{"id":833396,"date":"2026-07-30T12:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/833396\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T12:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:23:11","slug":"deciphering-the-nfls-top-2026-early-training-camp-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/833396\/","title":{"rendered":"Deciphering the NFL&#8217;s Top 2026 Early Training Camp Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">&#8220;D-line, certainly size. Size difference from last year is the most glaring thing,&#8221; Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow told reporters after Wednesday&#8217;s practice (h\/t <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/bengals\/2026\/07\/joe-burrow-embraces-challenge-of-dexter-lawrence-and-bengals-upgraded-defensive-front-at-training-camp.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland.com<\/a>). &#8220;You know, the pocket was a little different today. Tough to tell when you don&#8217;t have pads, but, you know, I&#8217;m excited to see what those guys can do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">In team practices, Burrow isn&#8217;t used to seeing a defensive line as promising as the one Cincinnati built this offseason.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Bengals have had a potent edge-rusher in Trey Hendrickson, but their defense overall has been beyond underwhelming in recent seasons. Last year, it ranked 31st overall and 30th in points allowed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">However, Cincinnati made an aggressive pre-draft trade for standout defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence while signing Jonathan Allen and Boye Mafe in free agency. With those three leading the defensive line, the Bengals&#8217; defense is bigger up front and might actually stand a chance of challenging Burrow and Cincinnati&#8217;s potent offense in practice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;D-line, certainly size. Size difference from last year is the most glaring thing,&#8221; Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-833396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}