{"id":836141,"date":"2026-03-27T04:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T04:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/836141\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T04:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T04:21:17","slug":"caleb-downs-gives-a-no-comment-about-the-bengals-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/836141\/","title":{"rendered":"Caleb Downs gives a &#8216;no comment&#8217; about the Bengals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 26, 2026, 4:11 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Caleb Downs is a top possibility for the <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> at 10th overall in the upcoming NFL draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Somewhat understandably, then, Downs turned some heads at Ohio State\u2019s pro day this week when asked if he\u2019s met with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati-bengals\/327\" data-autotag=\"6d3e484d-5133-4c06-a871-967f8646390b\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Bengals<\/a> and quickly dished a no comment on the topic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But as it turns out, it\u2019s not all that unusual for Downs to do this on the topic. Whether it\u2019s agent advice or something else, he doesn&#8217;t usually seem to be giving out any information about his interactions with teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Here\u2019s Downs\u2019 brief interaction with WLWT\u2019s Jaron May:<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Fair enough. It wasn\u2019t uncommon to see onlookers on social media suggest that Downs\u2019 reaction might hint the Bengals are indeed targeting him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After all, they met with him at the combine. He even has a <a href=\"http:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/02\/20\/caleb-downs-relatives-want-bengals-draft-him\/88775405007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">family member hoping the Bengals draft him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Realistically, though, it doesn\u2019t matter what Downs says on the topic. It&#8217;s all speculation. Common sense says the Bengals have him pretty high on the draft board and will consider him if he makes it to the 10th pick. They need safety help, even after signing Bryan Cook in free agency, and still need a starter in the slot, too, which he can likely do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 26, 2026, 4:11 p.m. ET Caleb Downs is a top possibility for the Cincinnati Bengals at 10th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[95878,228,227,256,2296,7,6,13078,95905,95882,95930,104162,95913,95896,95888,95897,95899,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-836141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-bengals","10":"tag-cincinnati","11":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","12":"tag-cincinnatibengals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbengals","16":"tag-sstsnbengals","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagbig-ten-conference-football","19":"tag-tagbryan-cook","20":"tag-tagcincinnati-bengals","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagoverall-negative","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116299227763177850","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836141","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=836141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}