Bengals Got a GREAT DEAL on Dalton Risner's Contract

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🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Dalton Risner said he really wanted to run it back in Cincinnati, and now that we've seen his contract details that include $1.75 million in incentives, it's fair to say he meant it. The Bengals got a great deal for a starting right guard that leaves them with plenty of flexibility for everything we expect them to do this offseason. Jake Liscow and James Rapien dive into the details, why it's a good deal, and how it sets the Bengals up for the next phase of the offseason.

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0:00.0	Don Reisner really meant it when he said he wanted to be back in Cincinnati,
0:05.1	and the contract details prove it.
0:07.6	Let's dive in.
0:12.3	You are Locked on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.
0:19.6	Part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:25.0	What up, Bengals fans, and welcome to a mini episode of the Lockdown Bengals podcast.
0:29.2	Today we're going to dive into the details on the Dalton Riser contract and everything we know so far.
0:35.2	He's James Rapid. I'm Jake Lisco.
0:36.6	We are your host of the Lockdown Bengals podcast.
0:39.4	And, well, we're part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day, and the number
0:44.8	one sports podcast network in the land.
0:47.7	James, as we dive into the details here for Dalton Riser's contract, this is a more team-friendly deal than I could have possibly expected Dalton Reisner to agree to.
1:00.2	When this guy got up on that podium and talked about how thankful he was and how much he felt
1:04.7	seen and valued by the Cincinnati Bengals organization, the contract that he signed backs all of that up, I think, in a pretty significant way
1:14.5	when you dive into the details.
1:16.4	The base value here coming out to about $3.7 million or $3.25 million depending on whether
1:22.7	one of the many incentives is considered to be likely to be earned or not.
1:28.6	Currently over the cap has it at $3.72 million for the cap hit with an additional bit of money available to Dalton Reiser and incentives up to $5 million.
1:38.8	But when you tie together, the deal he took, what I thought it would take to get a deal done with
1:45.5	Reisner and what the timing was and what his comments were really paints a clear picture
1:52.5	about Reisner's priorities this off season.
1:54.8	It does.
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