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Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Carl Lawson sacks Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr.

Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Carl Lawson sacks Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson.

DE Carl Lawson meets with the media after seeing the field for the first time in the 2019 preseason.

DE Carl Lawson talks with Bengals.com following training camp practice on his return from last years injury.

Bengals defensive end Carl Lawson joins "Good Morning Football" to talk about his rehab this offseason, new head coach Zac Taylor, 2019 expectations and more.

Bengals defensive end Carl Lawson talks about his rehab from an ACL injury and the excitement surrounding the first voluntary minicamp under coach Zac Taylor.

DE Carl Lawson shares his reaction to the hiring of new head coach Zac Taylor.

Bengals DE Carl Lawson is on the clock in this week's edition of Bengals Weekly, presented by Fifth Third Bank.

DE Carl Lawson speaks with the media after suffering a season ending injury against Tampa Bay.

Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Carl Lawson takes down Lions QB Matt Stafford to dash their last chance hopes on 4th down.

Cincinnati Bengals linebackers Vontaze Burfict and Carl Lawson take down Denver Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler for a loss of 12 yards.

Carl Lawson speaks in the locker room after the the Bengals road game against the Titans.

The young talent from this year's Draft are making plays.

LB Carl Lawson speaks in the locker room following his 2.5 sack effort against the Green Bay Packers.

Bengals.com speaks with fourth-round pick, LB Carl Lawson, shortly after he signed his first NFL contract.

Carl Lawson is one of the many guys happy to see voluble and valued veteran left end Carlo Dunlap surface for this week's mandatory minicamp. Lawson, who usually sets up at right end on passing downs, nearly broke Dunlap's rookie sack record last season and he likes the competition. And on Tuesday he offered a challenge to a guy he calls "like an older brother to me."

Carlos Dunlap, the second most prolific sacker in Bengals history, showed up at Paul Brown Stadium for the first time this spring in time for Wednesday's voluntary practice. But he's taking a backseat to no one in his pledge to lead an emerging pass rush in sacks this season.

Tough sledding for rookies like cornerback Davontae Harris (35) when it comes to a deep defensive depth chart, but like many of the draft picks he can make the club in the kicking game and play a lot on special teams.

With the first of three rookie minicamp practices set for Friday afternoon, the Bengals announced the signing of 10 undrafted free agents. South Florida quarterback Quinton Flowers made the switch to running back and Ohio State linebacker Chris Worley (above) joined fellow Buckeye rookies Billy Price and Sam Hubbard.

Bengaldom hopes their team walked the line well in last week's NFL Draft. They went offensive line in the first round and then in the last round. Mississippi's Rod Taylor waited a long time to get picked, but he may have enough versatility to stay around longer than that.

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

It has kind of a whiff of 2012. The Bengals would love that, if this weekend's draft turned out like that one since it yielded six starters or regulars and doubled the standard of three for each draft. It was a big lift for the 2011 team's surprising play-off appearance and helped set the table for those five straight post-season runs. Like the '12 draft, this one was defined by trades.

Draft Day Memories presented by Ohio Lottery.

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.

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

ORLANDO, Fla. - All signs continue to point to the Bengals' biggest scheme overhaul on both sides of the ball since Forrest Gregg became head coach at the dawn of the 1980s. "We need a different team. We weren't good enough," said head coach Marvin Lewis Tuesday during his annual media availability. "We need to be better. We had to improve. One way or the other. Better players, better coaches, better coaching. That's what we have to be. We weren't good enough.'

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.

Giovani Bernard makes a clean sweep in the Bengals.com awards. Check out all the honors.

Like Marvin Lewis, Teryl Austin, the Bengals' new defensive coordinator, comes to Cincinnati with a Super Bowl ring from Baltimore. And, like Lewis, he's not going to tell the world how he's going to line them up on Opening Day. 4-3 or 3-4? "We'll be multiple. I can't promise you anything," Austin said Monday night after the Bengals announced his signing. "I can promise you we'll be multiple and I like our guys to play disciplined. I don't want to beat ourselves."

This is how it used to look back in the day. The NFL's best quarterbacks would waltz into Paul Brown Stadium and leave with not only a loss, but a bruised passer rating courtesy of the Double A Gap blitz and a Velcro secondary. In Sunday's 26-17 win over Matthew Stafford's Lions the Bengals defense looked to the future with a blast from the past.

A decimated Bengals defense pitched a courageous second half in Sunday's Paul Brown Stadium season finale and the overhauled offensive line delivered a 26-17 victory that knocked the Lions out of the postseason.

Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis proved to be a soothsayer when it came to Sunday's 33-7 shellacking at the hands of the Bears.

"If you're looking for a headline, we didn't execute," said safety George Iloka after Sunday's 33-7 loss to the Bears at Paul Brown Stadium. "It's disappointing not just because of the scoreboard. I thought we were flat in execution, flat in effort."