{"id":752140,"date":"2026-02-14T18:11:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/752140\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T18:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:11:19","slug":"bengals-news-free-agency-predictions-coach-changes-trade-buzz-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/752140\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals news: Free agency predictions, coach changes, trade buzz, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL hits a lull right about this time of year, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/test-post-221407100.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cincinnati Bengals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> keep coming up in headlines.<\/p>\n<p>Those <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati-bengals\/327\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bengals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bengals<\/a> finally confirmed some coaching hires and coaching role changes under Zac Taylor. They come up big in some NFL free agency predictions. And they could be impacted by some of the NFL trade rumors making the rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Not bad for Zac Taylor and the Bengals ahead of an offseason of change. Here\u2019s the must-know recent Bengals buzz.<\/p>\n<p>A new set of rumors from an NFL insider suggests the Bengals might have to leave their comfort zone and make a key trade or two thanks to what\u2019s happening around the league.<\/p>\n<p>There are some big-name former Bengals headed for free agency. This set of predictions has them reunite with a very specific fan favorite.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/6-bengals-veterans-won-t-173026092.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:6 Bengals veterans who won\u2019t be on Zac Taylor\u2019s roster next year;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">6 Bengals veterans who won\u2019t be on Zac Taylor\u2019s roster next year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bengals have a number of ways they could go at No. 10 overall in the upcoming NFL draft. But this projection might be a mistake they end up regretting.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>More reporting around Trey Hendrickson, the Bengals and the franchise tag. It all makes sense\u2026but goes against what prior reporting has said about the player and the team.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals announced their entire coaching staff this week and revealed some coaches moving to different roles or adding to their roles, too.<\/p>\n<p>Bengals top sideline moments<\/p>\n<p>Rough season, but the Bengals had some great sideline material:<\/p>\n<p>Bengals top mic\u2019d up moments<\/p>\n<p>Some funny Bengals had a mic for games this season:<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/bengals-key-offseason-dates-nfl-143424116.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bengals&#039; key offseason dates for NFL free agency, draft and more;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bengals&#8217; key offseason dates for NFL free agency, draft and more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Bengals Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/02\/14\/bengals-news-free-agency-predictions-coach-changes-trade-buzz\/88678456007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bengals news: Free agency predictions, coach changes, trade buzz, more;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bengals news: Free agency predictions, coach changes, trade buzz, more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL hits a lull right about this time of year, but the Cincinnati Bengals keep coming up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,2296,7,6,107806,1503,2729],"class_list":{"0":"post-752140","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-cincinnatibengals","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-nfl-free-agency-predictions","15":"tag-trey-hendrickson","16":"tag-zac-taylor"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116070336661731890","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752140","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=752140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}