{"id":837899,"date":"2026-03-27T23:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T23:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/837899\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T23:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T23:21:13","slug":"bengals-might-be-team-after-unexpected-name-in-round-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/837899\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals might be team after unexpected name in Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 27, 2026, 7:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> might have a rather unexpected draft prospect on their radar at 10th overall:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Keldric Faulk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Faulk has felt like a bit of a long shot for 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> so early. There\u2019s the need at safety to consider and Caleb Downs might be there. One could see them attacking linebacker or the defensive line with a variety of different other names, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But ESPN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnfl%2Fdraft2026%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F48311668%2F2026-nfl-draft-latest-buzz-rumors-news-mocks-sleepers-simpson-love&amp;xcust=SC1-SBEN&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fbengalswire.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fbengals%2F2026%2F03%2F27%2Fnfl-draft-bengals-after-unexpected-name-round-1-keldric-faulk%2F89353480007%2F\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Miller<\/a> recently wrote this about Faulk\u2019s draft outlook: \u201cThe Chiefs at No. 9 and the Bengals at No. 10 overall are two teams to watch here\u201d regarding Keldric Faulk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Some of the buzz that Miller notes about Faulk, though, is how he\u2019s a great run defender whose pass-rushing production took a step back last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:4|\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\">And that\u2019s why plenty of fans have considered Faulk a no-go for the Bengals so early. Some of the profile is pretty similar to Shemar Stewart, whose rookie year didn\u2019t exactly go as planned last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Bengals are clearly headed for what should be a defensive front-seven pick in the opening round. But whether they\u2019d add another big developmental question mark while still hoping to get more out of Stewart and fellow first-round product Myles Murphy remains to be seen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Alas, Faulk is surely on the draft board and a possibility for the Bengals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 27, 2026, 7:00 p.m. ET The Cincinnati Bengals might have a rather unexpected draft prospect on their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":837900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[95878,7,6,15,13078,95905,95882,95913,95892,95912,95899,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-837899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-draft","12":"tag-sstssportsnflbengals","13":"tag-sstsnbengals","14":"tag-tagamerican-football","15":"tag-tagcincinnati-bengals","16":"tag-tagespn-inc","17":"tag-tagmyles-murphy","18":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","19":"tag-tagsports-news","20":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116303710726247093","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837899","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=837899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}