The Cincinnati Bengals are coming off a 2022-23 NFL campaign that many other franchises would regard as a success.
Despite a slow start to the year, including seeing some of the squad’s biggest stars get mired in ugly controversy, they rallied back hard and ultimately came within a game of securing a Super Bowl berth.
That said, when you were in the Super Bowl and a play away from winning it all one year before that, it’s easy to see why last season’s showing left a sour taste in some Bengals fans’ mouths.
In the Joe Burrow Era, anything less than a championship feels like something was left on the table.
In addition to the Bengals’ players playing extremely well last year, the team’s cheerleaders also showed out. They really raised the bar for NFL dancers in a lot of ways, and clearly the organization wants to keep that momentum going next season.
This week, the official team account shared some pictures from auditions for the 2023-24 NFL season. A lot of the photos are wild and paint a promising picture of what the future holds for the cheerleading squad come next season.
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This has been a really big year for cheerleaders across all sports. Just this week a Miami Heat dancer’s provocative personal photos went so viral that even team head coach Erik Spoelstra’s wife felt the need to comment on them.
While Bengals dancers have yet to reach that level of notoriety, they still go pretty viral in their own right.
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Big picture, football-wise, it will be fascinating to see where Cincinnati finds itself come next season.
Burrow continues to be one of the faces of the NFL, but the Bengals are getting to that point where his looming new contract may influence the sort of weapons that can be placed around him.
There’s a new Olivia Dunne in town. https://t.co/ktEAvcjmiW
— Game 7 (@game7__) April 20, 2023
If he opts to be a team player and let his guys get paid as well, Burrow and Co. will be a force in Cincinnati for many years to come.
Should that not happen, and if the Bengals’ receiving and running games go the way of their offensive line, it really wouldn’t be all that shocking to see all parties involved take a step back.
Either way, whether the team is good or bad next year, the Bengals’ cheerleaders will undoubtedly by going wild and cheering them on every step of the way.
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A graduate from the University of Texas, Anthony Amador has been credentialed to cover the Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks and high school games all over the Lone Star State. Currently, his primary beats are the NBA, MLB, NFL and UFC.
