{"id":813783,"date":"2026-03-15T13:36:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T13:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/813783\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T13:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T13:36:40","slug":"jonathan-allens-mentality-meshes-with-joe-burrows-bengals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/813783\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Allen&#8217;s mentality meshes with Joe Burrow&#8217;s Bengals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 15, 2026, 5:30 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A few years ago in Washington, new <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> edge rusher Jonathan Allen went super viral for a postgame rant after a loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Fast forward to now, he\u2019s happily talking about the chances to win a Super Bowl being a big reason he joined the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati-bengals\/327\" data-autotag=\"6d3e484d-5133-4c06-a871-967f8646390b\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Bengals<\/a> in free agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;This is one of the few places I can compete for a Super Bowl and have a chance to showcase my talent,&#8221; Allen said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bengals.com\/news\/jonathan-allen-loves-the-fit-with-bengals-i-really-think-this-team-is-going-somewhere\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Geoff Hobson<\/a> of Bengals.com. &#8220;When you see what they have on the offensive side of the ball, that&#8217;s a dream for a defensive lineman. I think people would be lining up to play with a guy like Joe Burrow and the offense they have. Then the young guys you have on defense and the pieces you&#8217;re adding, I really think this team is going somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">At the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/1716202081453817864\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">time of his rant in Washington<\/a> (explicit warning), Allen had never seen any playoff success. In fact, in 2024, he wound up returning from a torn pec that might\u2019ve ended most seasons just to play in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Now, he\u2019s assuming a leadership role in Cincinnati on a line that features upstarts like Myles Murphy and Shemar Stewart, so he can be the tone-setter for a defense that\u2019s looking to bounce back from a bad season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">All these things, of course, played a role in the Bengals\u2019 interest in Allen, too. It\u2019s a now-future balance that makes the rather quiet signing a potentially huge one in Cincinnati.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 15, 2026, 5:30 a.m. ET A few years ago in Washington, new Cincinnati Bengals edge rusher Jonathan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[95878,228,227,256,2296,7,6,13078,95905,95882,95913,96121,105278,95906,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-813783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-bengals","10":"tag-cincinnati","11":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","12":"tag-cincinnatibengals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbengals","16":"tag-sstsnbengals","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagcincinnati-bengals","19":"tag-tagjoe-burrow","20":"tag-tagjonathan-allen","21":"tag-tagoverall-positive","22":"tag-tagsports-news","23":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116233463876748766","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813783","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=813783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}