Cincinnati Bengals’ Offensive Line Concerns Continue Ahead of 2025 Season

Have the Cincinnati Bengals solved their offensive line issues in their quest to protect Joe Burrow? The unit faces major questions ahead of the 2025 season.

James Rapien and Jake Liscow dive into Dylan Fairchild’s chances to hit the ground running at left guard, and the Lucas Patrick-Cody Ford competition at right guard, and how concerning the guard situation really is. Plus, reasons for optimism include the tackles, where Amarius Mims could take a giant 2nd-year leap, the addition of Scott Peters and why Orlando Brown Jr. could be on his way to a bounce back year

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32 comments
  1. How many injury's can Joe come back from? Why does the front office keep taking chances with players that could produce playoff and super bowl wins for 5-10 years. Without Joe players are not going to come to Cincinnati. Who wants to deal with the brown family and their business goals with the lack of true player and team support. Trey Hendrickson is still waiting for them to keep their promise that cause him to sign the contract he did. How many Quarter Backs has the Bengals hung out to dry?

  2. How do you know the Bengals aren't going to sign a veteran guard. Jake has been negative about the Bengals all year, so it's hard to gage what to really worry about.

  3. What happens if any of the lineman suffer a injury? Who can or will replace them that can protect Joe? The Quarter Back have been good enough to play without the needed support.

  4. Yes we are so annoyed not only because the lack of bad Playing at guard has cost us at least one Super Bowl… but because Joe Burrow Career is in jeopardy! The first major injury he had on his rookie year was a awful guard getting pushed into his knee, and since then he has recieved a A Lot of punishment within a division who plays the hardest DL in the entire legue!

  5. Im more frustrated with Brown and Blackburn's stubborn refusal to improve the team than I am with the quality of the OL. Or DL for that matter. Do you realize that if Trey and Shemar don't sign, the defense could be worse than last year? Half of our sacks will be gone. We might run out what is essentially a flag football defense. Hell, a lot of last year it looked like that. And Brown is just flushing half the sacks down the toilet.

  6. Heavy competition at any position is a luxury. OL. If the five No#1's start the season healthy. I am good with the rest of it. Conditioning Rankins and big guys pulling hamstrings at the start of the season. Rankins. Then he became sick and stayed sick all year. The CDC never did pin down the affliction. Lmao. Someone shake the trainers cage. Hydrate! Jenkins Jr. Is going to have a break out year.

  7. The Front Office punted on this season when they kept Zac Taylor. His play calling and system is not balanced and allows teams to tee off because they don't establish any sort of run game. Add in slow starts, lack of urgency to bring in quality depth, no signs of a pass rush upgrade, a D-coordinator that has more time being Zac's drinking buddy than he does calling plays in the NFL and that is a recipe for disappointment.

  8. When our horrible O-line cant protect Joe and he's getting tee'd off on too much we need to be willing and at least somewhat able to run the ball and so far under Zac we don't. The guy is more of an Offensive Coordinator than a coach. I'm sick of us risking Burrows health even though Joe wants it and Zac don't care because if we lose Joe this team is complete garbage. Period! Especially if your not going to sign a starting lineman. SMH

  9. Another season ending injury for Burrow incoming and when it happens he's pulling a Carson Palmer. When the aforementioned inevitably happens the Bengals will go another 30 year's without a playoff win.

  10. think if mims steps up by like 25% he can have a good future i'm talking anthny munoz future… i know it is a big "if" but he did good for a rookie

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