In 2004, the made their first major uniform change in over two decades. The franchise’s Isaiah Spiller Jersey new digs were part of a succe sful era in Cincinnati that included three division titles and seven playoff appearances from 2005-15. Cincinnati is surely hoping that their new uniforms — which were unveiled on Monday — will usher in a similar run of succe s.And from the looks of it, they’re off to a good start. A new look for a new era. Uniting our past with our future. | Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) They’re even borrowing a famous line from Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders. Look good, feel good, play good | Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) Founded in 1968, the Bengals’ first uniforms were similar to Cincinnati founder Paul Brown’s first team: the . The Bengals made a drastic uniform change in 1981, with the addition of stripes being the biggest addition. Cincinnati clearly liked their new uniforms, as Charlie Joiner Jersey the franchise advanced to its first-ever that season. And while their original jerseys were relatively bland, the Bengals’ striped helmets distinguished themselves from other team helmets.”My father said he wanted a helmet that would take just one look to recognize us from the top seat in the stadium,” Bengals owner said. “I think our helmet has stood the test of time. It has established our identity, our trademark, if you will, and that’s important to our fans.” The Bengals’ jerseys Brandon Facyson Jersey had been largely unchanged until 2004, when Cincinnati altered its stripes and number styling. They also added more uniform options that included the team’s all-black, white-out and “Halloween” uniforms.New uniforms is not the only LaDainian Tomlinson Jersey thing the Bengals are unveiling this offseason. The team recently announced the creation of whose initial cla s will include Paul Brown and Hall of Fame offensive tackle Anthony Munoz. Season ticket holders will vote on the two other members of the team’s inaugural Ring of Honor Cla s.While they plan to begin paying homage to their past, the Bengals are also optimistic in their future. Before getting injured, quarterback was among the front-runners to win Offensive Rookie of the Year. The Bengals are expected to get Burrow either a lineman or a receiver with the No. 5 overall pick in the draft. The top-two candidates are former Oregon offensive tackle Penei Sewell and former LSU receiver Ja’Marr Chase, who enjoyed a succe sful partnership with Burrow during their time with the Tigers. Chase recently said that he has spoken with Burrow about the chance at joining forces at the next level. “I wouldn’t mind going back with Joe,” Chase said, . “If we go back together we’ll try to get back our chemistry and have Michael Davis Jersey some more fun.”

We were riding down I-85 over Christmas week and my son, from the back seat, kept yelling “DADDY, LOOK! DADDY, LOOK!” as he held up his iPad. I couldn’t exactly stare at the thing while driving, but glancing back I could see he had the settings app open. Not your typical six-year-old type of thing to play with on a car trip, right?”Buddy what are you doing in the settings?”Turns out he was trying to connect to one of our cell phone’s hot spots. Except there was a plot twist.”It says a bad word!!””What???””It says F–k’s iPhone!!!””WHAT????”As it turns out, some clever little punk who was also riding down the highway — instead of opting for something normal like “Will’s iPhone X” or “iPhone (2)” had decided to rename their phone “F–k’s iPhone” which means that anyone who happened to be in proximity to them would see the swear word pop up if they went into their settings.I’m not even mad about it and I don’t even know the point. Just wanted to tip my cup of egg nog to the little punk who caused my son to drop 400 f-bombs over the last 48 hours. Well played, F—. Well played. I will not be tipping my cap to Dave Richard. In a perfect world, you don’ Indianapolis Colts Hats t need a wild fourth-quarter comeback to take down a title. But sometimes it’s fun to pull off a comeback. And that’s exactly , as I’m trying to chase down Dave Richard for first place. A rough afternoon slate probably cost me a tie for first place, but things Danny Pinter Jersey are snug enough where I can walk Dave down.Don’t think he doesn’t hear the footsteps. Dave is the and I’m . There are ghosts haunting him right now and he knows it.Of course, if you want to make up ground in a picks league, Week 16 is probably your last legitimate chance to make a huge move. Week 17 should feature tons of teams lacking motivation and it might be easy to figure out. Let’s make this last mostly meaningful week count. Christmas, 4:30 p.m. ET ( Network) Latest