Bengals Bytes (2/3): Trash talking

Munoz continues to push Ken Anderson for HOF
Anthony Munoz stood in the end zone of his Play 60 Event at the NFL Experience on Tuesday, his wide smile and broad shoulders underneath a hat featuring the NFL Hall of Fame logo across the front.

Hue Jackson's Bengals Ties Could Yield Free Agent Signings for Browns
Given Browns head coach Hue Jackson's time spent with the Bengals, a number of Cincinnati's impending free agents could interest the Browns this spring. Here are the top options for Cleveland.

Tyler Eifert’s Pro Bowl injury wasn’t a serious one
Fortunately for the Tyler Eifert, his Pro Bowl injury wasn’t a serious one. According to Paul Dehner of the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Bengals tight end had his ankle examined Tuesday and tests showed only a sprain.

Bengals set timeline on Eifert injury
When Tyler Eifert came hobbling off the field after attempting to catch a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter of the Pro Bowl, the worst possible scenario from the glorified exhibition unfolded for the Bengals. Fortunately for them, his examination in Cincinnati on Tuesday produced a better outcome.

Andy Dalton is a franchise quarterback, by the numbers
Andy Dalton was an MVP candidate before bowing out of the Bengals’ Week 14 loss to the Steelers with a thumb injury. Yet somehow, people are already assuming that Dalton’s 2015 season was an outlier in an otherwise mediocre career. Let’s get something straight: Andy Dalton is a franchise quarterback. Whether he can win a playoff game has yet to be determined, but plenty of past and present franchise quarterbacks have had struggles winning playoff games–most notably, Matthew Stafford, Matt Ryan and Carson Palmer.

Random Bytes

Best trash-talker for all 32 NFL teams
NFL Nation reporters choose the best trash-talkers in the league, including Steve Smith, who once said he "came out of the womb trash-talking," and Philip Rivers, who talks trash without cursing. For the Bengals, it's cornerback Adam Jones.

Wade Phillips Broncos defensive coordinator Cam Newton Super Bowl
Super Bowl week kicked off with the spectacle of the first-ever Media Night. One question worth asking: How are Wade Phillips and his Broncos defense planning on stopping Cam Newton?

Turnovers: The Super Bowl 50 X-Factor
Turnovers, both made and force, have been key for both the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers as they head to their Super Bowl 50 meeting on Sunday. And turnovers played major roles in why both teams won their respective conference championships. Given the importance of takeaways and giveaways to both teams this season, it’s impossible to think the turnover battle won’t be a factor in Sunday’s game.

Super Bowl 50’s biggest stars reveal the first NFL rule they would change
This week, NFL vice president of officiating Dean Blandino suggested that the NFL’s controversial and utterly confusing catch rule would not be tweaked. The Dez Bryant-Calvin Johnson rule receives the greatest scrutiny yet it is only a sliver of the NFL’s ever-growing, somewhat subjectively applied rule book that is often met with disdain by those inside and outside the league.

Ezekiel Elliott On Two: Vision And Patience
Draft season kicked off back in August, but with the bowls complete and the early entrants declared, it is just halftime of the scouting process. In his Inside The Pylon debut, Chris Dougherty delivers Ezekiel Elliott on two: a look at the vision and patience of the former Ohio State running back.

Commissioner Roger Goodell On The Rich Eisen Show
Roger Goodell talks Super Bowl 50 Opening Night, whether he likes the idea of having an opening ceremony, the NFL in L.A., how the league has changed one year since the Ray Rice scandal, his contact (or lack thereof) with Tom Brady and more.

San Jose: Broncos practice squad safety Ryan Murphy detained, questioned in Sheriff's prostitution sting
Denver Broncos practice squad safety and Bay Area native Ryan Murphy was sent home after being questioned by authorities during a prostitution sting that involved his brother Tuesday, according to sources familiar with the investigation. The encounter occurred in San Jose, but involved the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, not San Jose police, as had been initially reported by other local media.