According to ESPN's Ben Baby, Bengals defensive lineman McKinnley Jackson has requested a trade. It is unclear if Cincinnati will move him, though. Jackson was a third-round pick of the Bengals in 2024 but has been an afterthought on the defense over a season-plus.

The Bears head to the Queen City this weekend to avoid starting a losing streak. Here are a few Bengals players to watch.

The Bengals signed quarterback Sean Clifford off the practice squad to the active roster, the team announced on Friday.

The Bears have a golden opportunity to ignite their pass rush against the Bengals’ offensive line, which has been under fire all season after allowing quarterback Joe Burrow to take hits and end up on injured reserve. He was pressured on 30.2% of his dropbacks before getting hurt in Week 2.

Trey Hendrickson is listed as doubtful on the Bengals' final injury report leading up to the game against Chicago on Sunday. He is recovering from a hip injury that sidelined him two weeks ago against Pittsburgh (and was re-injured against the Jets last week).

Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson understands the difficulty of facing Cincinnati Bengals superstar receiver Ja'Marr Chase.

A Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman has requested a trade with just days before the deadline and the Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers could all have interest.

The Bengals hit rock bottom in Week 8 in a 39-38 home loss to the New York Jets where the visitors piled up 502 yards of offense, which is more than they had totaled in their past two games COMBINED (302). The performance was so bad that the Cincinnati defense called a players only meeting one day later .