BENGALS SQUAD SHOW: Safety is FIRST PRIORITY to REBUILD DEFENSE, TEEEE and FLACOO ARE PRO BOWLERS

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4.7 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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The Bengals' defense needs rebuilding across the board. There are starters needed on all three levels, including some levels with multiple starters needed. Alex Frank, Mike Santagana, and Coach Art Valero get into why the safety position should be priority No. 1 on the Bengals' offseason check list to rebuild their defense. Great, game-changing safeties are made by having a dominant defensive front. But what's more important for the Bengals in 2026: a great pass rush or a great run-stopping defense? Todd Monken being hired by the Cleveland Browns means all three AFC North teams that had head coach openings have been filled. Alex explains why it's not Zac Taylor being retained that's the pressure cooker of decisions. It's Taylor not making any changes to his coaching staff that is the pressure cooker of decisions that he and the Bengals need to be right on. Tee Higgins and Joe Flacco have each been named to their first Pro Bowls. The guys explain how it justifies two decisions the Bengals got right in 2025. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! TurboTax For a limited time, you can have your taxes done by a local TurboTax expert for just $150 — all in, if a TurboTax expert didn’t file for you last year. Just file by February 28. Visit http://TurboTax.com/local to book your appointment today. Rocket Money Let Rocket Money help you reach your financial goals faster. Join at http://RocketMoney.com/LOCKEDON FanDuel If you’re a new customer, bet just $5 and get $200 in Bonus Bets if you win. Make it count — because after the Super Bowl, the season is over. Last call for football on FanDuel, an Official Sportsbook Partner of Super Bowl Sixty. PrizePicks Download the PrizePicks app today and use code LOCKEDONNFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. Click Here: https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/LO... Gametime Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDON for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime. Robinhood Trade Every Play with Robinhood. Now available across the U.S. Download the Robinhood app now to begin. Futures and cleared swaps trading involves significant risk and is not appropriate for everyone. Event contracts are offered by Robinhood Derivatives, LLC., a registered futures commission merchant and swap firm Indeed Listeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/lockedonnfl. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

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0:00.0	It's a lesson that we're taught when we're kids. Safety first. And my first job as a radio producer,
0:08.8	I was told that I was the last line of defense when it came to protecting the FCC license.
0:14.3	So how does this relate to the Bengals? Well, the safety position is the last line of defense
0:19.2	from preventing the top of the defense from being taken off. And Mike St. Tagging, after the last line of defense from preventing the top of the defense
0:21.1	from being taken off.
0:22.7	And Mike Santagin after the last three seasons, it's clear that Bengals are in dire need of a game-changing safety.
0:29.9	Yeah, it seems like they've been in need of a game-changing safety since they let their game-changing
0:34.8	safety walk out the door, Jesse Bates.
0:37.3	And coach, one thing that can help make a game changing safety, stopping the run and rushing the passer.
0:43.2	Both are important.
0:45.0	Oh, complex decisions got to be made.
0:48.7	But those two positions in particular make it so much easier, so much easier on the secondary.
0:56.0	All that and much more coming up today on the Bengals Squad Show.
1:00.0	Today, it's the Bengals Squad. Everything Cincinnati Bengals every week.
1:07.0	Breaking down all the big hits and game-changing plays from the Queen City,
1:11.3	the way only the Lockdown Podcast Network can.
1:14.8	From the jungle to the playoffs, the Bengals Squad Show starts now.
1:22.3	Happy Friday, thanks so much for joining us.
1:24.6	This is the Bengals Squad Show.
1:26.5	We are the twice a week long-in-form
1:28.3	conversational supplement to the daily lockdown Bengals podcast. I'm Alex Frank. He's Mike Santagina.
1:34.0	You hear him and see him on lockdown Bengals and his work on Bengals.com. He's longtime Super Bowl
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