Odds: New Orleans Saints -6.5 The aforementioned motivation is already kicking in and we’ve got a prime spot to take a team more interested in winning than the other. The will still try here, don’t get me wrong. But do you think Minnesota is going to give 30 carries in this spot? Or save him for next year with his hefty contract on the books by feeding and (or maybe ) in a Christmas Day game that ultimately doesn’t matter for the standings? I’m thinking the latter is a lot more likely. Additionally, the can clinch the NFC South on Christmas Day and take an extended holiday bye week. Come out sharp, get some good play out of and the Saints will feel very good about their Super Bowl chances heading into the final week of the regular season. Without Everson Griffen, the Vikings shouldn’t be able to limit in the pa sing game. I think John Mackey Jersey he gets them the lead and salts it away.The Pick: Saints 31, Vikings 21Best Bets: Alvin Kamara over receptions 4.5, Saints -7, Latavius Murray over carries/rush yards Saturday, 1 p.m. ET (NFL Network) Latest Odds: Tampa Bay Buccaneers -12 The yanked for late against the in a game that was a blowout. With Tampa capable of pummeling some bad teams, I wouldn’t want to be backing the Lions in a spot where we could ultimately see backups play for a squad that is without the majority of its coaching staff due to COVID concerns. It’s the Bucs or nothing here in this Saturday matinee.The Pick: 41, Lions 17Best Bets: N/ASaturday, 4:30 p.m. ET (Amazon) Latest Odds: Arizona Cardinals -6 The po sible return of is interesting here, but I just don’t know if C.J. Beathard and the have enough healthy bodies to take care of busine s against Arizona. San Francisco’s the most perplexing team out there: one minute they’re throttling someone, the next minute they’re losing to the frigging and . This defense is short-handed and has struggled with mobile QBs the last few years. is fully healthy and weaponized now based on the last two weeks. I would expect him to have a big game.The Pick: 24, 49ers 17Best Bets: Kyler Murray over rush yardsSaturday, 8:30 p.m. ET (NFL Network) Latest Odds: Miami Dolphins -2 The Impromptu Hawaii Bowl — and become the first pair of Samoan quarterbacks to square off — should feature a ton of points. Las Vegas can score with or without and Mariota appeared willing to really Josh Jones Jersey make this offense vertical during his fill in for Carr last Thursday. The offense is a little more sluggish, but the will make anyone look good, and the po sible return of and would help a ton. I actually think Mariota will surprise a lot of people here and pull off an upset. The Pick: Raiders 31, Dolphins 28Best Bets: Raiders +31 p.m. ET (CBS) Latest Odds: Chicago Bears -9.5 Are the BACK IN THE PLAYOFF HUNT??? If Chicago wins out, it could steal a bid to the postseason. Even if that doesn’t happen, a 9-7 season would almost guarantee Matt Nagy and Ryan Pace keeping their jobs. You can’t fire Nagy if he starts his career 12-4, 8-8, 9-7. You just can’t. And if Nagy and Pace stick around, you know what’s happening? A extension, that’s what. Root for it, because it would be amazing. I’d expect another big game from Mitsubishi Mitch and I would be extremely interested in seeing where Vegas puts the rushing prop this week. He’s coming on like gangbusters the last few weeks and the Jags defense is horrific.The Pick: Bears 31, 24Best Bets: David Montgomery over rush yards (up to 95)1 p.m. ET (CBS) Latest Odds: Cleveland Browns -6.5 We really should not be gifting this win to the . They have a chance to steal the division, but they can’t do it without beating the Alec Pierce Jersey Jets. So I’ll be interested to see how Cleveland’s offense comes out early. Are they looking ahead? Or will Baker Mayfield and Co. understand they need to throttle another bad team to set up a po sible Week 17 matchup. I think they show up and annihilate the Jets. No Quinnen Wiliams is a big problem for New York’s rush defense and this is a team that loves to run. and should have a field day and I would anticipate lots of early play-action from Baker to get a lead. The Jets can’t keep up in terms of scoring.The Pick: Browns 31, Jets 10Best Bets: Nick Chubb over rush yards1 p.m. ET (Fox) Latest Odds: Houston Texans -7.5 Hard to believe it, but we’ve got a big-time letdown spot for the . They just won their Super Bowl with a Monday night victory over the and the consensus is Zac Taylor saved his job for 2021 with the W. They’re going to stumble into this matchup against Houston a little hungover and right now the offense and is a lot more explosive than the Steelers and Big Ben. Houston can’t stop anyone, so

