Bengals Offseason MYTHBUSTING: Why They Didn't Add At Linebacker

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🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The Cincinnati Bengals haven't signed a linebacker this offseason, and that's led some to the conclusion that they simply didn't want to add a starter with Demetrius Knight Jr. and Barrett Carter on the roster. Jake Liscow and James Rapien don't buy it, so we get into a mythbusting episode and break down what the Bengals' intention was for the offseason, why they pivoted to other plans, and how much of a blemish not signing a linebacker leaves on an exciting offseason of defensive additions. Plus, we discuss the remaining options and the best potential floor-raising fits if the Bengals do add a linebacker late in the offseason.

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0:00.0	The linebacker position for the Cincinnati Bengals remains under scrutiny,
0:04.8	but did they just go into the offseason not expecting to add to the position?
0:09.5	We don't think so.
0:10.6	Let's break it down.
0:15.2	You are Locked-on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.
0:22.4	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:27.6	What up, Bengals fans, and welcome to another episode of the Lockdown Bengals podcast.
0:31.3	He's James, repeating.
0:32.1	I'm Jake Liscoe, and we are Locked-on Bengals here to talk once again about the Cincinnati Bengals linebacker room,
0:40.1	a frequent topic of conversation this offseason.
0:43.4	There's always one position on this team, at least there has been for the last three or four
0:48.0	years.
0:48.4	It seems to stick out like a sore thumb.
0:50.4	And after adding Dexter Lawrence, after getting through the draft, we will revisit the Bengals offseason on the whole that previously we graded won't be in today's episode.
1:00.3	But the sore thumb that is still there that has not been addressed is a linebacker spot.
1:06.1	And it got to the point where you asked Steve Residivich, we asked Mike Potts, we asked Duke Tobin,
1:14.6	the question repeatedly, essentially like what happened in linebacker?
1:19.6	Was this a plan where you just that confident in Barrett Carter and Demetrius?
1:24.6	Because the coaches in the front office, they're never going to say anything bad about those guys.
1:28.7	They're on the team.
1:29.7	They are the only linebackers on the team along with Orrin Burks and some other depth guys that
1:33.9	we can talk about, Shaka Haywards of the world, those kinds of guys that are viable,
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