Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor got close, losing to McVay in Super Bowl LVI but since, Taylor has made a variety of moves that have questioned many and led to some thinking the wheels are beginning to fall off.

On the other end of that, though, is the fact the Bengals get to play three straight home games before the bye week and two more straight home games to end the season.

The Cincinnati Bengals will open the 2025 season on the road against the Cleveland Browns, and they’re opening as 5.5-point favorites against their division rival, per FanDuel. Only three other teams are bigger favorites in the 16-game slate that Week 1 features.

CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor made it clear that he, unlike a section of the fanbase, had zero issue with quarterback Joe Burrow missing a couple of OTA practices this week to attend the Met Gala in New York.

According to Geoff Hobson of Bengals .com, Taylor says that Wagner will have a chance to push Cal Adomitis for that starting spot. A finalist for the Patrick Mannelly Award last year as the top player in the sport at his position, Wagner comes from the Michigan Wolverines and will get to rep alongside Adomitis.

The Cincinnati Bengals signed 13 college free agents following the 2025 NFL Draft. The vast majority of them will simply hope to make the practice squad by the end of the offseason as making the initial 53-man roster is a challenge only a select few can realistically accomplish without luck on their side.

While Trey Hendrickson has said all along he wants to stay with the Cincinnati Bengals, the team is playing hard ball with the potential Washington Commanders t

Meanwhile, Cincinnati fans are sweating bullets and so is Zac Taylor. “New generation of athletes are soft,” tweeted @CoffeeSneeze, channeling every old-head clutching a foam finger. ‘Not like they don’t make millions in college.