The Cincinnati Bengals need linebackers with experience to accelerate the development of Demetrius Knight Jr. and Barrett Carter.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, twelve-year veteran linebacker Kyle Van Noy is a free agent, and it doesn\u2019t look like he\u2019ll be returning to the Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n
Recently, on the \u201cUp & Adams\u201d podcast, host Kay Adams asked Van Noy, \u201cWhat\u2019s going on with you and the Steelers?\u201d<\/p>\n
The linebacker expressed concerns that he wouldn\u2019t get sufficient playing time in Pittsburgh with all the talent they have, including T.J. Watt, Nick Herbig, and Alex Highsmith.<\/p>\n
Then Van Noy pivoted to the Cincinnati Bengals, saying, \u201cI will say, I did enjoy, when I was at the Pro Bowl, getting to know Joe Burrow, just seeing how he locked in for a flag football game and the competitive side that he has and how he turns it on.\u201d<\/p>\n
He then called Burrow a top-three QB in the NFL, \u201ccerebral\u201d, and said, \u201cIf you know, you know. He\u2019s that dude.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adams then asked, \u201cWould you play for the Bengals?\u201d<\/p>\n
Van Noy laughed about switching places with Trey Hendrickson, but then said, \u201cYeah, they just got Dexter Lawrence. They have B.J. Hill. They have a couple young guys on the edge, [Myles] Murphy.\u201d<\/p>\n
In other words, he could be the final piece for a defense that now has muscle up front but not enough consistency behind the d-line.<\/p>\n
We talked about all the moves Duke Tobin and company made this offseason in our most recent video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cincinnati Bengals need linebackers with experience to accelerate the development of Demetrius Knight Jr. and Barrett Carter.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[228618,349,99],"class_list":["post-628577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-cincinnati-bengals-rumors","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}