{"id":766250,"date":"2026-02-21T06:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T06:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/766250\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T06:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T06:56:13","slug":"bengals-keeping-free-agency-nfl-draft-options-open-obi-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/766250\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals Keeping Free Agency &#038; NFL Draft Options Open: OBI Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s well-known that this offseason will be defensive-heavy for the Cincinnati Bengals this spring. Even so, they can\u2019t completely ignore their already-potent offense completely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">We talked to one of the most well-respected draft voices this week in NFL Network\u2019s Daniel Jeremiah, and N. 41 could net the Bengals another great weapon for their offense. But, it all depends on what the team does in free agency before the April festivities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cincinnati\u2019s defensive line is in need of a pass-rush boost and overall depth, so we look at an overlooked free agency option, as well as Jeremiah\u2019s pick for the Bengals in the second round on this week\u2019s podcast. We also recap the recent re-signings and their respective impacts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Check out the latest episode of The Orange and Black Insider via the linked video above, or on your favorite platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s well-known that this offseason will be defensive-heavy for the Cincinnati Bengals this spring. Even so, they can\u2019t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":766251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[39983,64765,2424,4228,7,6,15],"class_list":["post-766250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl-draft","tag-cincinnati-bengals-draft","tag-cincinnati-bengals-podcast-the-orange-black-insider","tag-cincinnati-bengals-free-agency","tag-cincinnati-bengals-podcasts","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766250","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=766250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}