{"id":817340,"date":"2026-03-17T15:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/817340\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:41:15","slug":"could-bengals-be-one-of-the-teams-after-saints-star-free-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/817340\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Bengals be one of the teams after Saints\u2019 star free agent?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> went out and got a boost to the pass rush in NFL free agency with Boye Mafe.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s an outside chance the Bengals<\/a> aren\u2019t done.<\/p>\n

Al Golden\u2019s Bengals defense still needs rotational pass-rushing help. It also continues to need veteran leaders to help along the likes of first-round projects like Myles Murphy and Shemar Stewart.<\/p>\n

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Adding Jonathan Allen in free agency helps the rotation and leadership angle.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s pretty hard to ignore the fact a name like Cameron Jordan of the New Orleans Saints is still out there.<\/p>\n

Jordan recently told reporters that he\u2019s talked about two or three teams in NFL free agency, with ESPN\u2019s Katherine Terrell<\/a> providing the quotes: “Value means position, rotation, monetary sure, but more along the lines that if I want to get 10, 12, 13 sacks next season, I want to be in the best position to do so.”<\/p>\n

Technically speaking, maybe there\u2019s not room for that type of individual production for Jordan with the Bengals while they give snaps to the younger guys. But there\u2019s certainly room for playoff contention if he helps boost the defense.<\/p>\n

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And for the Bengals, Jordan might turn 37 in July, but he\u2019s still plenty productive: He just had 10.5 sacks last year. He ranked 24th out of 115 edges<\/a> at PFF.<\/p>\n

If the price is right, one would think the Bengals might overlook their old rules around age in free agency, given the blend of rotational production and mentorship Jordan could bring.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Bengals Wire: NFL free agency: Could Bengals be after Saints\u2019 star free agent?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cincinnati Bengals went out and got a boost to the pass rush in NFL free agency with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,14158,6867,227,256,2296,7,4609,9085,48663,4672,55,6,1496],"class_list":["post-817340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cincinnati-bengals","tag-bengals","tag-boye","tag-cameron-jordan","tag-cincinnati","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cincinnatibengals","tag-football","tag-free-agency","tag-jonathan-allen","tag-katherine-terrell","tag-myles-murphy","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl","tag-shemar-stewart"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116245278781246838","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817340","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=817340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}