall. But to be fair, Cincinnati had some injuries along the line, and now that it […]

The Cincinnati Bengals are beginning a new era of their team’s history under Zac Taylor. Taylor replaces Marvin Lewis who spent 16 seasons as the head coach in Cincinnati. During the 16 years with Lewis as head coach, the team made the playoffs seven times but failed to win any of their playoff games. As […]

The Cincinnati Bengals may have had a disappointing season in 2018 but they still had a couple of positives as well. One being the emergence of Tyler Boyd on the Bengals offense. Just a few years ago, Cincinnati selected Boyd with the 55th overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. The Bengals drafted the Pittsburgh […]

Among all of the teams who made a coaching change are the Cincinnati Bengals who decided to fire Marvin Lewis after 16 seasons with the team. In his place is Zac Taylor who was hired on in hopes to change the tides of the franchise. During the Lewis era of the organization, the team made […]

Add Giovani Bernard to the list of Cincinnati Bengals players who like the vibe under new head coach Zac Taylor. Wide receivers A.J. Green and John Ross have already expressed admiration for the work Taylor has done since taking charge in Cincinnati. And now Bernard has echoed that sentiment, saying he believes the entire team […]

Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor is trying to bring a different culture around that revolves around winning. The NFL is all about winning but Taylor is trying to make it about winning and not just on the football field. It also trickles all the way down to the reserves and not just the starters trying […]

It will be a pivotal 2019 season for John Ross. The young Cincinnati Bengals receiver has had a tough go of it in the NFL. He starred at Washington which made him the ninth overall pick of the 2017, but injuries have derailed his pro career. Fortunately for Ross, he’ll be getting a fresh start […]

The Cincinnati Bengals have ushered in some significant changes this offseason with the arrival of new head coach Zac Taylor. It appears he has already made quite the impression on wide receiver A.J. Green. Taylor is currently in the midst of getting his players up to speed in the new offense in OTAs. According to […]

Sean McVay has already started a pretty impressive coaching tree with the latest coach to get a job being Zac Taylor with the Cincinnati Bengals. Taylor is a lot like McVay being young and a remarkable offensive mind, but he knows to make it in the league he has to be different. “If I try […]

The Cincinnati Bengals have hopes of becoming a playoff team in the near future under new head coach, Zac Taylor. This comes after Marvin Lewis was fired after being with the organization for 16 seasons. In those 16 seasons, the Bengals made the playoffs seven times but never won a game in the postseason. The […]

The Cincinnati Bengals are heading into a pivotal season. After 16 long years, the team finally fired longtime head coach Marvin Lewis after last season. They’ll be transitioning into a new era of football in 2019, with 35-year-old offensive whizkid Zac Taylor leading the way. For the first eight years of his career, receiver A.J. […]

Every year it seems like as draft day gets closer, quarterbacks start to move higher and higher on mock drafts, a development that isn’t that surprising to new Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor. In an interview posted on the Bengals’ website, Taylor talked about how critical of a position quarterback is, which means teams […]

The NFL schedules were released earlier this week, and the Cincinnati Bengals ended up without a Thursday night game. Bengals new head coach Zac Taylor feels like Thursday games are a double-edged sword and was a bit surprised that Cincinnati doesn’t have any of them on its slate for 2019: “There’s good and bad with […]

Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor is taking over an offense that is loaded with talent across the board. It appears his top priority will be getting wide receiver John Ross more involved. Ross’ career has gotten off to a quiet start through his first two years in the NFL. According to Geoff Hobson of […]

It seems that Sean McVay has rubbed off on his coaching staff after all. Ask the Cincinnati Bengals about Zac Taylor, a member of McVay’s coaching tree. The Bengals hired Taylor to be their new head coach this offseason. He recently met with the team for the first time. In an article by Jay Morrison […]