The Cincinnati Bengals got some disappointing injury news just hours before their first game of the season. The Bengals start their season on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Cincinnati Bengals are set to kick off their season against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tampa Bay won’t be an easy opponent, especially with an offense led by Baker Mayfield, Chris Godwin, and Emeka Egbuka.
The Cincinnati Bengals are getting ready to enter the 2026 season with a revamped defense, and they were hoping to start the season off fast with the unit at full strength to see the impact the group would have.
How many of the NFL quarterbacks in the Super Bowl era (since 1966) to throw multiple touchdowns in a game after turning 38 can you name in seven minutes?
ESPN's Jeremy Fowler joined the First Word With James Rapien crew this morning and touched on contract extension probabilities for a few of Cincinnati's candidates with just four days left in the offseason.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
DJ Turner II is excited to see what the Cincinnati Bengals' defense can do this season. He also knows that confidence will only go so far once the games begin.
The price for star cornerbacks keeps going up, as it appears the Bengals seem set to let their star CBs play out the final years of their contracts. Multiple reports Tuesday noted that the Patriots and Christian Gonzalez struck a historic deal to make the stopper the top-paid CB in the game.
DJ Turner and the Bengals still haven’t worked out a new contract. Both sides seemed close to an extension back in Junebut in the end, they couldn’t agree on terms.
Bengals cornerback DJ Turner appeared to be nearing an extension in late June, but he is still without a new deal two-plus months later. Now eight days away from starting their season, the Bengals and Turner are not close to an agreement, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports.
DJ Turner continues to handle his lingering contract situation with grace. The Bengals' top cornerback and arguably best secondary member discussed the report from ESPN's Jeremy Fowler that there is "virtually no chance" Cincinnati inks him to a new deal entering the final season of his rookie contract.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, there’s virtually no chance the Bengals and CB DJ Turner agree on a long-term extension before Week 1. He adds the
DJ Turner has turned into one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL, and now, as he enters his contract season with the Cincinnati Bengals, he has a clear pathway to further build on his case as the best cornerback. Turner has the luxury of getting to go against the best wide receiver in the NFL in Ja’Marr Chase, in practice.
Cincinnati Bengals superstar Ja’Marr Chase went down on a deep ball on Tuesday. Joe Burrow threw it. DJ Turner covered him. Chase landed awkwardly on his left knee and limped off.
The Pro Football Focus team dropped its 2026 secondary positional rankings recently, and two Bengals cracked the top 32 at their respective spots. One is a homegrown pick in DJ Turner II, and the other is a brand-new Bengals player but a Cincinnati native in Bryan Cook.
It took three years, but DJ Turner II is now looked as a leader in the Cincinnati Bengals’ secondary. He’s the No. 1 cornerback on the depth chart, as he was for most of last year, and has been going up against Ja’Marr Chase throughout training camp.
In 2025, DJ Turner established himself as one of the best defensive backs in the NFL. His reward for that season will now come in the form of an even larger test in 2026.
Joe Burrow did not need long to establish his expectations for the Cincinnati Bengals this summer.
The Cincinnati Bengals opened training camp on Wednesday, July 29, looking to establish a new identity. CornerbackDJ Turner made it clear that the team is ready to stop discussing the identity of the defense from last season.
Cornerback DJ Turner II is the Cincinnati Bengals’ logical top priority for a contract extension before the 2026 regular season begins. The 25-year-old is coming off the best season of his career, and ESPN NFL analyst Benjamin Solak projects Turner will command top-10 cornerback money on his upcoming deal.
In 2025, the Cincinnati Bengalsranked 30th in Defensive DVOA — only the New York Jets and the Dallas Cowboys were less effective in FTN's opponent-adjusted efficiency rankings.
DJ Turner is, like fellow Bengals cornerback Dax Hill, in line for an extension. He and the team are in discussions on a new deal, and it appears progress has recently been made.
The Bengals are reportedly prioritizing new deals for cornerbacks DJ Turner and Dax Hill . In a piece focusing primarily on Turner, Jay Morrison of SI.com says the contract-year defender is optimistic he will have an extension in place before the start of the regular season.
The Bengals recently took care of one notable extension priority by finalizing a new deal with left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. Attention is expected to now turn to the secondary.
In a season where the Cincinnati Bengals have a historically woeful defense in which player selection, ability, and desire to tackle are in question, cornerback
Two rookies from the Bengals' 2023 NFL Draft class have earned first-team reps but they may not be who you think.
The Cincinnati Bengals have been drafting on the defensive side of the ball in Kansas City, a sign of just how confidence they are in their Joe Burrow-led offense.
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