- Source: 2021 Cincinnati Bengals season
The 2021 season was the Cincinnati Bengals' 52nd season in the National Football League (NFL), their 54th overall and their third under head coach Zac Taylor. They also played in new uniforms for the first time since 2004. The Bengals finished with a 10–7 record, exceeding their win total from the previous two seasons combined. The Bengals clinched their first winning season, first playoff appearance, and first AFC North title since 2015. It also marked their first Super Bowl appearance since 1988.
The Bengals began their playoff run by defeating the Las Vegas Raiders 26-19 in the wild-card round, winning their first playoff game since 1990, and ending what was the NFL's longest playoff win drought. They beat the top-seeded Tennessee Titans 19-16 in the divisional round, which not only marked their first-ever playoff win on the road but also allowed them to advance to the AFC Championship game for the first time since 1988. They upset the second-seeded Kansas City Chiefs 27-24 in overtime. As a result, they advanced to Super Bowl LVI, their third Super Bowl in franchise history and first in 33 years. Quarterback Joe Burrow became the first second-year quarterback since Russell Wilson in 2013 to reach a Super Bowl, and the first No. 1-picked QB to do so within their first two seasons. However, the Bengals lost to the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl 23–20.
For first time since 2010, A. J. Green was not on the opening day roster.
Offseason
= Free agents
=As of March 15, 2021
Unrestricted
Restricted
Exclusive-Rights
= Signings
== Releases
== Trades
=March 19 - Quarterback Ryan Finley and the Bengals' 2021 seventh-round selection (No. 231 overall) were traded to the Houston Texans for the Texans' 2021 sixth-round selection (No. 200 overall).
August 30 - Center Billy Price was traded to the New York Giants for defensive tackle B.J. Hill.
= Draft
=Trades
Seattle traded center B. J. Finney and Detroit's seventh-round selection (No. 235) to Cincinnati for defensive end Carlos Dunlap.
Cincinnati traded Ryan Finley and seventh round selection (No. 248) to the Houston Texans in exchange for a sixth-round selection (No. 202).
Cincinnati traded their second-round selection (38th overall) to the New England Patriots in exchange for the Patriots second-round selection (46th overall) and two fourth-round selections (122nd and 139th overall).
= Undrafted free agents
=The Bengals announced their Undrafted free agent class on May 14.
Staff
Final roster
NFL Top 100
Preseason
The Bengals' preseason opponents and schedule were announced on May 12.
Regular season
= Schedule
=The Bengals 2021 schedule was announced on May 12.
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
= Game summaries
=Week 1: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Week 2: at Chicago Bears
Week 3: at Pittsburgh Steelers
This was Cincinnati's first win in Pittsburgh since 2015.
Week 4: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
The Bengals improved to 3–1 for the first time since 2018 with this win, despite only taking the lead with 4 seconds left in the game on a game winning Evan McPherson field goal. Burrow was recognized as the AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in this game, in which he completed 25 out of 32 passes for a total of 348 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions, posting a 132.8 passer rating.
Week 5: vs. Green Bay Packers
Week 6: at Detroit Lions
Week 7: at Baltimore Ravens
Week 8: at New York Jets
Week 9: vs. Cleveland Browns
Week 11: at Las Vegas Raiders
Week 12: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
With the win, the Bengals swept the Steelers for the first time since 2009.
Week 13: vs. Los Angeles Chargers
Week 14: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Week 15: at Denver Broncos
Week 16: vs. Baltimore Ravens
With the win this marked the first time since 2015 that the Bengals swept the Ravens.
Week 17: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Week 18: at Cleveland Browns
Standings
= Division
== Conference
=Postseason
= Schedule
== Game summaries
=AFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (5) Las Vegas Raiders
AFC Divisional Playoffs: at (1) Tennessee Titans
AFC Championship: at (2) Kansas City Chiefs
Super Bowl LVI: vs. (N4) Los Angeles Rams
Notes
Statistics
= Team
== Individual
=Statistics correct as of the end of the 2021 NFL season
References
External links
Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Sauce Gardner
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Amon-Ra St. Brown
- Patrick Mahomes
- Ezekiel Elliott
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Minnesota Vikings
- Las Vegas Raiders
- Stadion SoFi
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