{"id":31759,"date":"2025-09-02T14:54:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=31759"},"modified":"2025-09-02T14:54:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:54:31","slug":"mike-pennels-reason-for-signing-with-the-bengals-will-make-cincinnati-fans-even-more-excited-about-the-upcoming-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=31759","title":{"rendered":"Mike Pennel\u2019s reason for signing with the Bengals will make Cincinnati fans even more excited about the upcoming season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/.image\/w_3840,q_auto:good,c_limit\/Mzk6MDAwMDAwMDAwMjQxMDI2\/nfl-chicago-bears-at-kansas-city-chiefs-241026.jpg\" alt=\"Aug 22, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Mike Pennel Jr. (69) warms up against the Chicago Bears prior to a game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports\n\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals\u00a0defensive tackle Mike Pennel\u00a0might be on the practice squad for now, but he\u2019s hoping to help the team make it back to the playoffs this season.<\/p>\n<p>Pennel,\u00a0who was released by the Kansas City Chiefs last week, labeled Cincinnati as a team ready to make the postseason after his first practice wearing Bengals colors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was unexpected, me leaving K.C.,\u201d Pennel told WLWT\u2019s Charlie Clifford Monday afternoon. \u201cBut I was looking for the best opportunity with a playoff-ready team, and thank God Cincinnati came up.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mike Pennel on joining the Bengals: &quot;I was looking for the best opportunity with a playoff ready team and thank god Cincinnati came up.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Du8Z5TJ5ga\">pic.twitter.com\/Du8Z5TJ5ga<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie Clifford (@char_cliff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/char_cliff\/status\/1962594948278063385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mike-pennel-believes-bengals-are-primed-for-playoff-return\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-m-font-size\">Mike Pennel believes Bengals are primed for playoff return<\/h2>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">Pennel is fresh off playing in every single game the Chiefs played to try and complete the three-peat last year. He\u2019s already climbed the mountain twice and has two rings to prove it, and has played in as many postseason games as there are in an NFL team\u2019s regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Being a part of a playoff team is what drives the 34-year old nose tackle to keep pushing 12 years into his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompetitive edge man, love of the game,\u201d Pennel told Clifford. \u201cAnytime you can play for somebody that has a genuine chance in the playoffs and even further, it\u2019s not hard to get up and do it when you got that opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pennel has played in seven postseason games since the Bengals were last in the bracket, and yet, the experienced veteran who\u2019s been a part of 13 playoff wins to just four losses identified Cincinnati as a team primed to return.<\/p>\n<p>That affirms what many in the building already believe, and fans should be excited to hear it as well.<\/p>\n<p>Missing the playoffs in back-to-back years has been rough for Cincinnati and its fanbase. Every year\u00a0Joe Burrow\u00a0and Co. spends January on the couch instead of playing under the lights is a wasted opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>2025 becomes all the more important to buck the trend, and Pennel now has a hand in doing so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals\u00a0defensive tackle Mike Pennel\u00a0might be on the practice squad for now, but he\u2019s hoping to help the team make it back to the playoffs this season&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mike Pennel\u2019s reason for signing with the Bengals will make Cincinnati fans even more excited about the upcoming season - 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