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Any time a running back comes into the AFC North standing 5-foot-8 and weighing 200 pounds, the natural comparison will be to Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice. But, as Bengals coach Marvin Lewis see it, Giovani Bernard is ahead of Rice in te...

Mel Kiper breaks down his top 5 running back prospects for the 2014 NFL draft, with De'Anthony Thomas leading the way.

Story | Conversation | May 14, 2013

North Carolina is a team folks are not sleeping on in the Coastal this year, thanks to immediate results in Year 1 under Larry Fedora. But there certainly are some questions that have to be addressed on offense, with players like Giovani Bernard, ...

It's common knowledge that the two playoff teams in the AFC North -- the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals -- took different approaches in the offseason. The Ravens parted ways with eight starters from their Super Bowl team, and the Bengals ...

The AFC North blog is continuing its rankings of each position for the next two weeks. This is a projection on how the group will fare this season. It's not an evaluation based on last year. For Tuesday, let's look at the running backs. 1. Baltimo...

North Carolina Tar Heels 2012 record: 8-4 2012 conference record: 5-3, Coastal Returning starters: Offense: 6; defense: 7; kicker/punter: 1 Top returners QB Bryn Renner, OT James Hurst, DE Kareem Martin, S Tre Boston Key losses R...

The Bengals' Giovani Bernard and the Steelers' Le'Veon Bell were the top two running backs taken in the 2013 draft. But they aren't the top two rookie running backs this year in fantasy football. That's according to the 2013 ESPN fantasy football ran...

KC Joyner spotlights seven rookie running backs with the highest fantasy value for the 2013 NFL season, including Denver's Montee Ball and Green Bay's first-year duo of Eddie Lacy and Johnathan Franklin.

Story | Conversation | May 03, 2013

There's no question that the Cincinnati Bengals were the big winners in the Carson Palmer trade with the Oakland Raiders. The Bengals received first- and second-round selections for Palmer, who lasted two seasons and won a total of eight games. Bu...

Two days into what had been an impressive draft for the Cincinnati Bengals, ESPN's Tedy Bruschi said, "If there was a year they can win the division, it's this year." Herm Edwards raised expectations even higher, predicting the Bengals would win the ...

Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton expects Cincinnati to "take the next step" after his team drafted a tight end with sure hands and a running back that can catch passes, giving the offense what it's lacked most.

Let's break down the Cincinnati Bengals' 2013 draft: FIRST-ROUND SPOTLIGHT: Not saying this has been bad, but the Bengals have been predictable in past drafts. Drafting tight end Jermaine Gresham (2010) and wide receiver A.J. Green (2011) in the f...

Catching up on the draft ... Congrats to Duke and former QB Sean Renfree, the program's first player drafted since 2004. David Cutcliffe was proud of his top receiver. It was a sad draft for Georgia Tech, which was shut out for the first time...

Florida State followed up its big first round with a huge NFL draft weekend, as the Seminoles led every program in the nation with 11 total picks, setting a new school record. That's right. The Noles had more picks than national champion Alabama (...

The Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals had the most successful drafts in the NFL. This isn't me saying it. ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. gave three teams an 'A', and two of them were last season's playoff teams from this division. Take a bow, Ravens and ...

Christopher Harris offers his top 10 fantasy rookies for 2013, and profiles the top skill-position players from the final two days of the draft.