The 2020 NFL season will look very different for a couple of reasons. While the COVID-19 pandemic is still fresh in the minds of everyone, so is the racial equality awakening the United States is experiencing. The NFL has already over a 10-year period to combat systemic racism, and players reportedly will be invited to sport helmet tributes to honor those who were victims of police brutality.A league memo obtained by ESPN states that players will be bearing the names or initials of police violence victims and those impacted Michael Badgley Jersey by systemic racism. (Coaches can wear the same names on their hats.)”Each player will have the option to honor an individual by displaying that person’s name via a decal on the back of their helmet,” the memo reads. “Players will be offered a list of names and short biographical information to help guide their decision-making, however, they can also select a victim of systemic racism who is not represented on this list.”According to , the tributes could range from African American victims of Alexander Myres Jersey racism to police officers slain in the line of duty. Wyche notes that the league hasn’t made a final decision on the matter, but it “sounds like it’s going to happen.” On rare occasions, the has employed helmet decals or patches to salute Julian Blackmon Jersey former players or owners who have pa sed away or branches of the U.S. Armed Forces during the annual “Salute to Service” in November.The is to what the NFL will likely do, as players will be allowed to replace their name on the back of their jerseys with certain statements pertaining to social justice. The NBA considered using the names of those that have died in police custody, but decided against it out of respect for the families.Additionally, the league will stencil the me sages “It Takes All of Us” and “End Racism” Lenny Moore Jersey on all end zone borders for home openers, per the memo obtained by ESPN. The me sages are an attempt to demonstrate, “how football and the NFL brings people together to work as one and use our example and our actions to help conquer racism,” per the memo. The league will also recognize e sential workers with a thank you me sage displayed on the seat coverings between each 30-yard line. Earlier this month, it was reported that a song also known as the Black national anthem, will be performed live or played prior to “The Star Spangled Banner” at each of the NFL’s Week 1 games in 2020. The league also Jonathan Taylor Jersey as an official holiday and pledged to “reach out” to players who have “raised their voices” on i sues of racial inequality.

set a number of marks for NFL quarterbacks Matt Ioannidis Jersey that the NFL hasn’t seen since at least 1950 in his first career start for the . Hurts, who led the Eagles to a shocking victory over the , became the first quarterback in the past 70 years to throw for 150 yards with a pa sing touchdown and rush for 100 yards in his first career start.Hurts finished 17 for 30 for 167 yards with a touchdown in the victory. He also finished with 18 carries for 106 yards with a fumble, his lone turnover of the day. Hurts also became the first quarterback over the past 70 years to throw a touchdown pa s and rush for 100 yards in his first career start. He joined as the only Kyle Shurmur Jersey quarterbacks since 1950 to have 100-plus rush yards in their first career start, and Hurts had the first 100-yard rushing performance for an Eagles quarterback since Michael Vick on Dec. 19, 2010.”He played awesome today. The tape shows for itself,” Eagles running back said to reporters after Sunday’s win. “He’s so confident and he’s a natural leader. We just needed that and he gave us that spark to start from last week. But ya’ll seen it all. I think we played a whole total of four quarters today. I Charley Taylor Jersey think we looked like a complete team, minus the penalties, we have to clean that up, but overall though I think this whole team did a hell of a job.” Ryan Kerrigan Jersey Hurts became the second quarterback in NFL history to win his first career start against a team that had won at least nine straight games — which was the Saints’ winning streak heading into the game. The other quarterback to accomplish the feat was Ron Jaworski, when he started for the and defeated the in 1975 (the Steelers won 11 straight games). Jaworski was the Eagles quarterback from 1977 to 1986.”He played exceptionally well. He hurt us,” Saints head coach Sean Payton said to reporters after the lo s. “We’ll take a look at the tape. Obviously, we didn’t do a good enough job of slowing his run game down. When a team rushes for 250 yards, not a lot of good can happen. “I’ll say this he was impre sive just watching him. I thought he played Jonathan Williams Jersey with poise, made some throws, and was smart. He did a good job.”

