Josh Johnson

The Bengals announced the jersey numbers for the team's 2026 new additions Tuesday. Additionally, four returning Bengals have changed their uniform numbers from last season.

QB Josh Johnson returns to Cincinnati for another stint with the Bengals.

Old friend Josh Johnson has been around long enough to be a walking trivia quiz answer at Bengals tailgates, not to mention a reliable NFL backup quarterback.

The Bengals today signed unrestricted free agent QB Josh Johnson to a one-year contract for the 2026 season.

It's been 15 days since Johnson went down in a sickening heap during the first 9-on-7 contact of the season. Although there has been no official announcement by the Bengals.

After Friday night's 23-10 victory over the Giants in the preseason opener at Paul Brown Stadium, the training camp roster battle simmers on.

This is what you've been waiting for since that demolition derby in Indianapolis back in January in the Wild Card Game. Offensive coordinator Hue Jackson wrote the script and on Friday he got a Broadway performance by the first team in the 23-10 win over the Giants.

In what was arguably the fastest and crispest a Marvin Lewis team has ever come out for a pre-season opener, the Bengals jumped out to a 10-0 lead over the Giants in the first nine minutes Friday night at Paul Brown Stadium on their way to a fairly complete 23-10 victory.

No fights, just good physical play and intensity, says Giants coach Tom Coughlin of Tuesday's combined practice...An estimated PBS training camp record crowd of 2,200 looked on... Check out Player of the Day...

MIKE backer Rey Maualuga returned to practice Monday, but Vincent Rey and A.J. Hawk went to WILL and SAM, respectively...

The periphery of the Bengals roster has a Gigantic week starting in Monday's 3 p.m. workout, when Marvin Lewis tunes his club for the 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday practices against the Giants on the Paul Brown Stadium practice fields. Marquis Flowers (above) is part of a linebackers corps with more experience than last season.

Rex Burkhead doesn't want to be called a wide receiver, but he sure is playing like one. A good one...Andy Dalton went seamless in the hurry-up...AJ McCarron had a 4-for-5 session...

The Bengals offense must like a little privacy. With rain closing the afternoon practice when head coach Marvin Lewis opted to work on the synthetic field in Paul Brown Stadium, quarterback Andy Dalton had his sharpest day of training camp when he hit nine of 12 passes in 11-on-11 that featured efficient red zone work.

Mario Alford has been showing off his speed in the first few training camp practices. Readers also checking in on Leon Hall and AJ McCarron.

Dre Kirkpatrick and his band of cornerbacks gave the receivers little or no room Tuesday...Giovani Bernard went old school with James Books...Andrew Whitworth knows why Geno Atkins is tearing it up...

After the Big Toe Miseries, The Bruise, and The Concussion that knocked him out of the Wild Card Game, the injuries that limited him to no catches in six games last season, A.J. Green had his jaw set at Friday's first practice of training camp on the Paul Brown Stadium practice fields. "It's like the football world forgot about me," he said.

Pure speculation. But a week out from training camp, here is one man's opinion on the best roster battles, bubbles and brouhahas as they head into that Sept.3 preseason finale in Indianapolis.

The Bengals signed former Ravens QB Keith Wenning Wednesday in an effort to find a young, developmental quarterback...William and Mary is an unlikely NFL pipeline, but the Bengals have two of the school's 10 NFL coaches and scouts on staff...

Thursday's release of quarterback Terrelle Pryor a few hours after the Bengals ended their spring workouts seems to reflect their comfort level with AJ McCarron as Andy Dalton's backup.

As the Bengals head into their three-day mandatory minicamp Tuesday, the best news is their best players are looking the way they should after nine voluntary workouts over the last three weeks. Wide receiver A.J. Green and defensive tackle Geno Atkins, with seven Pro Bowls between them, have looked sharp during the media sessions and have reportedly carried it off in other practices as well. Same with quarterback Andy Dalton.

A few questions from Bengaldom ahead of the mandatory minicamp Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at Paul Brown Stadium.

Left tackle Andrew Whitworth is one of the four Bengals left from wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh's run in Cincinnati and he's happy to see him coaching here for the next two weeks for a variety of reasons.

On Monday night Zeitler, Green and several other teammates made sure the service went smoothly as celebrity waiters at Andy and Jordan Dalton's fourth annual fundraising dinner for their foundation.

In an effort to hang on the NFL cutting edge, the Bengals hooked up with Dr. Tom House in a think tank session.