{"id":857540,"date":"2026-04-06T20:53:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857540\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T20:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:53:18","slug":"bengals-to-meet-with-rb-jeremiyah-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857540\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals To Meet With RB Jeremiyah Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bengals have seen 2023 fifth-round pick Chase Brown<\/a> become a three-down player, and the sides have begun extension talks<\/a>. Cincinnati also sits at No. 10 overall this year. That is not seen as optimal placement for grabbing this draft\u2019s top running back.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>But Cincinnati is playing host to Jeremiyah Love<\/a> on a \u201c30\u201d visit, with NFL.com\u2019s Ian Rapoport indicating<\/a> that meeting is taking place today.<\/p>\n

It would take a few teams passing on the impact talent for Love to reach Cincinnati, but the Notre Dame product does play a position that many teams devalue. That said, the Giants (No. 5) and Commanders (No. 7) have been closely<\/a> connected to the dual-threat back<\/a>. Love also visited the Titans recently<\/a>. If the Bengals want to pair Love with Joe Burrow<\/a>, they would likely need to trade up. The Jets met with Love recently as well, though they are being tied more closely to Ohio State hybrid linebacker Arvell Reese<\/a> at No. 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scoring 40 touchdowns over the past two seasons, Love amassed 1,652 scrimmage yards in 2025 and 1,362 in 2024. He averaged 6.9 yards per carry in both seasons. Love sits second on Daniel Jeremiah\u2019s NFL.com big board, trailing only Fernando Mendoza<\/a> there.<\/p>\n

Love is viewed as the only first-round-caliber RB in this year\u2019s class, giving the teams that do not snag him in the top 10 needs that will need to be addressed on Days 2 and\/or 3. Love\u2019s Notre Dame backup last season, Jadarian Price<\/a>, is viewed as this draft\u2019s second-best back. Beyond the two former Fighting Irish teammates, no RBs reside in Jeremiah\u2019s top 50. ESPN\u2019s most recent mock sends Love to the Giants, while Price goes to the Vikings at No. 49. Illustrating the top-heavy construction of this RB crop, ESPN has no other backs going off the board until No. 96 (Arkansas\u2019 Mike Washington<\/a>).<\/p>\n

One season remains on Brown\u2019s rookie contract. He has outplayed his fifth-round slot, totaling 1,356 and 1,450 scrimmage yards over the past two seasons while scoring 11 TDs in each campaign. The Bengals reacquired Samaje Perine<\/a> to back him up last year; one season remains on the veteran\u2019s contract. The team also rosters 2025 sixth-rounder Tahj Brooks<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bengals have seen 2023 fifth-round pick Chase Brown become a three-down player, and the sides have begun…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[4955,228,227,256,2296,7,7805,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-857540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-bengals","10":"tag-cincinnati","11":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","12":"tag-cincinnatibengals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-jeremiyah-love","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116359752819496428","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857540","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=857540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}