We may never know for sure why three-time national champion and 2013 Heisman Trophy runner-up AJ McCarron dropped all the way to the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft, especially in this day and age in which quarterbacks are more valuable than ever. Maybe it was his personality. Maybe he really did rub teams the wrong way. But if that’s the case, maybe it bodes well for McCarron’s chances of going...
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Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images North America John Miceli (@JohnMiceli15) The Bengals selected Jeremy Hill with their second round pick in this year’s draft. Last year, they selected Giovani Bernard as their man to catch balls out of the backfield and to change the pace. Their primary running back was Benjarvus Green-Ellis, as he was more likely to run the ball especially in situations where Andy Dalton...
A.J. McCarron claimed before the 2014 NFL Draft that he was told he would be a first round pick. That didn’t happen. He fell to the fifth round and the Cincinnati Bengals scooped him up to be Andy Dalton’s backup. In the days following the draft, several teams let it be known that McCarron’s interviews turned them off. McCarron now says he is “hurt” by those comments. On Saturday reports surfaced that...
getty images Josh Johnson did not spend long on the street. The Cincinnati Bengals cut Johnson on Tuesday but he has now signed on with the San Francisco 49ers. Positioned as No. 2 on the depth chart behind Andy Dalton, Johnson never attempted a pass last season. If the 49ers are fortunate that statistic will remain the same for the 2014 season. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Johnson with the No....
Dre Kirkpatrick welcomes another young cornerback into his neck of The Jungle. Everyone just assumed Dre Kirkpatrick felt the heat shield slipping off on Thursday night when Michigan State corn......
Wallace Gilberry is helping show A.J. McCarron the ropes You remember that BCS title game a few years ago. Alabama had a 42-14 lead and there were just seven minutes left and there was quarterba......
In certain professional sports organizations, specific people have insider knowledge that many other beat writers and members of the media aren't privy to obtaining. Former Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman and current radio color analyst Dave Lapham appears to be that guy. With some very specific examples over the past few years, it is becoming more and more apparent that the Bengals trust "Lap"...
You read that title correctly. Former Penn State Nittany Lion, Aaron Maybin announced Tuesday that he has retired from football. The retirement was announced by Maybin’s new team the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL. #Argos also announce that DL Aaron Maybin has retired. #CFL — Toronto Argonauts (@TorontoArgos) May 13, 2014 Maybin’s career in the NFL was not a successful one as he was the eleventh overall...
getty images The Cincinnati Bengals have released quarterback Josh Johnson. Johnson, a six-year veteran, was the No. 2 quarterback for the Bengals a season ago but was not long for the roster this year after the team added free agent Jason Campbell and drafted A.J. McCarron. Johnson will now hit the market approaching 28-years-old hoping to find a job as a No. 3. In his career Johnson has attempted...
The offseason is all but over – not in terms of duration, unfortunately, but based on the moves teams are going to make in order to improve their roster. They’ve made cuts. They’ve signed free agents. And now, they’ve drafted their class of 2014. Other than a few minor tweaks and cutting down rosters, each NFL franchise has what it is going to have heading into the upcoming season. Thus, it’s a good...
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North Carolina center Russell Bodine made his mark at the NFL scouting combine in the weight room. Now that Russell Bodine has rounded out the trivia trinity of Ki-Jana Carter and Matt Schobel (n......
All AJ McCarron did at Alabama was win football games, but that wasn’t enough to make him one of the better pro prospects in a loaded 2014 draft class. McCarron fell further than some expected and was eventually scooped up by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fifth round. Would he have gone higher if he […]...
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Texas guard Trey Hopkins was literally one of the big gets (6-3, 307) for the Bengals in college free agency. In the wake of Saturday’s drafting of Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron, the Bengals s......
When it comes to the Bengals class of undrafted rookies, the highest-paid is Texas guard Trey Hopkins, the most compelling is the switch to fullback from nose tackle by Wake Forest’s Nikita Whitloc......
Since the completion of the 2014 NFL Draft, many sports news outlets have slated the Cincinnati Bengals as one of the biggest winners of the draft. The organization made all of the right moves. If you take a look at what the team’s officials have done since the beginning of the offseason, it is clear there has been a plan in place, and they have remained consistent with those plans. In free agency...
Seven rounds and 256 players later, the 2014 NFL Draft is finally complete. As the dust settles, it’s time to assess how each team fared during the league’s annual selection meeting. Some went all in, seemingly mortgaging their future for the player they wanted this year (see Buffalo). Others were able to wheel and deal their way to multiple high-profile picks (see St. Louis and Cleveland). While a...