UPDATED: Saturday 3:15 p.m. ET A suddenly critical five-day stretch for Zac Taylor begins Sunday in Pittsburgh. The Bengals, following a somewhat fluky escape on opening day and an offensive no-show for three-and-a-half quarters against the Bears, need to show…

CINCINNATI – You can’t blame Joe Mixon if he looks across the field Sunday and sees a football culture that he would one day like to see in Cincinnati. He said as much on Thursday, when speaking of what the…

CINCINNATI – It’s time for Joe Burrow to take over. This is his effing team. This is his effing time. He needs to get that across to everyone in the room as they prepare for playing the team that has…

CHICAGO – The worst thing about a loss like Sunday’s in Chicago are the seeds of doubt that get planted in a young, developing team trying to “change the culture” inside the organization. The Bengals came into the game with…

CHICAGO — Joe Burrow didn’t have enough magic to overcome his disappearing act for most of Sunday’s game. Burrow had the worst game of his career, throwing three fourth-quarter interceptions. His first interception of the day was a pick-6 to…

GAME 2: Sunday, Sept. 19 Bengals at Bears, TV: FOX-19 1 pm. ET. RADIO: WEBN (102.7 FM), ESPN1530 The Bengals showed last Sunday that their defense could quite possibly live up to the potential it demonstrated early in camp when…