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Offering passionate, insightful and compelling discussion of the Cincinnati Bengals and hosted by Cincinnati's own Mike Petraglia. Trags, a working member of the Pro Football Writers of America, brings his 27 years of covering the New England Patriots to his hometown NFL franchise and welcomes weekly guests to his podcast who are experts on all things Bengals and the NFL.
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CINCINNATI -- With such a need to improve the linebacker room, why haven't the Bengals gone out in free agency and helped out Barrett Carter and Demetrius Knight Jr.? Why haven't Bengals restructured Joe Burrow's contract? Speaking of Burrow, what in the world was he doing playing in a flag football game and getting tackled? All this and much more on the latest episode of the Jungle Roar Pod with Trags and Skinny.
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CINCINNATI -- It's been a busy week for the Bengals in free agency. But have they made enough moves to substantially improve their defense? How have they managed the cap since signing Bryan Cook, Boye Mafe and Jonathan Allen and re-signing Orlando Brown Jr.? Skinny joins Trags to break down the first week into free agency and grade them on the overall process.
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CINCINNATI -- NFL free agency officially opens Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET but teams can begin talking dollars and terms this week with free agents. What will the Bengals do to address their many needs on defense and how many deals will get done? How will Bengals react to the Ravens trading away a pair of first-round picks for star edge rusher Maxx Crosby? Richard Skinner of Local 12 joins Trags to discuss.
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CINCINNATI -- The Bengals and 31 other NFL teams left Indianapolis with presumably a better idea of what they'll be doing in late April when they draft the best available college talent. The Bengals pick at No. 10 and there's likely to be a crop of first-rate talent available there. Which direction will they go? Will star safety Caleb Downs be there? Will David Bailey? What about Sonny Styles and could they go off the reservation and draft running back Jeremiyah Love out of Notre Dame? Former NFL linebacker and Cincinnati talk show host Rocky Boiman joins Trags to discuss.
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CINCINNATI -- The Kansas City Chiefs just re-worked their massive contract with Patrick Mahomes to free up about $60 million in cap space to address their needs in free agency. Could and should the Bengals do the same with Joe Burrow to maximize their spending power on defense in Burrow/Chase/Higgins window? What are the biggest targets and storylines for the Bengals as the NFL Combine opens Tuesday in Indianapolis? Richard Skinner of Local 12 in Cincinnati joins Trags to discuss.
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CINCINNATI -- Ken Anderson continues to be snubbed by the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Why is it so hard to understand that he belongs in Canton? Also, the Bengals have a decision to make, spend a lot on one or two impact free agents or spread out the budget and really re-build the defense. Richard Skinner of Local 12 joins Trags to fully break down the options and which ones seem the most appealing.
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CINCINNATI -- The final football game of the season was played Sunday in the Bay Area and the Seattle Seahawks made it a resounding second Super Bowl title with a 29-13 win over the New England Patriots. What are the biggest takeaways from the game for the Bengals, what should the Bengals do about Trey Hendrickson? Which players from the Super Bowl could end up on the Bengals in free agency? What to make of the Joe Burrow trade non-sense? Where do the Bengals need to focus their defensive re-build efforts. Richard Skinner of Local12 joins Trags to discuss it all.
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CINCINNATI -- Joe Burrow has been selected as a back-up to the AFC Pro Bowl squad Tuesday night in San Francisco, giving the Bengals four Pro Bowl players, two quarterbacks and two receivers. DJ Turner somehow got left out. Which Super Bowl team should the Bengals follow when rebuilding this offseason? Trags is joined by James Rapien of BengalsTalk.com and SI.com to discuss.
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CINCINNATI -- The Super Bowl LX matchup is set for Santa Clara and it's a rematch of Super Bowl XLIX 11 years ago as the New England Patriots play in the big game for a record-12th time while Seattle is appearing in its fourth. In the last game, Malcolm Butler intercepted Russell Wilson in the closing moments to help seal Tom Brady's fourth Super Bowl title. What can the Bengals take from the way the two teams are built? Looking ahead three months, what should the Bengals be targeting at No. 10 in the draft? Trags and Skinny are back to discuss it all.
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CINCINNATI -- What are the lessons to be learned for the Bengals from the Patriots' run to the AFC Championship? What are the biggest takeaways from the Sean McDermott firing in Buffalo and what does it mean for Josh Allen? Where should the Bengals be focused on come the draft in April? Trags discusses all of it and much more with Alex Barth, Patriots reporter from 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston.
