Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor spoke on an unfair narrative floating around the team and quarterback Joe Burrow. The Cincinnati Bengals are just days away from kicking off their 2026 preseason slate as they prepare for the upcoming 2026 NFL season. Priority number one for the Bengals this year will be keeping quarterback Joe Burrow healthy after he missed most of last year with a nagging toe injury. Recently, Bengals head coach Zac Taylor fired back at some of the narratives swirling about the team's offensive line protection, or lack thereof. “There's this idea that, ‘Oh, we just can't protect [Joe] Burrow' … that just isn't true,” Taylor said, per NFL insider Ben Solak of ESPN.