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Bengals News (10/28): Praise from the best

Hall of Famers continue to pour on the praise for Joe Burrow during his rookie season.

Cleveland Browns v Cincinnati Bengals Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images

20 years later, Corey Dillion is still looking for his call to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Twenty years ago, the Hall wanted Dillon's No. 28 Bengals jersey that he wore that Sunday of Oct. 22, 2000 and the cleats he used to tear up the Paul Brown Stadium grass and the Denver Broncos and 23 seasons in enough chunks that gave him one of the NFL's dearest and oldest records with 278 rushing yards.

Bengals Host The Titans In A Week 8 Showdown
Cleveland's last-minute score dampened what was a stellar offensive day by Cincinnati. QB Joe Burrow passed for 406 yards, the sixth-most ever by an NFL rookie, while tossing three TDs and rushing for another. His day was highlighted by a 10-play, 85-yard drive late in the fourth quarter, which ended with a goahead TD pass on fourth down to HB Giovani Bernard.

Bengals Sign Jalen Davis To Practice Squad
Davis (5-10, 185), a first-year player out of Utah State University, originally was a college free agent signee of the Miami Dolphins in 2018. He then spent 2019 and the beginning of '20 with the Arizona Cardinals. He has played in five career games, and has six tackles, a sack and a forced fumble.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow Nominated For The Pepsi Zero Sugar Rookie of the Week
Burrow completed 35 of 47 passes for 406 yards, three passing touchdowns and one rushing score against the Cleveland Browns. It was Burrow's first 400-yard passing game in the NFL.

Photo Gallery | Bengals vs. Titans/Oilers Through The Years
A look back photos from the Bengals series with the Tennessee Titans and Houston Oilers. The Bengals and Titans (formerly Oilers) have met 75 times, making the Titans the third-most played foe in Bengals history. The Bengals and Titans/Oilers were rivals in the old AFC Central Division, playing twice per year in the regular season from 1970-2001.

Sources -- Cincinnati Bengals tell Carlos Dunlap to stay home amid trade talks
Television cameras captured Dunlap being restrained by Nick Eason, the Bengals' defensive line coach, before the ensuing kickoff. Dunlap also posted a property listing on his social media accounts after the game.

NFL trade deadline: Carlos Dunlap told to stay home as Bengals try to find trade partner, per report - CBSSports.com
Carlos Dunlap might be on the move soon, just as he had hoped. The veteran pass rusher has left nothing to the imagination when it comes to just how disgruntled he is with the Cincinnati Bengals, doing all he can to get traded before the Nov. 3 deadline. He might get his wish, with the Bengals reportedly telling Dunlap to stay away from the team facility as they work to facilitate a trade of some sort -- per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network -- pushing closer an end to his tenure in Cincy.

Hall of Fame Quarterback Continues to Rave About Joe Burrow
"Awesome. Awesome," Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said when asked about Burrow's performance. "You can call any play and trust it's going to be executed. You're going to find explosives on non-explosive calls. He's going to extend plays. He's good with his feet. He makes everybody around him better."

2020 NFL Trade Deadline Tracker: Everson Griffen dealt, Bengals warming to the idea of selling
The 2020 NFL Trade Deadline is approaching on Nov. 3. The league has already seen a few trade offers accepted but more are on the horizon. CBS Sports is tracking all of the news and rumors and providing a one-stop shop for readers. The most recent updates will be located at the top.

NFL moves Bengals-Steelers game in Week 10 to 4:25 p.m. ET
The league announced that the Week 10 game between the Bengals and Steelers will kick off at 4:25 p.m. ET. It was originally scheduled for a 1 p.m. ET kickoff.

Around the league

Kyler Murray, Baker Mayfield among Players of the Week
Baker Mayfield had perhaps his best outing of the season to lead his Cleveland Browns over the Cincinnati Bengals prior to Kyler Murray rallying the Arizona Cardinals past the Seattle Seahawks in a captivating Sunday nighter.

Cowboys inform Dontari Poe, Daryl Worley they'll be released if Dallas can't trade them Wed.
Poe signed a two-year, $9 million contract in Dallas this season as part of an offseason revamp along the line that has utterly failed. Poe has been dreadful this season against both the run and pass. Despite playing 253 snaps -- most of any Cowboys interior defender this season -- the 30-year-old has generated just seven tackles and zero sacks. Pro Football Focus charted Poe with one single hurry in seven games, his only pressure of the season.

Jets DL Quinnen Williams on trade rumors: 'Just don't look at it, just don't read it'
"Honestly, I just don't read it, man," he said. "Just don't look at it, just don't read it. You just don't really listen to it, just don't really pay it any attention, man. Cause like I said, I gotta go out there every single day. I can't control being traded. I can't control being not traded. So it's like, I can't control being cut, released or anything like that. I can control what I can control, and that's going out there every Sunday, every day, during practice, putting my best foot forward, working hard and just trying to be the best player I know I can be and the best player that I am."

Cowboys trade DE Everson Griffen to Lions for conditional sixth-round pick
The Dallas Cowboys have traded the defensive end to the Detroit Lions in exchange for a conditional sixth-round draft pick, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, per sources informed. The team later made the deal official.