{"id":881128,"date":"2026-05-03T07:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T07:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/881128\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T07:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T07:06:19","slug":"bengals-cap-space-depth-chart-will-prevent-most-trades-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/881128\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals cap space, depth chart will prevent most trades for now"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 2, 2026, 4:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t look for the Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> to pull off another big trade right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bengals<\/a> currently have less than $10 million in free cap space, on paper, before doing something like a Joe Burrow contract restructure<\/a>. While thinking ahead, they just turned down the fifth-year option on Myles Murphy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As we broke down, turning down Murphy\u2019s fifth year is a sign of progress<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Even so, the Bengals will continue to surface often as an option for free agents and trades. Bleacher Report\u2019s Kristopher Knox<\/a> recently provided a new example, listing the Bengals as a trade fit for New York Giants<\/a> edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Knox tabs that trade cost as a fourth-round pick: \u201cThe 2022 first-round pick has flashed a high ceiling (11.5 sacks in 2023) but is entering a contract year without a headlining spot in the pass-rushing rotation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a fun idea: The Bengals grab a former top-five pick who is still just 25 years old to develop alongside their bevy of other high-upside pass-rushers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But if Thibodeaux can\u2019t make headway with a team like the Giants, it\u2019s hard to think the Bengals will see the appealing parts of this idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s crowded in Cincinnati as it is. They have former first-rounders Myles Murphy and Shemar Stewart. The Bengals have talked like they might have used a first-rounder on Cashius Howell<\/a>. They spent big on Boye Mafe in free agency, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, if some injuries happen over the summer during training camp, then perhaps the Bengals start looking around and see a deal like this. But for now, they\u2019re far more focused on getting Murphy an extension.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 2, 2026, 4:00 p.m. ET Don\u2019t look for the Cincinnati Bengals to pull off another big trade…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":881129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[95878,228,227,256,2296,7,6,13078,95905,95882,107118,95913,96121,104007,95912,95891,95895,95897,95883,95881],"class_list":["post-881128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cincinnati-bengals","tag-accessfree","tag-bengals","tag-cincinnati","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cincinnatibengals","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-sstssportsnflbengals","tag-sstsnbengals","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagboye-mafe","tag-tagcincinnati-bengals","tag-tagjoe-burrow","tag-tagkayvon-thibodeaux","tag-tagmyles-murphy","tag-tagnew-york-giants","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-negative","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116509382018182593","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881128","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=881128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}