{"id":787427,"date":"2026-03-02T20:23:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/787427\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T20:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:23:15","slug":"joe-burrow-helped-get-dalton-risners-deal-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/787427\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Burrow helped get Dalton Risner\u2019s deal done"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As a lot of fans were clamoring for, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincyjungle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> reached an agreement with guard Dalton Risner on Monday. The one-year deal locks Risner in for the 2026 season, giving the Bengals a kind of continuity on the offensive line they haven\u2019t had in the Zac Taylor era.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For the first time since Taylor arrived in 2019, all five of the starting offensive linemen from the previous season are set to return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Riner made it clear that he wanted to stay in Cincinnati, Amarius Mims publicly stated he wanted Risner back, and fans online have been calling for this deal to get done for months. Those were all factors, but the biggest factor was likely franchise quarterback Joe Burrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThis deal wouldn\u2019t have been done without guys like Joe Burrow. Joe Burrow pushed for me this whole offseason,\u201c Risner said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For Burrow, it makes a lot of sense to use his influence to retain Risner, as 2025 was easily the best offensive line Burrow has played behind in his career, despite suffering a turf toe injury in Week 2 that had him sidelined until Thanksgiving. Risner was actually involved in that play and had to fight through being benched before regaining the starting right guard spot and never giving it back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Risner also credited Mims, offensive line coach Scott Peters, and head coach Zac Taylor for pushing to get him back in Cincinnati, so it would appear that the locker room wanted this to happen as much as we, the fans, did.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Now, the Bengals can make their primary focus of the 2026 offseason the thing that needs the most help \u2014 their defense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As a lot of fans were clamoring for, the Cincinnati Bengals reached an agreement with guard Dalton Risner&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,2424,1561,2296,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-787427","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-bengals","9":"tag-cincinnati","10":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","11":"tag-cincinnati-bengals-free-agency","12":"tag-cincinnati-bengals-news","13":"tag-cincinnatibengals","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116161452781451584","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787427","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=787427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}