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Pass rush was once again a hit-and-miss issue for the Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> in 2025, ranking in the bottom third in sacks. Injuries to Trey Hendrickson<\/a> and Shemar Stewart<\/a> were the main cause, though the Bengals<\/a> did get contributions from Myles Murphy and Joseph Ossai.<\/p>\n

Expect the Bengals<\/a> to address the area again this offseason, in part because Hendrickson is set to become a free agent again and may end up walking.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s the direction the Bengals go in the latest mock draft from Pro Football Focus<\/a>, going with David Bailey of Texas Tech with the 10th overall pick.<\/p>\n

“The Bengals selected one of the best run-defending edge rushers in the first round of last year\u2019s draft in\u00a0Shemar Stewart\u00a0and selected the best pass-rusher in this year\u2019s class with Bailey here. He leads all FBS defenders in PFF grade (93.1), pass-rush grade (93.9), pressures (81) and sacks (15).”<\/p>\n

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Bailey transferred to Texas Tech after a solid three years at Stanford. He burst into the national spotlight with 15 sacks, helping transform Texas Tech\u2019s defense and vaulting them into a top-five team, a Big 12 championship and a spot in the College Football Playoffs.<\/p>\n

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If the Bengals go with Bailey, they could have the potential to sport one of the pass-rushing duos in the league with Bailey and Stewart, two young and developing talents on the edge.<\/p>\n

The Bengals recorded just 35 sacks in 2025. A healthy Stewart and the upside of Bailey could strongly boost that number going forward.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Bengals Wire: Bengals shore up defense with ‘best pass-rusher’ in new mock draft<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pass rush was once again a hit-and-miss issue for the Cincinnati Bengals in 2025, ranking in the bottom…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,2296,4155,7,9256,4672,6,410,1496,2299,1503],"class_list":["post-678687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cincinnati-bengals","tag-bengals","tag-cincinnati","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cincinnatibengals","tag-david-bailey","tag-football","tag-joseph-ossai","tag-myles-murphy","tag-nfl","tag-pro-football-focus","tag-shemar-stewart","tag-texas-tech","tag-trey-hendrickson"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115898010463595561","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}