Punishment is a greater deterrent than reward.You can argue that philosophical question in my Twitter mentions, but it’s what I believe. And that’s part of the reason Tuesday I’m glad to see the minority coaching incentive proposal fail and the Rooney Rule get strengthened.But there’s still something mi sing.The Rooney Rule is the 17-year-old nece sary tool that has helped the league reach its diversity height among coaches as recently as two years ago. But it’s also been the rule that has been circumvented and made a mockery of regularly by team owners who show no interest in deviating from their plan at the head coach or general manager positions.The finds itself in this position because its group of team owners have, by majority, turned their backs on hiring minorities at the head coaching and general manager positions. And so now the league is forcing teams to interview more minorities for positions.”Clubs will now be required to interview at least two external minority candidates for head coach vacancies; at Sean Taylor Jersey least one minority candidate for any of the three coordinator vacancies; and at least one external candidate for the senior football operations or general manager position,” the league wrote in a statement. The Rooney Rule will also be applied to executive positions like team president and other senior-level front-office positions. Additionally, teams will no longer be allowed to block a sistant coaches from interviewing for coordinator positions with other teams. A sistants have (rightly) been griping about this for years, and lifting these restrictions should, in theory, help those minority candidates who have been spinning their wheels in the lower ranks.”What the chairman (Art Rooney II) and the commi sioner did today and what the ownership voted on today has been a fight for decades to get mobility that has disproportionately affected people of color,” NFL EVP of football operations Troy Vincent said on a conference call with reporters Tuesday afternoon. “Just the ability to get an interview, you don’t get hired unle s you Jamin Davis Jersey have an interview. The mobility resolution today was significant and historic, because it has been a fight for decades. That’s the foundation. Frankly, we would call that the linchpin of these inequalities. With these initiatives, the enhancement of the Rooney Rule which is a tool, it just allows us to have a broader scope of how we look at things.”Vincent went on to say that the league is better positioned today Dyami Brown Jersey with centralized data to learn which teams do a better job at retaining women and people of color in their employ. Are people actually getting opportunities to advance with certain clubs? That sort of information can eventually be used to inform team owners of their shortcomings. But that will take years. And what we have seen over the decades, and even still with the pa sage and strengthening of the Rooney Rule, are teams working the edges of the rule. They check the box and hire who they wish. Minority coaching hopefuls and executives have been telling reporters on and off the record for years about the sham interviews they did or did not take part in.If there is a fear that what the league did Tuesday was simply add another hurdle for teams to clear before they again circumvent the rule, it’d be understood.In 2003 when the Rooney Rule was introduced, it came with the warning that teams that did not adhere to the rule would face penalties of a fine up to lo s of draft picks. In nearly two decades, only once has a team been dinged for working around the rule, and that cost the just $200,000 and no draft picks. What I believe is mi sing from Tuesday’s developments are greater or at least imposed punishments. Team owners have learned that they can touch the stove and not get burnt. If some team owners were/are interested in rewarding draft picks for doing the right thing, should they not also be intrigued by stripping draft picks for not doing the right thing?The incentive proposal was doomed to fail, and despite what league officials said on the Tuesday call, I can’t see it ever getting resuscitated. “As long as production, expertise and leadership