4 HRS AGO - Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports Ross hasn’t exactly panned out like most had hoped for, but there are reasons to believe Ross can turn things around in 2019. John Ross is as polarizing of a figure among Bengals fans as any. Ross was selected with the ninth overall pick in the 2017 NFL draft, but he’s come nowhere near the expectations that come with being a top-10 pick. There are many reasons to believe that Ross can turn it all around this season, but there is no question that time is running out in Cincinnati for the young receiver. This season will go a long way in deciding which way his career in Cincinnati will go. John Ross Height: 5’11” Weight: 190 Age: 23 College: Washington Hometown: Long Beach, CA Experience: Entering his third season Cap Status Ross is entering the third year of his rookie contract, and has a base salary of just over $2 million for the season, according to Spotrac. Ross will carry a $4.66 million cap hit for the 2019 season. The real question will come Collapse

11 HRS AGO - The Bengals’ starters and many regulars are done until the Sept. 8 opener in Seattle after Thursday night’s 25-23 loss to the Giants at Paul Brown Stadium. Here’s what we saw: Collapse

14 HRS AGO - Bob Meyer-USA TODAY Sports Even though it was a Bengals loss, the team looked much-improved in the most important summer exhibition this past Thursday night. The Bengals made great strides of improvement this Thursday against the Giants, prompting increased optimism from that of the results of the first two contests. It didn’t lead to a win, but there were positive takeaways. Unfortunately, there were some areas of concern that are stuck on repeat as well. Here are the best and worst from the Bengals’ 23-25 loss to the Giants in Week 3 of the preseason. The good Competitions brewing and bringing positive results: If you had watched the Bengals’ telecast of the game against the Giants, you would have heard an interesting tidbit from Solomon Wilcots on the sideline (good to have him back on T.V., by the way). Wilcots talked about how competition brings out the best in a team and that may be the current situation occurring in Taylor’s locker room. There are a few examples in Collapse

1 DAY AGO - In the latest Bengals Booth Podcast, broadcasters Dan Hoard and Dave Lapham recap the third preseason game against the New York Giants with highlights, interviews and analysis. Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images We got another phenom running back on our hands. 350 days ago, Oklahoma hosted UCLA in a Week 2 non-conference matchup. Running back Rodney Anderson was coming off a 100-yard, two-touchdown game the week earlier against Florida Atlantic. He carried the ball five times in that game. Anderson had just six carries against UCLA, but he would’ve had more had his right ACL not tear mid-game. This wasn’t supposed to happen again. Anderson missed nearly all of his freshman season with a broken leg and then missed all of his sophomore season with a broken bone in his neck. Two years went by before the four-star tailback actually got a chance to pop off at the collegiate level, and he sure as Hell did. Anderson’s 2017 season resulted in 1,161 yards, 13 touchdowns, and a massive amount of momentum entering 2018. The UCLA game was the final straw for Anderson and ended up being his last game in a Sooners uniform. With first-round talent and an injury history Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images The Bengals could be gaining some property near Paul Brown Stadium. Giants Catch Bengals After No. 1 Offense TD TuneupThe Bengals first offense tuned for the Sept. 8 opener in Seattle with a touchdown drive that sent quarterback Andy Dalton into the pre-season sunset on a 70 percent night (seven of 10) Thursday night at Paul Brown Stadium. Good, bad and ugly after Bengals fall short vs. Giants in preseasonHere's a look at the good and bad from the Week 3 preseason matchup. Zac Taylor: 5 things to know about Cincinnati Bengals head coachZac Taylor starts his first season with the Cincinnati Bengals as their head coach this year. He is the 10th coach in franchise history. Mayor: How much is county spending on Hilltop land for Bengals?How much will Hamilton County spend to buy a riverfront concrete facility to provide new parking and a possible indoor practice facility for the Cincinnati Bengals? Around the NFL Raiders, Packers play preseason game on Collapse

1 DAY AGO - The knee-jerk reaction from the Bengals’ 25-23 pre-season loss to the Giants at Paul Brown Stadium Thursday night is that their most scrutinized ACL surgeries have to be pronounced a success after pass rusher Carl Lawson operated on Giants No. 1 left tackle Nate Solder and rooking running back Rodney Anderson left the Giants middle in stitches on four catches for 51 yards during their season debuts. Collapse

1 DAY AGO - The Bengals first offense tuned for the Sept. 8 opener in Seattle with a touchdown drive that sent quarterback Andy Dalton into the pre-season sunset on a 70 percent night (seven of 10) Thursday night at Paul Brown Stadium. Then they stepped aside and watched rookie quarterback Jake Dolegala almost engineer a fourth-quarter comeback, but the Giants forced an incompletion on a tying two-point play to seal a 25-23 win. Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports Not literally, but it probably felt like it. For a guy that tore his ACL less than a year ago, Carl Lawson doesn’t look like he’s missed a beat. The third-year pass rusher out of Auburn looked great in training camp, as though the injury never even happened. But to this point, we hadn’t gotten to see Lawson in live game action, as the Bengals have been very careful in acclimating their young stud back into the defense. On Thursday, the Bengals unleashed Lawson on the Giants, and he’s made the most of it. That was highlighted by a second quarter sack of Daniel Jones in which Lawson blew past Pro Bowl tackle Nate Solder to blow up the rookie quarterback. So...Carl Lawson is back (That’s against Nate Solder). pic.twitter.com/xuR6Lirj7z— Anthony Cosenza (@CJAnthonyCUI) August 23, 2019 That was just one of several plays in which Lawson made Solder look like Bobby Hart look like a typical Giants lineman. If he can keep this up in the regular season, Collapse