The Cincinnati Bengals spent years with stop-gaps at right tackle. Seemingly every offseason, fans were clamoring for them to sign veteran right tackles to help keep Joe Burrow upright. After years of Riley Reif, La’El Collins and Trent Brown, the Bengals appear to finally have their franchise right tackle.
Mims was thrust into starting action in his rookie season, much earlier than anyone expected. He showed promise instantly and has steadily improved each year. Now in Year 3, Mims looks to be primed for a huge 2026 campaign.
The starting offensive line from 2025 is all coming back, which is a first in the Burrow era. After Mims publicly vouched for Dalton Risner and credited him with his development last season, the pair will once again anchor the right side of Cincinnati’s offensive line.
> “He looks ready to play at an All-Pro level this year. He’s quickly become the anchor of an offensive line that’s far better than previous editions and has continuity next to him at right guard with Dalton Risner.”
> “You can tell that really hit her,” he continued. “t’s like ‘we’re gonna spend the next four months without you and you’re really not even getting to do what we thought you were gonna do.’”
> “I think Joe Burrow is way too high,” Hasselbeck said. “He’s been in the league six years; he’s started every game in the regular season just three times. That’s half. So, to think he’s in this rarefied area inside the top five with guys \[who\] consistently play at an MVP level that are always seemingly available, that’s really surprising to me…**”**
> “As Bengals fans might remember, he caught a two-point conversion in the AFC Championship from Joe Burrow that helped the franchise advance to the Super Bowl.”
> ““I definitely could see a world where it would be a lot of fun to do it,” Flacco said.
Nothing fires up the timeline quite like a quarterback ranking list.
> “I do see the fit in Kansas City because it’s a team that’s got an established quarterback that can deal with a big personality”
> “He told the team that he [wanted to go there](https://x.com/patmcafeeshow/status/2076707389361840446?s=46), work out, see how he felt, see how he reacted. See everything that went along with being back in pads on the football field and seeing how it made him feel.“
Are you running fantasy mocks already?
Turns out, he was playing through a lot.
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