Bengals backup QB derby off and running

While the majority of the Cincinnati Bengals were in more of a casual, relaxed mode for the start of OTAs Tuesday at Paul Brown Stadium, the three guys vying to back up Andy Dalton at quarterback are competing hard with each limited snap they get. “Obviously we’re in a competition, ...

• 5:29 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Bengals open OTAs with deep thoughts

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton heard a lot of criticism this offseason, with much of it focused on his deep-ball accuracy. It was, after all, a deep-ball overthrow to A.J. Green in the playoff loss at Houston that cost the Bengals a chance to take the lead late in the ...

• Updated: 5:57 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Kirkpatrick still working his way back from knee injury

Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick, the team’s first-round pick last year, said the injured left knee that forced him to miss most of his rookie season still is not fully healed, but it’s close. “I don’t want to rate it,” Kirkpatrick said when asked how close to 100 percent he ...

• 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Healthy, happy Harrison arrives in Cincinnati

Saying he feels as good as he has since 2008 when he won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award, Cincinnati linebacker James Harrison met with the local media Tuesday in his first press conference since signing with the Bengals on April 23. Dressed in a snug gray t-shirt ...

• 7:24 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Bengals sign two more draft picks, one CFA

The Cincinnati Bengals signed two more draft picks and another college free agent Monday. Fourth-rounder Sean Porter, a 6-foot-1, 230-pound linebacker from Texas A&M, and sixth-round selection Rex Burkhead, a 5-10, 214-pound running back from Nebraska, signed their rookie deals, bringing the number of draft picks under contract to five. ...

• 12:05 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Bengals rookie WR and Trotwood naitive Roy Roundtree talks about minicamp

• 6:22 p.m. Sunday, May 12, 2013

Trotwood’s Roundtree thrilled to be a Bengals longshot

Roy Roundtree’s odds are as long as his smile is broad. The Trotwood-Madison High School and University of Michigan graduate got his first taste of NFL life over the weekend while competing in the Cincinnati Bengals rookie minicamp as one of a dozen undrafted college free agents. And he said ...

• 5:57 p.m. Sunday, May 12, 2013

Eifert gives his mom a special gift

Instead of brunch with their moms this morning, the newest Cincinnati Bengals will be on the field at Paul Brown Stadium wrapping up rookie minicamp. But at least one rookie, first-round pick Tyler Eifert, already gave his mom, Julie, her Mother’s Day gift. And there’s a chance you may have ...

• 12:05 a.m. Sunday, May 12, 2013

Bengals’ McCalebb emerges from broken home with unbroken spirit

When the Cincinnati Bengals signed Onterio McCalebb as an undrafted college free agent, they let him know up front their intent was to switch him from running back to cornerback. The Auburn University product had no problem with thatt because change is something he has been dealing with his whole ...

• 4:33 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013

Bengals sign two draft picks

The Cincinnati Bengals officially announced the signing of two draft picks Friday on the opening day of rookie minicamp. Seventh-rounders Reid Fragel, an offensive tackle from Ohio State, and T.J. Johnson, a center from South Carolina, each signed four-year deals worth a reported $2.2 million over the course of the ...

• 8:59 p.m. Friday, May 10, 2013