CINCINNATI — On the hottest day yet of Bengals’ training camp, head coach Zac Taylor pushed back the start by 25 minutes, shoving Sunday’s session further into the midday heat.Whether by design or not, adding another level to the most intense and telling day of Cincinnati’s training camp to date only further tested the roster’s resolve.In a rarity for most camp practices, both offense and defense earned passing grades.The Bengals’ first teams went at each other for six drives, the closest the 2026 club has seen to real football this year. The offense posted two scores, and quarterback Joe Burrow still looked like himself with touchdowns to Tee Higgins and Andrei Iosivas.Rookie Colbie Young has a breakout day at Bengals' campPaul Dehner Jr.But the remade defense continued to show off its primary weapons with a consistent pass rush and timely blitz packages that kept Burrow off-balance and stopped four drives.The action was competitive, both sides made highlight-worthy plays, and the result was a team starting to feel its goal come into focus. A team that needs to be more well-rounded this season looked the part on its most revealing day thus far.Burrow heats upAs training camp started to find a rhythm with more unscripted periods, Burrow and the offense started to show their teeth. That began during Friday night’s practice in the stadium, when Burrow connected on a bomb to Ja’Marr Chase, one of the first of camp.Only days earlier, safety Bryan Cook teased Chase in the locker room for not completing a deep ball on them yet, but despite Cook’s push as the ball arrived, Chase came down with his latest highlight catch inside Paycor Stadium.The trend continued Sunday when Burrow showed off his other unstoppable weapon, a back-shoulder, high-point to Higgins for a red-zone touchdown. The two have mastered that throw over the years, and this one came at the expense of cornerback DJ Ivey, who was in great position, but Burrow’s accuracy and Higgins’ timing and freakish athleticism turned it into a score.“That’s his signature thing,” Iosivas said.