The Bengals are in position to have their highest draft selection since they had the No. 5 overall pick in 2021 when they took Ja'Marr Chase.

Love would be an interesting pick for the Bengals, but Downs feels like a game-changer that the defense desperately needs.

Make no mistake, Bain is an exciting prospect. Both Trey Hendrickson and Joseph Ossai are on the way to free agency. Myles Murphy has shown a few flashes, but the team has gotten nothing from last year’s first-rounder, Shemar Stewart. Bain makes sense.

CINCINNATI — The crew at Pro Football Focus is starting to fire up 2026 NFL mock drafts, and Cincinnati took an ACC mauler in the latest rendition from Trevor Sikkema. The Bengals have a roughly 52.4% chance of landing a top 10 pick at the end of the season, and Sikkema has them taking Clemson defensive tackle Peter Woods with the 10th selection.

The quarterback class is thin so what if someone gets aggressive for the new Heisman Trophy winner come April?

You know draft season is really starting to blossom when the great Dane Brugler of The Athletic drops his first mock draft of the season. He did just that on Wednesday and Cincinnati Bengals fans are going to love the player Brugler sent to Cincinnati in the first round.

Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals suffered one of their worst losses of the season on Sunday. They got shut out by the Baltimore Ravens in a home game at Paycor Stadium, 24-0, as the Bengals fell to 4-10.