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At the time, the last day of the 2017 Draft, Houston safety Brandon Wilson became just the fourth player ever to be selected by the Bengals after they traded up to get him. They merely moved from the seventh round to the sixth but on Sunday during the Bengals’ 23-17 loss to the Ravens, Wilson showed why Bengals special teams coordinator Darrin Simmons coveted his speed and play-making ability when he did everything possible to turn the tide. 

Wilson, who will be a third-year player in 2019, joined the Bengals as a sixth-round draft pick in 2017.

Robert Livingston, the secondary coach in charge of the safeties, is in the process of emphasizing the Bengals’ point of emphasis under new defensive coordinator Teryl Austin. Turnovers. Livingston goes one better and punches it up on his rolling vista of a computer screen.

Meet the 11 players selected by the team in the draft.

George Iloka and Joe Mixon talk the new helmet rule ... Mixon has high praise for his old QB ... Cordy Glenn says he could "go on and on about Preston Brown," and does.

The Bengals' plan is to line up three formidable cornerbacks. Will Jackson is on the verge of stardom, Dre Kirkpatrick is healthy and don't forget how quietly well Darqueze Dennard played last season.

More than veterans like 49ers safety Eric Reid are touring Paul Brown Stadium these days. ‘Tis the season of the kids and the Bengals have until April 18 to interview and examine 30 prospective rookies in their building. And they all didn't go to the scouting combine, like last year's sixth-rounder Jordan Evans.

Is wide receiver John Ross this year's William Jackson, the cornerback that had a break-out sophomore season last year?

We're trying to make the first trade in Bengals.com Media Mock Draft history. The key guy looks to be UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen and one of the guys on the board is Florida State safety Derwin James.

For the second straight draft the Bengals received the maximum four compensatory picks but this time got a third-rounder Friday when the NFL revealed the results of its byzantine free-agent formula.

Darrin Simmons helped Marvin Lewis change the Bengals' culture from the Paul Brown Stadium Spa and Health Club to an AFC North factory. But he's only looking at the first kick in Sunday's game (4:25 p.m.-Cincinnati's Channel 12) and not the murky future.

Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis is poised to show old Pitt coaching buddy John Fox, head coach of the struggling Bears (3-9), the best of his skills when the two meet Sunday (1 p.m.-Cincinnati’s Channel 19) at Paul Brown Stadium. Lewis is a master motivator known for getting his teams ready to play no matter the obstacles and the Bengals.Com Media Roundtable points them out.

NASHVILLE - Facing a third-and-seven for a touchdown and the Bengals trying to hold the Titans to a game-tying field goal, Titans running back DeMarco Murray caught a check-down pass from quarterback Marcus Mariota on the 2 and he powered past cornerback Darqueze Dennard, safety Clayton Fejedelem, and got the ball underneath linebacker Vincent Rey for a touchdown with 36 seconds left that gave Tennessee a 24-20 victory.

That sound is Bengaldom exhaling with initial reports that wide receiver John Ross’ right knee injury that he suffered in Thursday’s pre-season finale isn’t serious. So it looks like seven wide receivers still have a chance to make Saturday's cut to 53. One last look at the roster.

The Bengals today acquired a seventh-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft in a trade with the New England Patriots for LB Marquis Flowers.

LANDOVER, Md. -Head coach Marvin Lewis couldn’t have scripted the Bengals’ dress rehearsal anybody better in the first 18 minutes of Sunday’s third pre-season game when the first offense got its first touchdown of the preseason on an 87-yard drive the first time they got the ball and Bengals defensive coordinator Paul Guenther threw old friend Jay Gruden a bevy of looks on third down before a getting a 62-yard interception return from WILL linebacker Vontaze Burfict during a 23-17 loss to Washington.