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| Rank | Player | Last Week | Change | Notes |
| 1 |
A.J. Green |
1 |
-- |
A.J. Green is officially a unicorn. He's rare, majestic, and you'll never see one like him in Bengals stripes again. Enjoy. |
| 2 |
Geno Atkins |
3 |
+1 |
Geno Atkins had one of the best games of any player in the NFL last week. He'd be the top player on many team's rankings. |
| 3 |
Andy Dalton |
2 |
-1 |
Dalton and Atkins will probably flip-flop all season for the 2nd spot. This week, Dalton was very good down field and that's very promising in his development. |
| 4 |
Andrew Whitworth |
4 |
-- |
Whitworth has been good, but he's not dominating in the running game. He's in danger of dropping a few spots. |
| 5 |
Andre Smith |
6 |
+1 |
Andre Smith is a complete player now. He's one of the best right tackles in the NFL now. |
| 6 |
Carlos Dunlap |
5 |
-1 |
Dunlap didn't deserve to drop in rankings but when you only play 25 defensive snaps, it's hard to say that he made a huge impact on last week's game. |
| 7 |
Reggie Nelson |
7 |
-- |
Nelson had his best game of the season against his former team. Having Crocker on the field helped Nelson get back to last season's form. |
| 8 |
Mike Nugent |
8 |
-- |
Expect Nugent to make every kick he attempts. He's been great. |
| 9 |
Jermaine Gresham |
9 |
-- |
Two solid games in a row for Gresham. He's showing up as the 2nd option in the passing offense like the Bengals need him to be. |
| 10 |
Andrew Hawkins |
10 |
-- |
Andrew Hawkins makes one big play each week and this week he took a short 3rd down pass and turned it into a chunk play. He can do that regularly. |
| 11 |
Adam Jones |
16 |
+5 |
Adam Jones has only allowed 6 receptions this season. Not bad at all. He's playing very well at this point. |
| 12 |
Leon Hall |
11 |
-1 |
Hall has missed his 2nd straight week with a calf injury. The defense didn't need him last week but eventually they'll need somebody to play inside in nickel defense. |
| 13 |
Michael Johnson |
13 |
-- |
Johnson disappeared in the running game but picked up 5 pressures on Blaine Gabbert; two lead directly to sacks for Atkins. |
| 14 |
Domata Peko |
14 |
-- |
Peko finally made a play when he sacked Gabbert on the first play of the game. After that, he was pretty much just-there in his 29 snaps. |
| 15 |
Kevin Zeitler |
19 |
+4 |
Zeitler has greatly improved as a pass blocker since his Wisconsin days. Once he gets back to his power run blocking form, he'll be great. He's on his way. |
| 16 |
Clint Boling |
15 |
-1 |
Boling isn't a power player, but he's been precise in his blocking assignments; especially when pulling and getting top the 2nd level. |
| 17 |
Manny Lawson |
18 |
+1 |
Lawson has made a couple plays in each of the last couple weeks and that's been my biggest gripe with him. He's usually forgettable. He's the best LB on the team... for now. |
| 18 |
Benjarvus Green-Ellis |
12 |
-6 |
"The Law Firm" is lucky he's still on this list. He's been slow to the hole, won't run outside and hasn't broken a tackle since week one. Oh, and he's fumbled three times in two weeks! |
| 19 |
Nate Clements |
17 |
-2 |
Clements didn't play this week and Chris Crocker kind of took his place as the CB/S hybrid player. I almost put Terrance Newman in this place. |
| 20 |
Vontaze Burfict |
NR |
-- |
Like all rookies will, Burfict enters this list at number 20 after a very impressive game in Jacksonville. He's improving every single week. |
Just Missed the Cut: Terrance Newman, Jeff Faine, Armon Binns, Taylor Mays, Rey Maualuga.