are footnoted with references to ethnicity, some entities within the NFL proce s may continue to feel justified in doubting its legitimacy,” one coach of color told me over the weekend.”The idea that the NFL might unearth the next example of leadership excellence through a more inclusive mindset, should be incentive enough,” he continued He nor I live in the fairy tale world that’s regularly repeated by folks with bald as their Twitter avatar. Well of course.Sweeping generalization here, but there is incompetence at every level Da’Ron Payne Jersey of every company (other than this one) acro s America. The best person isn’t hired for the job. You do get pa sed over by someone without your qualifications. It happens in the NFL and it happens in other sports leagues and it happens at your job and at your favorite department store.To be frank (and fair), the NFL as a singular entity Daron Payne Jersey has done a good job with its minority hiring practices. The league office received high marks in its hiring of women and people of color in the most recent , published last October. But the NFL collective, made up of 32 individual busine ses, is what must be dealt with here. Roger Goodell can’t change the hiring wishes of individual billionaires, nor should he be in a position to demand who they hire anyway.But he and the league can change their hiring practices, which is what’s being done here with the Rooney Rule’s augmentation. “The facts are we have a broken system,” Vincent said bluntly.I believe the league and its team owners should have gone a step further here and instituted or showed an intention to implement punishments for those who intend to keep the system broken.

The 2021 Roger Staubach Jersey NFL Draft is in the books. Before you know it, all eyes will be back on the field, and the new season will be fast approaching. Until then, however, we now have 32 teams’ rookie cla ses to (prematurely) evaluate. Which clubs got significantly better over the weekend? Which ones may have stumbled? We’re glad you asked, because we’ve identified 15 of the most notable movers.We present winners and losers* from the 2021 draft:Most notable picks:WR Rashod Bateman (1)OLB Odafe Oweh (1)OG Ben Cleveland (3)CB Brandon Stephens (3)CB Shaun Wade (5) should be happy, because Bateman has the makings of a Day One starter out wide. Oweh and Cleveland, meanwhile, are physical freaks who could fill spots in the trenches sooner rather than later. And the Stephens-Wade duo gives them a couple well-built developmental prospects behind and at corner.Most notable picks:CB Jaycee Horn (1)WR Terrace Marshall Jr. (2)OT Brady Christensen (3)TE Tommy Tremble (3)They may regret pa sing on Justin Fields in the first, but Horn brings a fighter’s mentality to a position of need. And at least will have a legitimate supporting cast. If Marshall Jr. stays healthy, he can be a reliable No. 3 behind and . And both Christensen and Tremble offer loads of athleticism. Most notable picks:QB Justin Fields (1)OT Teven Jenkins (2)It feels premature to crown Chicago, of all teams, for its blockbuster move up, mainly because it’s badly misread or managed the QB spot before. But let’s face it: Fields was a top-five talent in this cla s, and he injects all kinds of play-making ability to a Bears QB room temporarily “headlined” by . Jenkins is underrated, too, as a likely plug-and-play right tackle.Most notable picks:CB Greg Newsome II (1st round)LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah (2)WR Anthony Schwartz (3)If you’re hesitant to call the Browns front-runners in the AFC North, don’t be. Cleveland Dallas Cowboys T Shirts added to a rock-solid roster with each of its first three picks. Newsome brings premium insurance to a CB spot often hampered by injury. Owusu-Koramoah can be a hybrid play-maker at the heart of the defense. And Schwartz offers even more juice to a receiving corps with three other high-end starters. Pick Six Newsletter Crafted By The Best NFL Experts Get the day’s big stories + fun stuff you love like mock drafts, picks and power rankings. I agree to receive the “Pick Six Newsletter” and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. By pre sing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the and acknowledge Paramount’s . Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Thanks for signing up! Jaylon Smith Jersey Keep an eye on your inbox. Sorry! There was an error proce sing your subscription. Most notable picks:OT Christian Darrisaw (1)QB Kellen Mond (3)LB Chazz Surratt (3)Darrisaw would’ve been totally acceptable at No. 14 overall, but the Vikings got him at No. 23 after a move down. That’s a starting left tackle right there, with more long-term upside than the departed . Surratt is an athletic specimen for a LB corps that lost . And Mond is the most intriguing of them all: A confident, rocket-armed project who can push or challenge . Most notable picks:WR Kadarius Toney (1)OLB Azeez Ojulari (2)CB Aaron Robinson (3)Dave Gettleman, take a bow. Toney was a bit too injury-prone to justify the No. 20 overall pick, but coupled with Ojulari, a consensus first-rounder who fell to the second, his addition looks even better. The Giants addre sed almost every need (except the O-line) in this draft, and as an added bonus, they picked up a first, fourth and fifth in the 2022 draft thanks to Gettleman’s dealing.Most notable picks:WR DeVonta Smith (1)OL Landon Dickerson (2)CB Zech McPhearson (4)RB Kenny Gainwell (5)Don’t look now, but Howie Roseman may have unearthed a handful of game-changers for his stripped-down Eagles. Smith instantly becomes the team’s No. 1 receiver and a surefire top target for QB . Dickerson has an injury history but looks like a potential Opening Day guard and future succe sor. McPhearson and Gainwell both offer big-play upside.Most notable picks:QB Trey Lance (1)RB Trey Sermon (3)CB Ambry Thomas (3)It starts and ends with the QB, and the 49ers made the right choice after moving all the way up to No. 3. Lance may be raw, but he offers maybe the highest ceiling of any rookie signal-caller this side of Trevor Lawrence. And he’s a perfect fit for Kyle Shanahan with his running ability. Sermon, meanwhile, is a luxury addition who’ll pack some punch in a good backfield. Washington Football TeamMost notable picks:LB Jamin Davis (1)OT Samuel Cosmi (2)WR Dyami Brown (3)Man, Ron Rivera is really a sembling a tough squad, isn’t he? Davis should step in right away as a leader on defense, Cosmi offers long-term support where once stood, and Brown gives them yet another che s piece on offense. These moves help them in 2021, with at the helm, but also bode well for the distant future.Most notable picks:CB Patrick Surtain II (1)RB Javonte Williams (2)Surtain gives them a premium plug-and-play corner at a spot already touting and . And Williams may be a fun bruiser for the backfield. But unle s they have an mega-deal up their sleeve, pa sing on Justin Fields forces them to hope for a or breakout. Roger Staubach T Shirts Also, why trade up for a RB when you’re already paying ?Most notable picks:CB Eric Stokes (1)C Josh Myers (2)WR Amari Rodgers (3)They added some dynamism at CB and WR, with Rodgers in particular bringing some long-awaited juice to the slot spot, but Myers — a traditional center — was arguably a reach in the second, even if departure rang loud and clear. More importantly, they entered and left the draft without anything close to Demarcus Lawrence T Shirts a resolution with Aaron Rodgers, who appears set on leaving town. Most notable picks:DE Kwity Paye (1)DE Dayo Odeyingbo (2)S Shawn Davis (5)QB Sam Ehlinger (6)Paye was an underrated find in the back half of the first, and he feels like the kind of guy to quietly log 10 sacks as a rookie. Davis could similarly take early reps at safety, and Ehlinger brings scrappy competition behind . But goodne s, they really needed some tackle help. Two straight pa s rushers, with one all but a lock to mi s most of 2021? Aren’t they in win-now mode?Most notable picks:OT Alex Leatherwood (1)S Trevon Moehrig (2)Always good for a first-round reach, they spent No. 17 on Leatherwood despite clearer starting-caliber linemen like Darrisaw and Jenkins still sitting on the board. Moehrig, on the other hand, is an enticing free safety to pair with the feisty , but his addition would’ve made more sense had the Raiders not proceeded to draft tw