Bengals join extensive list of NFL teams that could be spotlighted this summer after recent rule changes to popular television series
The Cincinnati Bengals got the in-season Hard Knocks experience last year, and the classic training camp version is on the table for this year.The popular HBO Original series has announced lighter restrictions for teams who can be chosen to be featured on the training camp edition of the program. These new rules mean the Bengals are […]
The Cincinnati Bengals got the in-season Hard Knocks experience last year, and the classic training camp version is on the table for this year.
The popular HBO Original series has announced lighter restrictions for teams who can be chosen to be featured on the training camp edition of the program.
These new rules mean the Bengals are one of 20 eligible teams to be featured on the six-week series this summer.
Most of the league is in play to be on the show. The only clubs who can't be featured either have first-year coaches, they were featured in training camp edition in the last eight years, or they will be featured in the in-season edition.
The Bengals have head coach Zac Taylor entering his seventh season on the job, the team has not been on the training camp edition in 12 years, and the AFC North is not expected to be featured on the in-season edition after it was the spotlighted division last year.
In short, there's a chance HBO's cameras return to Cincinnati, but over 60% of the rest of the league can say the same.
If the Bengals do get selected, at least one player won't mind. Center Ted Karras was a fan of how the in-season product turned out to be and told the Pat McAfee Show the production crew weren't much of a distraction.
"Barely noticed," Karras said of the crew. "And we had the 'Quarterback' thing too and barely noticed that. I think those guys did a great job. Really was not infringed at all."
Karras was also referring to Netflix's "Quarterback" crew following Joe Burrow's entire 2024 season. The second season of the series will premiere later this summer.
There's definite intrigue in the Bengals heading into 2025. Paying both Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins together at once has been deemed a bold strategy by the masses, and how Burrow follows an MVP-caliber season and Chase a triple crown-winning season will be must-see television.
We'll find out later this year if Cincinnati gets the nod from HBO for the solo spotlight this time around.
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