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Earning Their Stripes: Part II – Drawing a Line

Head Coach Marvin Lewis was quoted last month saying that the offensive line has an, “…opportunity for some real, true depth.”  With the last minute signing of starting right tackle Andre Smith…Read More

Earning Their Stripes – Part I: One for the Corps

At nearly every position the Bengals are deep in terms of talent.  Like off the continental shelf deep.  As a result the battle for final roster spots is not simply going to be brutal, but real talent…Read More

Stripe Hype Fantasy Football Preview

Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls and children of all ages, Stripehype.com proudly presents to you your first fantasy football preview of the summer! Please try to hold your applause until the end…Read More

Centerpiece of the Draft

  Much of the Bengals draft grades have focused around the top four picks and their overall immediate utility, but Cincinnati’s real step forward was projecting considerable depth at every position,…Read More

A Conspiracy In Orange – Agent Smith

For a team that has been flying under the radar for the past two years as Draft Day enigmas, it’s almost safe at this point to say that the Bengals must be regarded as “savvy”, and while there is…Read More

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NIT-NATI Mock Draft 2013

For the first time in generation, there is hope in the Queen City.  Unlike previous decades of what…Read More

ICYMI: The Tate Debate: Part II

It’s true that Head Coach Marvin Lewis and Owner Mike Brown have been highly focused on bringing back…Read More

ICYMI: Containing The Quarterback

It’s wholly possible that America’s football fan base is in the process of witnessing an evolution…Read More

Keeping With The Corps

Head Coach Marvin Lewis has been playing the proverbial tiger-striped Cheshire cat thus far throughout…Read More

Cover the NFL Draft, Cincinnati Bengals, & Entire NFL At Stripe Hype

  Do you love following the NFL Draft? Do you enjoy talking about who would be the best fit for…Read More

A Case for Nnamdi

At this point, most of Bengaldom is past the knowledge that the Bengals have $55.1M in cap space and…Read More

You Drafted Kenny?! You Ba****ds!

At this point, it’s hard to speculate how the Bengals will pick when they select at number 21 in this…Read More

Its A LaRon Way To The Top If You Wanna Rock’n Roll

Certainly the talk in greater Bengaldom has been about potential free agents filling areas of need for…Read More

Deciphering a Draft Pick

Debatably, this could one of the best times to be a Bengals fan in recent memory.  Three trips to the…Read More

Stripe Hype Interview: Uconn Linebacker Sio Moore

  One of the Bengals biggest needs is an outside linebacker that can play in coverage as well as…Read More

Week in Review: A Tale of Two Schedules

In 2011, the largest knock on a very young Bengals team was that despite making the wild card round…Read More

Stripehype Interview: Kevin Zeitler

    The turnaround of the Cincinnati Bengals franchise can be attributed in large part to…Read More

One Wish

      There’s a lot that I could do with but a single wish. So much could be done…Read More

Week in Review: 24 Hours in the Life of a Bengals Fan

    8:00 AM-Wake up feeling a sense of excitement that it’s Sunday, but also with a…Read More

2013 Draft Profile: Khaseem Green

Our linebacker play hasn’t been very good in quite a few years, but watching Rey Maualuga in the…Read More