Stop me if you\u2019ve heard this one before, but the Cincinnati Bengals could afford to add an interior pass rusher.<\/p>\n
Here are some IDL options who could be available in free agency.<\/p>\n
After posting 5.5 sacks and 10 quarterback hits in 2024, Logan Hall took a step back this year, with only 1.5 sacks and 6 quarterback hits.<\/p>\n
Hall is still only 25, and this statistical drop-off could be just a temporary blip in a promising career.<\/p>\n
A 2022-second round pick, Hall has improved his game every year. At 6\u20196\u201d 283, Hall has an unconventional frame for the interior. In fact, He is more of a 3-4 defensive end, but the Bengals play a lot of odd fronts where their defensive tackles align like 3-4 defensive end.<\/p>\n
Hall could be a fun chance up to the defensive interior, who provides a bit more pass rush than what they have right now.0<\/p>\n
John Franklin-Myers might be the hottest name in free agency.<\/p>\n
Franklin-Myers is truly a 3-4 defensive end, making him a bit of a hard projection to the Bengals.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the fourth round of the 2018 draft, but spent very little time with that club. He spent a few seasons with the New York Jets before joining the Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n
Although he is at an age where you would expect a decline, Jones is coming off two consecutive seasons with at least 7 sacks.<\/p>\n
Signing Franklin-Myers would be an uncharacteristic, big splash move, but I wonder how well his body will hold up over the next few seasons. a2<\/p>\n
Playing nearly 800 snaps in 2025, Dre\u2019Mont Johns has seen a lot more action. Of course, that isn\u2019t the only thing that is different. Jones also produced 8 sacks. His high production levels may be a function of being a versatile player who sees a lot of action on the edge.<\/p>\n
Jones was a third-round pick for Denver in 2013. He is 29 and has seven years of playing experience with the Broncos, Chargers, Titans, and now Ravens.<\/p>\n
Age 34 is getting up there in the NFL, but DaQuan Jones doesn\u2019t seem to be slowing down.<\/p>\n
The 6\u20194\u201d, 320-pound behemoth had an excellent season stuffing the run for the Buffalo Bills, but he is also a pretty solid interior pass rusher. Jones had 21 pressures and 3 sacks in a mere 424 snaps last season.<\/p>\n
Jones has 12 years of experience, dating back to 2012, when the Tennessee Titans selected him in Round 4. He has since spent a season in Carolina and is just wrapping up his fourth season in Buffalo<\/p>\n
Look, we all love D.J. Reader, but I just don\u2019t see him coming back. There is, however, another Lions DT who I could see making sense for the Bengals, Roy Lopez.<\/p>\n
Lopez is 6\u20192\u201d, 312, and 28 years old. He\u2019s had previous stops in Houston (who drafted him in the 6th Round in 2021) and Arizona.<\/p>\n
Unlike Reader, Lopez is a big-body nose who can stuff the run but also gives you some surprising pass-rush juice.<\/p>\n
In only 425 snaps last season, Lopez had 13 hurries and 2 sacks.<\/p>\n
He just seems like the type of value prospect who the Bengals could get big things out of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stop me if you\u2019ve heard this one before, but the Cincinnati Bengals could afford to add an interior…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,2424,2296,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-696260","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-bengals","9":"tag-cincinnati","10":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","11":"tag-cincinnati-bengals-free-agency","12":"tag-cincinnatibengals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115938758767384135","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696260","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=696260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}