Bengals camp notebook: Joe Burrow and how the defense played during the team's scrimmage.
In the Bengals' final scrimmage of the pandemic preseason Sunday night at Paul Brown Stadium, it turned out to be a practice not to take the officials for granted. Get about 70 mega-competitive guys, 35 to a side maybe, and no official officials and, well, at times the thing turned into a pick-up game at the Y.
Cincinnati Bengals fans can purchase cardboard cutouts for the home opener, all net proceeds to benefit community partners
All net proceeds from the sales will benefit six of the Bengals' longstanding community partners: The Boys & Girls Club, Freestore Foodbank, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Salvation Army, TriHealth's Good Samaritan Foundation and United Way of Greater Cincinnati. Fans can choose where their donation goes. Those watching on TV will also see these partners' logos featured on the seat coverings in the first seven rows of Paul Brown Stadium.
Both offense and defense show progress during the Bengals intrasquad scrimmage
The storybook kid is saving it for the real thing, which would be just like him. But even though a first-down touchdown was dropped three plays earlier, Burrow was still flogging himself for not picking up defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo's blitz on the last snap that forced him to unload it to rookie running back Jacques Patrick five yards shy.
Reaction after Bengals name Joe Burrow Week 1 starter
One of the worst kept secrets in the NFL is officially out the bag. Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor named No. 1 overall pick Joe Burrow his team's starting quarterback on Sunday following a scrimmage, continuing to rave over the rookie's ability and what he means to a franchise hoping to embark on a new era of success.
Cincinnati Bengals stock report after Sunday’s scrimmage
It was an up-and-down affair for Joe Burrow as he battled a strong defense and his targets struggled with drops. Here’s a brief stock review coming out of the event, with notably more winners than losers from the positive event.
He's what we expected – Burrow backed to shine as Bengals' starting QB
In truth, there was little doubt Burrow would take the role for the Bengals once they moved on from veteran Andy Dalton during the offseason, but Taylor has been encouraged by what he has seen from the first overall pick.
Alex Redmond passes physical, expected to practice this week
Redmond signed his one-year franchise tender with the team in April. He should be able to practice with the team in some capacity this week. He's appeared in 23 games (17 starts) for the Bengals over the past three seasons.
Bengals 53-player roster projection after dust from scrimmages settles
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Here is the projected 53-man Bengals roster following the second of the team's two intrasquad scrimmage games on Sunday before it's finalized on Sept. 5 and reasoning why (click here for the pre-camp roster projection from July 28):
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Patriots QB Cam Newton excused from practice
"I can see why he had the kind of success he had at Auburn and Carolina," Belichick said. "Talking to people who were with him there, the things they said about him at Auburn and at Carolina from a decade ago or 2-3 years ago or even last year, it's all the same, and it showed up here: He's an extremely hard worker. Nobody works harder than Cam does. He's here early, he stays late and he works very hard. Some players like to work on things they're good at, like if you're strong on the bench press you just throw more weight on the bench. But Cam works on things he's not at good at and tries to improve on a daily basis and that's something I really respect about him."