There’s no dodging the expectations in 2025. Cincinnati can’t fumble another season of Burrow’s prime. It’s playoffs (and more) or bust for the Bengals, who are once again poised to boast an elite offense while hanging on for dear life with just enough defense.

Bengals head coach Zac Taylor started doing something new this year for his players that fourth-round rookie Barrett Carter likened to things he saw at Clemson under Dabo Swinney.  According to Geoff Hobson of Bengals.

The Cincinnati Bengals and Joe Burrow are looking to bounce back from their disappointing 2024 season with a much stronger 2025 campaign. Burrow and company finished last season with a 9-8 record, narrowly missing out on a spot in the playoffs.

The Bengals are playing games with their first-round pick Shemar Stewart so analysts are projecting trades for him and one included the Bucs.

The Bengals can trade Stewart as an unsigned draft pick before the cutoff, which takes place 30 days before the start of the regular season. That would be the first week of August. So that's the gateway to the question: should the Rams make a move for Stewart? Let's make the argument for yes.

Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor might be on the hot seat in 2025, sure. But what about a former understudy such as Brian Callahan?

The implementation of a rookie wage scale in 2011 has largely ended contract holdouts of draft picks, with a couple of exceptions.

CINCINNATI — Is Zac Taylor on the coaching hot seat entering the 2025 season? Pro Football Focus writer Bradley Locker thinks so after including him among 10 coaches facing the neat this fall. Taylor has coached the Bengals since 2019.