In The Trenches with Dave Lapham

When you want the latest on what is happening in the National Football League, the main NFL Insider is Peter King, who returns to In The Trenches with Dave Lapham, presented by First Star Logistics, to talk about the Cincinnati Bengals.

The Bengals made a significant move this week when they signed offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr. to a major deal to help add more protection to Joe Burrow as the Bengals work to reach another Super...

The past 24 hours have seen the Cincinnati Bengals fan base go from upset and confused by the loss of safeties Jessie Bates III and Vonn Bell to over the moon about the signing of 4x Pro Bowl offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr., who won a Super Bowl this past season with the Kansas City Chiefs.

We went directly to Bengals offensive line coach Frank Pollack to get his reaction. Now, Dave Lapham jumps In The Trenches, presented by Fir...

Finally! The Bengals finally make a splash in this years free agency. Signing the best offense tackle available in Orlando Brown Jr. Brown has played for the Ravens as a right tackle and then switched to left tackle with the Kansas City Chiefs.

A 4x Pro Bowler in the last four seasons Brown automatically becomes the Bengals best offense lineman. Probably the best since Andrew Whitworth sadly left the Bengals in 2016. After a slow f...

Each year an NFL roster will see changes. Some are good, some not so good. This week, the Cincinnati Bengals saw two significant hits to their secondary when the Killer B's, Jessie Bates III and Vonn Bell, left in free agency for more significant contracts.

Bates is headed to the Atlanta Falcons on a four-year deal at $64.02 million, including $23 million in the first year and $36 million over the first two years. The deal makes Ba...

Great having Cincinnati Bengals tight end coach James Casey back to In The Trenches with Dave Lapham, presented by First Star Logistics.

Since joining the Bengals, Casey has seen a few changes in his tight end room. However, Casey knows there could be changes this offseason as Hayden Hurst and Drew Sample are unrestricted Free Agents, and Mitchell Wilcox, while a restricted Free Agent, has not been tendered a contract.

While Casey ...

Longtime Cincinnati Bengals Director of Player Personnel, Duke Tobin, is back In The Trenches with Dave Lapham, presented by First Star Logistics.

Coming off the NFL Combine, Tobin and his staff are gearing up for the start of the NFL Free Agency period and the 2023 NFL Draft in April.

However, maybe the first order of business is a contract extension for Bengals star quarterback Joe Burrow, who is due to be paid $11.535 million fo...

We continue on In The Trenches with Dave Lapham, presented by First Star Logistics, talking with former New York Giants, two-time Super Bowl Champion quarterback, and CBS, The NFL Today analyst Phil Simms.

In Part 2, Simms and Lap discuss the status of the NFL and the rise of franchise quarterbacks like Bengals signal caller Joe Burrow and others across the NFL.

How much of a factor will the massive contract signed by Deshaun Watso...

One of the best to ever spin the football in the NFL, Phil Simms, returns to In The Trenches with Dave Lapham, presented by First Star Logistics, to talk about starting the long-running Disney commercial, "I'm going to Disney World!" / "I'm going to Disneyland!" following his Super Bowl XXI performance. Simms and Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway were each paid $75,000, with the winner getting the spot.

Also discussed in Part O...

Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo returns to In The Trenches with Dave Lapham, presented by First Star Logistics, after another great season leading the Bengals' defense.

With success, other NFL teams have taken notice giving Anarumo another chance to interview for a head coaching job. While Anarumo did not get the job, Bengals fans are excited to have the "Mad Scientist" back calling the defense for the 2023 sea...

Bengals offensive coordinator Brain Callahan returns to In The Trenches with Dave Lapham. Dave and Coach Callahan talk about the disappointing end to the season but look back on an what was still an amazing 2022 season. Callahan contributed a lot to the Bengals success in 2022 working with Joe Burrow and Zac Taylor. The Bengals offense continued to show success and had the stats to back it up.

The NFL noticed the Bengals success th...

Dan Pitcher is back In The Trenches with Dave Lapham presented by First Star Logistics. Lapham and Pitcher talk about the upcoming free agent period and ramping up for the NFL Combine.

Coach Pitcher has been with the Cincinnati Bengals since 2016 and started as an offensive assistant working with the wide receivers. In 2018 Dan started working with the quarterbacks and when former QBs coach Alex Van Pelt left to be the OC in Clevel...

It was another big season for Zac Taylor and the Cincinnati Bengals as they came up a game short of making a second consecutive Super Bowl.

With success comes other teams calling and looking to hire away members of a coaching staff. For Taylor, the excitement of knowing his entire staff looks ready to return after Lou Anarumo, Brian Callahan, Dan Pitcher, and Troy Walters each saw teams call with possible opportunities.

Along with ...

Chris Simms returns to In The Trenches with Dave Lapham presented by First Star Logistics. In this episode Dave and Chris recap Super Bowl 57 and look ahead to the 2023 NFL Season.

Chris talks about how the AFC will be a heavyweight bout for the next 10 some years as long as these elite quarterbacks stay in the conference. With Burrow, Mahomes, Allen, Herbert, Lawrence, and more you just never know who will rise to the occasion eac...

Cincinnati Bengals center Ted Karras returns to In The Trenches with Dave Lapham, presented by First Star Logistics, to discuss the Bengals 2022 season that ended in the AFC Championship Game.

In his first season with the Bengals, Karras provided outstanding leadership along the offensive line as the Bengals, after a slow start, ran off a 10-game winning streak before losing to the Kansas City Chiefs.

In his return to In The Trench...

Former offense lineman Bruce Kozerski tells us what impressed him about the 2022 Cincinnati Bengals. Bruce also talks about his time with the Bengals in the 1980s and what it takes for a team to make a super bowl run. 

Kozerski played 12 seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals (1984-1995). The Bengals drafted Bruce out of Holy Cross in the 9th round of the 1984 NFL Draft. Koz was a Pro Bowl alternate in three straight seasons in 1988, ...

Former Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Louis Breeden knows what it's like to reach the Super Bowl during his career with the Bengals.

Breeden is sold on how good the Bengals have been the past two seasons, reaching back-to-back AFC Championships and Super Bowl LVI.

Breeden also knows the straw that stirs the Bengals is quarterback Joe Burrow.

Breeden comes up from the secondary to jump In The Trenches with Dave Lapham, presented by F...

We always have a great conversation when Jimmy Burrow visits In The Trenches with Dave Lapham, presented by First Star Logistics.

Sometimes, we ask Jimmy to put on his coaching hat, sometimes his father's hat since he is the father of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, and sometimes, we ask him to put on the hat the majority of us wear, a fan's hat when talking about the Bengals.

We do a deep dive following the Bengals' los...

Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, FOX News Bill Hemmer has stayed true to his roots, cheering for his hometown teams, the Elder Panthers, Reds, and Bengals, no matter where he's gone in the world.

Hemmer, who was in Kansas City last Sunday for the Bengals AFC Championship Game against the Chiefs, got In The Trenches with Dave Lapham, presented by First Star Logistics, to discuss the outcome, quality of officiating, his work in j...

Cincinnati Bengals senior defensive assistant coach Mark Duffner has almost seen it all when it comes to football. Having been a longtime college head coach and assistant coach in the NFL since 1987, Duffner is known for his energetic outlook on life on and off the field.

The past few seasons Duffner, who is in his second stint with the Bengals, has watched as young players like Joe Burrow, Logan Wilson, Sam Hubbard, and others hav...