“I think Ted’s leadership really showed up in a way that you wouldn’t really expect,” Brown told Cincy Jungle’s Anthony Cosenza and I. “Like, the o-line and the communication is huge, so I think what we did really well, and what Ted did really well between everybody was we all knew what we wanted to achieve. Whether in the run game, the pass game, whatever ID he was making, or whatever run game call he was making, everybody knew what we needed to achieve to make that play successful, whether it was in pass or run. So I think we took a really big step there, and you saw that in the second half of the season, for sure.”
Bengals 2026 Mock Draft Roundup 3.0
“Adding a multi-faceted playmaker to the lineup would go a long way to boosting this unit, and Downs is a high-IQ defender who excels near the box or in the deep half as a playmaking specialist.”
Gauging whether the Bengals still value traits over production in NFL Draft: Mailbag
This might be the slowest January for Bengals news that I can remember in the recent history of this beat. No playoffs, no coaching searches, minimal trouble with the law and no players popping off to national media (yet).
Bengals Mourn Weight Room Legend Kim Wood, NFL’s First Full-Time Strength Coach
Wood manned the Bengals’ strength room for the 28 seasons that spanned Brown’s last season as head coach in 1975 to running back Corey Dillon’s sixth straight 1,000-yard season in 2002. In between, he was in the boiler room of the first two Super Bowl teams and served as a daily mentor to such franchise legends as Anthony Munoz, Reggie Williams and Tim Krumrie, as well as to a legion of the best-known strength coaches across the country.
Trey Hendrickson free agency projection: Bengals’ choice isn’t easy
Is it totally practical? Maybe not. They need to spread cap space around. He’s 31 years old and coming off an injury. But those last two points could help Hendrickson have a poor free-agency market too, so perhaps a reunion might end up being the best route for both sides.
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