Bengals Add Veteran Linebacker, Sign 5 Draft Picks: Here's What It Means for Defense

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🗓️ 10 May 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The Bengals added linebacker Swayze Bozeman on waivers from the New York Giants along with 11 undrafted free agents to fill out their 90-man roster, and got through rookie minicamp with full participation and no contract drama. Jake Liscow and James Rapien break down what it means that they went the waiver route to add a veteran linebacker with special teams experience, and if it portends inactivity for additional moves at linebacker. Plus, we break down the takeaways from rookie minicamp including Cashius Howell's participation and contract commentary, the chip on Jack Endries' shoulder, and the outlook for Colbie Young. Plus, we break down this year's crop of Bengals UDFAs.

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0:00.0	The Cincinnati Bengals have added a linebacker and got through a rookie minicamp without drama.
0:06.3	Let's break it all down.
0:13.6	You are locked on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.
0:18.9	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. What up, Bengals podcast. Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:23.9	What up, Bengals fans, and welcome to another episode of the Lockdown Bengals podcast.
0:27.8	He's James Rapine.
0:28.5	I'm Jake.
0:28.9	Let's go.
0:29.3	Today we're getting into the rookie minicamp takeaways as the Bengals rookies donned Bengals
0:34.2	colors, Bengals practice jerseys for the first time.
0:36.9	They got through their first day of work with Bengals coaches before they're folded in to the
0:42.2	Bengals offseason process with veterans this week and heard from all the rookies in the locker
0:48.1	room afterwards.
0:49.2	Bengals signed their group of undrafted free agents, but they also added a veteran linebacker and not one that
0:56.2	any of us have talked about and one that I would guess that 99.9% of you did not know about
1:01.9	before the Bengals claimed him on waivers. We'll discuss the Bengals linebacker edition on waivers
1:07.7	to start today's episode before we get to the rookie notes and what that
1:11.1	means about the linebacker position and what that tells us about the Bengals direction there
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1:25.9	to get started.
1:31.3	James the Bengals added on waivers from the New York Giants.
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