A mini-wave of Cincinnati Bengals news and notes went public on the first day of the new year.
Go figure, considering it represented the first time in a handful of years that the team was eliminated from playoff consideration before the final week of the season.
That was the main fallout of the team’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 17. But close behind that are items like first-round draft positioning next spring and quite a bit more, including some important takeaways from the snap counts.
Here’s a look at the must-know Bengals news, notes and quotes for January 2.