The Cincinnati Bengals revealed their renovated locker room yesterday as it was completed ahead of the Week 1 target finish date. Locker room quality happened to be one of the worst grades the Bengals received from this past year's NFLPA report card . Expect that grade to change this year.
The NFLPA's X/Twitter account made notice of quarterback Joe Burrow's praise of the team's new locker room, signaling the club's previous D+ grade is bound to go up.
Cincinnati's D+ for locker rooms was the second-lowest grade on the club's report card, with three separate F- grades for Treatment of Families, Food/Cafeteria, and Nutritionist/Dietician plummeting the team's GPA. One could argue that remedying the locker room issue was also the most time-consuming endeavor the franchise could've taken on, but they did it anyways.
The home team locker room inside Paycor Stadium had been the same since it was called Paul Brown Stadium and opened back in 2000. It was long overdue for a makeover, and several months of renovating later, it looks absolutely stunning. Longhorn Locker Company took on the project back in the winter, and owner Sam Allen says it was no small task getting it to the final product.
"There's nothing like it in the world. It's a locker designed only for them," Allen said to Bengals.com's Geoff Hobson . "What the Bengals have is the cutting edge. This is the most intricate, most expensive, most involved, and required the greatest number of hours."
Sounds to me like an A+ is in store for them.
Next on the docket for Cincinnati should involve the food department. Only two other franchises, the New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Chargers, received Fs for the Food/Cafeteria category, and only the Kansas City Chiefs joined the Bengals with an F for Nutritionist/Dietician.
As the Bengals work towards the expiration of their stadium lease in 2026 , making as many improvements to their home is paramount towards extending their stay in Cincinnati.
The players will make their voices as loud and clear about the new locker room as they did before it was dramatically improved.
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