CINCINNATI -- The Cincinnati Bengals held their fifth practice of training camp on Monday and it was a big one with the team donning full pads for the first time.

Training camp for the 2025 season is here, though, and McPherson is looking to rebound. According to Dan Hoard, McPherson has made every one of his field goal attempts so far in training camp, going a perfect 18-for-18. McPherson told Hoard he may have gone too far down a corrective path after a great rookie season.

CINCINNATI --- Bengals legend Boomer Esiason is the latest national media member to weigh in on Trey Hendrickson's contract status with the team. Hendrickson didn't report for training camp earlier this week and flew back to Jacksonville, Florida after contract talks went awry.

OK, so the first week of training camp was kind of a dud. Leaguewide, the first four practices were quick and pad-less, as mandated by NFL rules. The league’s medical advisers determined that a slower ramp-up to full contact in training camp will lead to fewer groin and hamstring pulls.

Stewart agreed to sign the four-year, $18.97 million deal after Cincinnati changed the language a controversial clause.

The heat and stifling humidity that have dominated the first week of training camp provided a new test Monday as the unstable air produced lightning and heavy rain that forced the Cincinnati Bengals to stop practice halfway through and move operations to the indoor facility.

“Simmons says wider receiver Charlie Jones (their top punt returner) and Jermaine Burton are going to see time as a kick-return tandem. In the second year of the new kickoff rule, Simmons is looking for sure handers. He anticipates opposing kickers to spray the ball more to force returns and take fewer touchbacks.”