{"id":786904,"date":"2026-03-02T15:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/786904\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:24:31","slug":"joe-burrow-will-be-thrilled-with-cincinnatis-latest-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/786904\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Burrow will be thrilled with Cincinnati’s latest deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> had another disappointing campaign in 2025. As a result, Cincinnati’s biggest priority this offseason should be setting Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase up for success<\/a> in 2026. Burrow should be pleased to hear about Cincinnati’s latest roster move.<\/p>\n

The Bengals and guard Dalton Risner<\/a> have agreed to a contract extension<\/a> per NFL insider Jordan Schultz. It is a one-year contract worth $5 million<\/a> per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n

Risner was a late addition by the Bengals<\/a> before the 2025 season. He played well, starting in 11 games and fitting right in with the organization. Now Risner will stay in Cincinnati for at least the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

Risner’s wife Whitney played the part of NFL insider by breaking the news on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m not really supposed to do this, but I’ve got some inside information and I feel like you guys can keep a secret,\u201d Risner posted on Monday morning. \u201cPer sources, Dalton Risner is signing back to the Cincinnati Bengals. And sources are me baby!\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bengals will finally have some consistency on their offensive line now that Risner is back for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

The Athletic’s Paul Dehner Jr. noted that the Bengals have returned all of their starting offensive linemen<\/a> from the 2025 season. This has never happened before during Joe Burrow’s time with the Bengals. It is also a first during the Zac Taylor era in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n

Those starters include Orlando Brown Jr., Dylan Fairchild, Ted Karras, Risner, and Amarius Mims.<\/p>\n

Of course, Cincinnati’s season effectively went down the tubes when Burrow suffered a turf toe injury in Week 3<\/a>. It was another reminder that keeping Burrow healthy is essential if Cincinnati wants to get back to the playoffs in 2026.<\/p>\n

There’s always the possibility that Cincinnati decides to make more additions to their offensive line this offseason. However, the team’s first priority should be upgrading its dreadful defense.<\/p>\n

Either way, it will be exciting to see what other moves the Bengals make over the next two months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cincinnati Bengals had another disappointing campaign in 2025. As a result, Cincinnati’s biggest priority this offseason should…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,2296,758,7,1577,6],"class_list":["post-786904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cincinnati-bengals","tag-bengals","tag-cincinnati","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cincinnatibengals","tag-dalton-risner","tag-football","tag-joe-burrow","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116160277340530393","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}