A career day for Kyle Monangai and a big return for Austin Booker highlight our bold predictions for Bears vs. Bengals.

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).

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.

Many teams, including the Rams, 49ers, Lions, Colts and Eagles, have called the Bengals on numerous players, including LB Logan Wilson, CB Cam Taylor-Britt and, of course, DE Trey Hendrickson. For now, some teams don’t believe Cincinnati has any real interest in moving its core pieces.

The Cincinnati Bengals reportedly aren't interested in trading star pass rusher Trey Hendrickson, but one contender could be interested if they change their plans.

The Bengals announced returning defensive end Cedric Johnson to the active roster ahead of the Week 9 game against the Chicago Bears . In addition to that move, the Bengals signed quarterback Sean Clifford off the practice squad to the active roster, should they need an emergency third quarterback behind Joe Flacco.

Flacco has completed 64.3% of his passes for 784 yards and seven touchdowns in three starts with the Bengals. Cincinnati sent a 2026 fifth round pick to the Browns in exchange for Flacco and a 2026 sixth round pick. That trade has given Cincinnati renewed hope that they can turn their season around with Joe Burrow sidelined.

The Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Rams have some similar needs to address ahead of the trade deadline and all three teams have reportedly called about three Cincinnati Bengals players.

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