🚨DEVELOPING🚨 Bengals LINKED To D.J. Reader + 4 Round Mock Draft From The Athletic
Bengals rumors on D.J. Reader are new after Fox Sports predicted Reader would sign back with Cincinnati. Fox Sports made predictions on 100 NFL free agents and their landing spots, Trey Hendrickson and Jake Browning were mentioned too. This Bengals YouTube video also includes a 4 round Bengals mock draft from the Athletic’s Paul Dehner Jr.!
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– Should the Bengals sign D.J. Reader? Type ‘Y’ for Yes, ‘N’ for No
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– Should the Bengals draft all defense? Type ‘1’ for Yes, ‘2’ for No
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Bengals free agency rumors from Fox Sports on D.J. Reader: “Reader, 31, just finished a two-year, $22 million contract with Detroit, starting every game as nose tackle. There’s talk he could return to Cincinnati, where he played from 2020-23, and the Bengals could use his presence up front after finishing dead last against the run and bottom three in points and yards allowed in 2025. In his prime with the Bengals, he was graded as a top-10 defensive lineman, and he’s not that anymore, but could still be a match in the $6 million range.”
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D.J. Reader 2025 stats with the Detroit Lions:
– 17 games played
– 28 tackles
– 0 tackles for loss
– 0 sacks
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Reader would be a replacement for a Bengals cut candidate such as T.J. Slaton. Bengals fans want this, but should consider Slaton had better stats in the same amount of action in 2025.
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Paul Dehner Jr.’s 4 round Bengals mock draft:
#10: Rueben Bain Jr.(EDGE, MIA)
#41: Christen Miller (DT, UGA)
#72: Caleb Tiernan (OT, NW)
#110: Chandler Rivers (CB, DUKE)
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Bengals Defensive Coaches:
Defensive Coordinator: Al Golden
DL Coach / Run Game Coordinator: Jerry Montgomery
LB Coach: Mike Hodges
Secondary/CB Coach: Charles Burks
Secondary/Safeties Coach: Jordan Kovacs
Defensive Assistant: Ronnie Regula
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The Athletic’s Dane Brugler on Chandler Rivers: “Rivers turns you off with his size, but then immediately draws you back in with his on-field play. He transitions cleanly in press-man coverage to stay in phase, annoy receivers and position his body to contest throws. He is a missile in run support, too, although his lack of size severely limits his margin for error as a tackler.”
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Rueben Bain Jr. 2025 highlights with Miami football:
– 46 tackles
– 13 tackles for loss
– 8.5 sacks
– 1 forced fumble
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NFL Draft rumors from Dane Brugler on Christen Miller: “An energetic, reliable big man, Miller has an NFL body and helps disrupt an offense’s ground game. Like most Georgia defensive linemen, he was kept fresh by playing in a heavy rotation and is still learning how to sequence a pass rush, but he has the tools to add immediate value to an NFL front.”
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21 comments
Should the Bengals sign D.J. Reader? Type ‘Y’ for Yes, ‘N’ for No
yes please
Yes
Resigning Reader would be the best thing ever!
Y
Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Bengals sign D.J. Reader? Type ‘Y’ for Yes,
No….no…no NO and F NO. I get it, it’s offseason and this is what it’s for. Speculation and hypotheticals BUT what pisses me off even talking about this is this is the EXACT shit the bengals would pull in the offseason by claiming they’re gonna be “big spenders” in the offseason. A rug pull if you will. Not go out in get young, proven, good-elite talents. They’ll go out and “spend big” by signing a bunch of has beens that are washed up and have already played for us. Might as well go out and get Eli Apple, Vonn bell, and Sam Hubbard. We need dudes who are hungry, that want to win, that need a change of scenery. Not old dudes who have already played for the organization that in my opinion, don’t care and are just lucky to land a pay day that the bengals would likely spend far more to get them than other teams would have needed to do. Oooo this title alone just irritated me. NO lol.
Bruh you convinced me to go with TJ
Why would you cut Slaton or Hill to get Reader? Cut McKinley Jackson, he's awful.
2
Keep Slaton. But we need the young guys we drafted to step up and breakout.
Y
It DOESNT matter ! Reader is a fire plug with veteran experience
No we need a beast at defensive tackle
Yes
Dj is to old
Keep th
Keep tj
Bj to old
He’s fallen off a lot! Not the same player he was in those 2 playoff seasons. Plus he provides 0 pass rush