{"id":862375,"date":"2026-04-09T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/862375\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:00:21","slug":"bengals-news-4-9-rueben-bain-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/862375\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals News (4\/9): Rueben Bain concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018He will have some issues\u2019 \u2014 NFL remains cautious about potential Bengals draft target\u2019s biggest weakness<\/a>
It\u2019s not nothing. It\u2019s in between. The kid\u2019s played his entire life that way and been pretty successful. But I think it will pose a challenge. He\u2019s found a way to work around it, leaving blockers, using his [squatness] to his advantage. But you use your hands and arms on every play, trying to control the blocker who\u2019s trying to control you, reaching and running 60 times a game. It\u2019s an imperfect science, and you can\u2019t say he can\u2019t play football because he can. But he will have some issues.<\/p>\n

Bengals.com Media Mock Draft 3.0: We Have A Trade<\/a>
If you look at a consensus of big boards from Pro Football Focus, Scouts, Inc., and The Athletic, the next three highest-rated players available in this particular Mock are all on offense: Oregon pass-catching tight end Kenyon Sadiq, versatile Utah offensive lineman Spencer Fano and Georgia left tackle Monroe Freeling. That trio just doesn\u2019t hit the positional sweet spot.<\/p>\n

Insider Reveals Key Update That Impacts Bengals\u2019 NFL Draft Plans<\/a>
\u201cThe expectation among many NFL teams is that the 2026 draft will be one of the more trade-heavy drafts in recent memory, according to multiple league sources,\u201d Schultz wrote on X. \u201cSpecifically, on the defensive side of the ball \u2014 EDGE, CB and LB are all strong\/deep \u2014 while WR is typically considered to be the most talented offensive position. Several executives I\u2019ve spoken with believe we\u2019re likely to see a flurry of activity in the first half of Round 1. Additionally, because this specific draft lacks depth in the later rounds, many teams plan to pursue extra Day 2 and early Day 3 picks, per league sources.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bengals\u2019 top draft target revealed by \u2018The Beast\u2019 draft guide<\/a>
We recently did a mock draft where the Bengals traded up to No. 5 overall, swinging a deal with the New York Giants, and selecting Styles. Linebacker is arguably the biggest need on defense, and perhaps overall, for the Bengals. Neither rookie from last season, Demetrius Knight nor Barrett Carter, instilled much confidence for the team as they enter their second NFL season. The Bengals may very well have been trying to land a better option at the position in free agency, to no avail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018He will have some issues\u2019 \u2014 NFL remains cautious about potential Bengals draft target\u2019s biggest weaknessIt\u2019s not nothing.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1561,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-862375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-cincinnati-bengals-news","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116375350339941472","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862375","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=862375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}