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CINCINNATI -- Bengals director of player personnel Duke Tobin spent 63 minutes Friday answering questions from reporters about the failures of the 2025 Bengals and why he believes he, his staff and Zac Taylor deserve another chance to turn it around in 2026. Trags and Skinny break down all the major takeaways from Friday's unusual presser.
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CINCINNATI -- The Bengals outplayed their in-state rivals for most of the game but two defensive touchdowns by Cleveland and a last-second 49-yard field goal by Andre Szmyt spelled doom for the Bengals in a 20-18 Cleveland win Sunday at Paycor Stadium. Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase has pointed comments postgame about what should be next in the offseason for the Bengals, which starts Monday with exit interviews. Will it matter in Cincinnati in 2026? Trags and Skinny with the post-mortem.
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CINCINNATI -- For the second straight week, the Bengals raced out to a huge lead and gave their franchise quarterback Joe Burrow the fourth quarter off to relax in a 37-14 win over the Arizona Cardinals Sunday at Paycor Stadium. Ja'Marr Chase got back in the touchdown column with two scores while Burrow had another 300-yard game, his 28th, matching Andy Dalton for the most in Bengals history. Offensive lineman Cody Ford stole the show on his 29th birthday by catching a pass for 21 yards in the romp. Trags and Skinny break down the highlights.
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Everything that could go right went right in the third quarter Sunday and the Bengals took full advantage scoring 21 points in the third quarter and racing away to a 45-21 rout of the Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. Joe Burrow threw four touchdowns without an interception while Chase Brown caught a pair of touchdowns and ran for another in a 28-point second-half explosion one week after being shut out. The Bengals forced three turnovers in the third quarter to lead the way in the romp. Trags and Skinny break it all down as the Bengals improve to 5-10 on the season.
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CINCINNATI -- Joe Burrow had the worst day of his career and was shutout out for the first time in his time with the Bengals as the Ravens put the Bengals out of their misery with a 24-0 loss at a snow-covered Paycor Stadium. Burrow threw another pick-6 and Lamar Jackson threw a pair of touchdown passes to lead the Ravens to victory. Skinny and Trags break it all down on yet another day of misery for the Bengals and their fan base.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Christian Benford returned a Joe Burrow interception 63 yards for a touchdown and Josh Allen ran for a 40-yard score as the Buffalo Bills wiped out a 28-18 fourth-quarter deficit and beat the Bengals, 39-34, Sunday at Highmark Stadium. The Bengals fall to 4-9 and three games behind the Steelers in the AFC North.
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BALTIMORE -- Joe Burrow returned after missing nine games and tossed two touchdowns to lead the Bengals past the Baltimore Ravens, 32-14, on Thanksgiving night in Baltimore. The defense forced five Ravens turnovers and Evan McPherson converted all six field goal attempts to help the Bengals snap a four-game losing streak and improve to 4-8 on the season and 3-1 in the AFC North. Trags and Skinny break down the win and what it could mean going forward.
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CINCINNATI - The Bengals lost its fourth straight Sunday 26-20 to the Patriots on Sunday at Paycor Stadium. Mike Petraglia and Richard Skinner break down another heartbreaker that Joe Flacco suffered through Sunday and look ahead to Thursday's game in Baltimore.
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PITTSBURGH -- The Bengals saw any realistic chance of competing for the AFC North come to an end Sunday with an ugly 34-12 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium. The game was ugly in many facets, the Steelers had two defensive scores, Joe Flacco came back to earth and Ja'Marr Chase and Jalen Ramsey got into it, with Ramsey getting ejected for grabbing Chase's facemask and video emerging postgame that Chase spit in the face of Ramsey to spark the brawl. The Bengals looked undisciplined and unprepared again in falling to 3-7 on the season.
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CINCINNATI -- Joe Burrow has returned to Bengals practice after missing the last seven weeks due to surgery on his left big toe to repair a grade 3 strain of turf toe. Will Burrow be back this season? Should he return this season? Could the Bengals salvage their season with wins over the Steelers, Patriots and Ravens in the next three weeks? Trags breaks it all down with Charlie Clifford of WLWT Channel 5 in Cincinnati.
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