CINCINNATI — The Bengals signed Dalton Risner to a contract extension this week, cementing the offensive starting group basically across the board for next season. Risner was the only major piece of the offense not under contract this fall. Now, the continuity train gets another passenger after his best NFL season just played out with the Bengals.

CINCINNATI (AP) — For the first time in Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow’s career, the starting offensive line for the following season is set before the start of free agency after right guard Dalton Risner signed a one-year deal on Monday.

Move over, Adam Schefter and Ian Rapoport, there is a new NFL insider on the scene. On Monday, the wife of Bengals offensive lineman Dalton Risner broke the news across her social media channels that the 30-year-old guard is re-signing with the club on a one-year deal.

Risner joined the Bengals late last offseason after head coach Zac Taylor announced in August that guard Cordell Volson would be out for the year with a shoulder injury.

Cincinnati Bengals Director of Player Personnel Duke Tobin "doesn't have a definite answer' in regards to the future of defensive end Trey Hendrickson.

Per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, the Bengals do not intend to use the franchise tag on Hendrickson, setting him up to seek the long-term deal he was unable to find in Cincinnati. “The sense at the end of the week is that Trey Hendrickson (Bengals) and Odafe Oweh (Chargers) will probably not be franchise-tagged.

The former Denver Broncos offensive lineman has agreed to a one-year contract extension with the Cincinnati Bengals ahead of the official start of NFL free agency next week. The 30-year-old guard originally joined the Bengals last summer,