{"id":860715,"date":"2026-04-08T10:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/860715\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:50:14","slug":"bengals-to-host-cincinnati-defensive-lineman-jalen-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/860715\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals to host Cincinnati defensive lineman Jalen Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincyjungle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> need plenty of defensive help this upcoming season, and especially beyond that. They have some young cornerstones on that side of the ball, but most of their young guys have yet to put it together for a significant amount of time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The defensive line might be the most crucial area to have depth and young players waiting in the wings. The Bengals haven\u2019t got much of either, which is why they could be eyeing a local prospect to help solve that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cincinnati\u2019s Jalen Hunt is the kind of guy the Bengals need, and according to Ryan Fowler, the Bengals are hosting him for a visit this week. The Bengals already have several run stuffers or nose tackles in the middle, but not much in the way of pass rush. That is a big reason they went out and signed Jonathan Allen in free agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">No one is going to question his athletic ability with a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/2040769126277222822\" rel=\"nofollow\">relative athletic score over 9.5<\/a>. However, he isn\u2019t high on many draft boards. That follows a tradition of the Bengals not being afraid to use visits on potential undrafted free agents in order to make an impression without just trying to be the first team to call them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This is the kind of player you hope develops on the practice squad or just surprises you out of the gate. He isn\u2019t going to come in and be a starter, though. With the right expectations, he could be a quality pick-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cincinnati Bengals need plenty of defensive help this upcoming season, and especially beyond that. They have some&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,39983,2296,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-860715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-bengals","9":"tag-cincinnati","10":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","11":"tag-cincinnati-bengals-draft","12":"tag-cincinnatibengals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116368705136323246","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860715","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=860715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}