{"id":792710,"date":"2026-03-05T02:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/792710\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T02:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:33:16","slug":"would-bengals-risk-big-on-another-ravens-free-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/792710\/","title":{"rendered":"Would Bengals risk big on another Ravens free agent?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to 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> and NFL free agency, especially on defense, somehow <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/bengals-interest-minkah-fitzpatrick-might-145547881.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:obtaining Minkah Fitzpatrick;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\">obtaining Minkah Fitzpatrick<\/a> is the big talking point right now.<\/p>\n<p>Whether the <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> want to go that blockbuster route, either via trade or if Miami releases Fitzatrick, remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, the Bengals will look to free agency to get a veteran running mate for Jordan Battle.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s another name to consider: Baltimore Ravens safety Ar&#8217;Darius Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Bleacher Report\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25402624-top-2026-nfl-free-agency-values-every-position-teams-target\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brad Gagnon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Brad Gagnon<\/a> spotlighted the former undrafted free agent as the best value heading to the market at the safety spot:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to having a killer instinct, Washington has flashed versatility while being relied upon in the slot, the box and deep. He was a top-10-graded safety at PFF in 2024 but may have been forgotten at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, Bengals fans probably won\u2019t like this one too much. The last time they appeared to get a value steal on the market from Baltimore, it turned into the Geno Stone disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Washington has his positives, of course, but he just missed most of last year with a torn achilles.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals sound ready to get some proven veteran leadership back on the defense in starting roles, not roll the dice on another possible upside signing.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Bengals Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/03\/04\/bengals-free-agency-risk-ravens-free-agent-ardarius-washington\/88987207007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bengals free agency: Would they risk big on another Ravens free agent?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bengals free agency: Would they risk big on another Ravens free agent?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to the Cincinnati Bengals and NFL free agency, especially on defense, somehow obtaining Minkah Fitzpatrick&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,256,7,6486,6485,216,7583,6,2592,169,2821],"class_list":{"0":"post-792710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-baltimore","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-baltimoreravens","11":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-geno-stone","14":"tag-jordan-battle","15":"tag-miami","16":"tag-minkah-fitzpatrick","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-nfl-free-agency","19":"tag-ravens","20":"tag-undrafted-free-agent"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116174232268670034","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792710","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=792710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}