The Cincinnati Bengals have just two games left before the season comes to a close. Those games won’t have playoff implications after the season went off the rails in more ways than one. As such, there’s a balancing act between wanting to win the remaining games and thinking about the future.

Cincinnati has picked 13th overall twice in team history. In 1985 they took wide receiver Eddie Brown. He was a big part of their Super Bowl run in 1988 and won Offensive Rookie of the Year in 1985. The Bengals also picked linebacker Takeo Spikes with the 13th overall selection in the 1998 NFL Draft.

One NFC front office executive estimated that there were “probably only a handful [of teams] that wouldn’t at least make an attempt,” while one AFC team executive told the outlet that it would take a “Ricky Williams-type trade” to make a deal for Burrow, 29, happen.

There was some early mystery about what Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow gifted his offensive linemen for Christmas. But Burrow and his teammates have finally shattered the silence on the topic in a big way.

Preview the Week 17 matchup between the Cincinnati Bengals and Arizona Cardinals with predictions, odds, over/under, spread, betting lines and more.

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. is reportedly expected to play against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.

Five players from Cincy's 2023 draft class had at least 550 snaps this season, the most for any of its drafted players in Year 3 since 2011.

Learn which TV channel or how to live stream the NFL Week 17 Cincinnati Bengals and Arizona Cardinals game, Sunday, Dec. 28.

Mock draft predicts Bengals select Trey Hendrickson's successor in first round originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Cincinnati Bengals have not been able to live up to their lofty expectations over the last few seasons.