Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco was injured during the fourth quarter of the team's NFL Week 8 loss to the Jets.

The Chicago Bears will play the Cincinnati Bengals during Week 9 of the 2025 NFL season. The game is scheduled for Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 1 p.m. ET at Paycor Stadium. Viewers can watch the game on CBS or stream it through services like NFL+ and Fubo.

The Bengals announced on Sunday that their former tight end Bob Trumpy has died at the age of 80. Trumpy was a 12th-round pick out of Utah in 1968 — the Bengals’ inaugural season — and he spent a decade playing for the Bengals. He was an AFL All-Star in his first two seasons and made two Pro Bowls after the merger between the AFL and the NFL.

After the Cincinnati Bengals picked McKinnley Jackson in the third round of the 2024 NFL Draft, the defensive tackle did not take much time to become a crucial part of the Bengals’ roster. In his rookie season,

The Cincinnati Bengals defense ranks 30th in the NFL in points allowed per drive. After a tough 39-38 loss to the New York Jets, the defense held a players-only meeting on Monday.

Last year, the Bengals’ defense was bad enough to get coordinator Lou Anarumo fired. This year, the Bengals’ defense is making last year’s version look like the 1985 Bears.

The Bengals signed LB Joe Giles-Harris off the practice squad to the active roster, along with rookie linebacker Liam Anderson, and fourth-year linebacker Brian Asamoah. They released Myles Cole from the practice squad. Cincinnati is trying to flip the script on this season and get an upset home win over the Chicago Bears this Sunday.

The Cincinnati Bengals host the Chicago Bears on Sunday as both teams look to get back on track after tough losses last week.