Winning in Week 1 and starting the season on the right note would be the best thing for Cincinnati. The slow starts have crippled the team down the stretch and with Chase, Burrow and Higgins healthy and ready to go, the Bengals should be competing for a Lombardi Trophy every year.

“Simmons says wider receiver Charlie Jones (their top punt returner) and Jermaine Burton are going to see time as a kick-return tandem. In the second year of the new kickoff rule, Simmons is looking for sure handers. He anticipates opposing kickers to spray the ball more to force returns and take fewer touchbacks.”

A miss would have given it to the defense, which is why those were the players trying to affect McPherson’s concentration.The fifth-year kicker said he heard them but didn’t feel any pressure.“It was more fun than anything,

The Bengals announced in March that they signed Lucas Patrick as an unrestricted free agent to a one-year deal.

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CINCINNATI – Just two days in, the dog days of training camp have arrived for the Cincinnati Bengals.

Bengals DE Trey Hendrickson: "There's no way I would be able to sit there in the house and hear the practice whistles while also being a distraction."

The contract dispute between the Cincinnati Bengals and Trey Hendrickson took a wrong turn on Tuesday when the All-Pro edge rusher didn't report to training camp with the rest of the team's veteran players.