Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will look at how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that the Cincinnati Bengals have announced the nominees for their Ring of Honor.

Here are the nominees:

Jim Breech, Place Kicker: 1980-92.

Breech is the all-time leading scorer in franchise history and was the first kicker to have two 40-yard Field Goals in the Super Bowl.

James Brooks, Running Back: 1984-91.

In the years Brooks played for the Bengals, only Marcus Allen, Eric Dickerson, and Roger Craig had more Yards from Scrimmage (9,459). He was a four-time Pro Bowl Selection and had 64 Touchdowns for the club.

Cris Collinsworth, Wide Receiver: 1981-88.

Collinsworth was the runner-up for the Offensive Rookie of the Year in 1981 and was a Pro Bowl and Second Team All-Pro in his first three seasons.  He exceeded 1,000 Yards four times and had 6,698 Receiving Yards and 26 TDs.

Corey Dillon, Running Back, 1997-2003.

Dillon was a three-time Pro Bowl Selection who rushed for over 1,000 yards in his first six seasons, 8,061 in total for the Bengals. He is Cincinnati’s all-time leading rusher and also had 89 Touchdowns (82 rushing, 7 receiving) for the Bengals.

David Fulcher, Safety, 1986-92.

Fulcher went to three straight Pro Bowls (1988-90) and was a First-Team All-Pro in 1989. Over his career, he recorded 31 Interceptions and 8.5 Sacks.

Tim Krumrie, Nose Tackle, 1983-94.

Krumrie was twice named to the Pro Bowl.  In 1988, he was a First-Team All-Pro and was seventh in Defensive Player of the Year voting. Playing his 12-year career in Cincinnati, Krumrie accumulated 1,017 Tackles and 34.5 Sacks.

Dave Lapham, Offensive Guard, 1974-83.

Lapham started 105 of his 140 Games and, following his playing career, would join the Bengals broadcasting team.

Max Montoya, Offensive Guard, 1979-92.

Montoya was a member of the Bengals’ first two AFC Championship teams, and three of his four Pro Bowls were in Cincinnati.

Bob Trumpy, Tight End, 1968-77.

Trumpy is the only player in team history to be named an AFL All-Star and to the Pro Bowl.  A First Team All-Pro in 1969 when he had a career-high 835 Yards and 9 Touchdowns, he tallied 4,600 Yards and 35 TDs.

Reggie Williams, Linebacker, 1976-89.

Williams played all of his 206 NFL Games with the Bengals where he had 63.5 Sacks.  He also won the Alan Page Community Award in 1984 and the Walter Payton Man of the Year in 1988.

You can vote for who you think should enter the Cincinnati Bengals Ring of Honor here.

Max Montoya, a seventh-round pick(168th overall in the 1979 NFL Draft from UCLA), became one of the Cincinnati Bengals' greatest late-round steals. During his 11 seasons with the team, he consistently anchored the right guard position with aggressive physicality and reliable technical skill, contributing to one of the top offensive lines of the 1980s alongside Hall of Famer Anthony Muñoz.

Montoya integrated exceptional physical mass with lateral mobility and demonstrated an aggressive finishing ability at the line of scrimmage. Serving as the right guard, he excelled in executing low, powerful drive-blocks that facilitated the creation of significant interior lanes for running backs Pete Johnson and Ickey Woods. In pass protection, his broad frame and substantial hands enabled him to withstand bull-rushes from interior defensive linemen, thereby maintaining a stable pocket for quarterbacks Ken Anderson and Boomer Esiason.

Montoya assumed a position in the starting lineup in 1980 and consistently maintained the right guard position thereafter. He was an integral component of both of Cincinnati's AFC Championship teams during the 1980s. In 1981, he started in every game for an offense that propelled the franchise to Super Bowl XVI. Seven years later, he anchored the line for the league's leading rushing offense in 1988, contributing significantly to Cincinnati's AFC West title and their appearance in Super Bowl XXIII.

His personal accolades exemplify his superior performance on the field. Montoya received three Pro Bowl selections as a Bengal in 1986, 1988, and 1989. In his concluding season with Cincinnati in 1989, he also achieved Second-Team All-Pro recognition and recorded a career-high Approximate Value of 13.

Following the 1989 season, Montoya departed Cincinnati under Plan B free agency to join the Los Angeles Raiders. He spent his final five NFL seasons on the West Coast, starting at right guard for four of those campaigns and earning a fourth career Pro Bowl selection in 1993 at age 37 before retiring after the 1994 season.  As a Bengal, Montoya started 144 of his 157 games.