The Bengals hit rock bottom in Week 8 in a 39-38 home loss to the New York Jets where the visitors piled up 502 yards of offense, which is more than they had totaled in their past two games COMBINED (302). The performance was so bad that the Cincinnati defense called a players only meeting one day later .

After the Cincinnati Bengals picked McKinnley Jackson in the third round of the 2024 NFL Draft, the defensive tackle did not take much time to become a crucial part of the Bengals’ roster. In his rookie season,

The Cincinnati Bengals defense ranks 30th in the NFL in points allowed per drive. After a tough 39-38 loss to the New York Jets, the defense held a players-only meeting on Monday.

A week removed from a shockingly poor effort during the upset loss at the hands of the New York Jets, Bengals defenders were greeted at practice with basic tackling drills. From Charlie Goldsmith of Fox 19: “The Bengals are doing a pre practice tackling circuit. As players walk on, a coach says, ‘find somewhere to tackle.’”

Joe Flacco has been with the Bengals just three weeks and already is encroaching on one of Joe Burrow's more impressive franchise records.

Per ESPN's Ben Baby, defensive tackle McKinnley Jackson requested a trade or release from the team. He's the third member of the defense to request a trade ahead of next week's NFL deadline. Jackson,