Jordan Evans

Watch the highlights of Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Jordan Evans from the NFL 2020 season.

Go under the helmet and learn more about Bengals linebacker Jordan Evans in the latest "Know Your Pro," presented by Gold Star Chili.

Watch the Cincinnati Bengals best defensive plays at midseason.

Bengals linebacker Jordan Evans makes his first interception of the year.

The Cincinnati Bengals special teams recover the onside kick attempt.

Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Jordan Evans stuffs Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette on fourth-and-goal.

LB Jordan Evans talks with the media as the Bengals continue their voluntary offseason workout program.

The friendship of linebacker Jordan Evans and running back Joe Mixon is put to the test as they answer questions about each other in the Bud Light Friendship Test.

Linebacker Jordan Evans meets with the media after the Bengals' week 11 game at Baltimore.

LB Jordan Evans speaks with the media following the Bengals win over the Buccaneers, where Evans intercepted Bucs QB Jameis Winston.

All Interceptions from Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Cincinnati Bengals, 10/28/2018

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston throws his third interception of the day on a pass over the middle as Bengals linebacker Jordan Evans picks it off.

Bengals LB Jordan Evans is on the clock in this weeks edition of Bengals Weekly, presented by Fifth Third Bank.

Rookie LB Jordan Evans speaks with the media in the locker room following the Bengals preseason game against the Colts.

Linebacker Jordan Evans, a fifth-year player out of the University of Oklahoma, originally was a sixth-round draft pick of the Bengals in 2017. He has spent his entire career with Cincinnati and played in 60 games.

After a series of free-agent pickups and draft picks, the Bengals head into 2020 with a linebacker room they hope is better equipped to deal with what is trending with NFL offenses. It's an infusion of talent that has Bengals Director of Player Personnel Duke Tobin and defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo excited not just for this season, but for years to come.

The thing is, Jordan Evans had been talking about the idea with his dad a few weeks before the marching in the streets. And in this challenging month, ideas are gold.

Shawn Williams, one of the captains just emerging from one of his most emotional days as a Cincinnati Bengal, knew it had to be done. "We had a meeting airing it all out," said Williams of a day head coach Zac Taylor set aside for feelings instead of football. "The raw, uncut truth of feelings ... It was very open. To hear people express the way they're feeling, it was hard. But it's what's needed."

Joe Mixon's football camp was held at his high school in California.

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.

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

We haven't seen Teryl Austin much at all this offseason, his first as the Bengals defensive coordinator. But when he surfaced late Friday night in the media room with three of his position coaches from all three levels of his defense, it was a little bit clearer how he plans to take them to the next level.

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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.

Both sides of the ball are learning new playbooks, so Monday's first day of voluntary offseason workouts for the Bengals was more like a rookie minicamp. Even for grizzled vets like nine-year man Vincent Rey.

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.

The emergence of last year's sixth-rounder, speedy backer Jordan Evans, looks to give the Bengals another starter.

The Bengals have just gone through their biggest coaching staff change in history. What will it all bring? Teryl Austin is the new defensive coordinator.

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

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.

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.