Cashius Howell a SURPRISE Pick, Brings Serious Pass Rush Juice | Day 2 Bengals Draft Recap

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🗓️ 25 April 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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After all that time talking about linebackers and cornerbacks, the Bengals picked one of the best pure pass rushers in the class in the second round in Cashius Howell. Jake Liscow and James Rapien break down how the Bengals landed on Howell, how he'll immediately fit into Al Golden's defense, and the impact he can make early in his NFL career. Plus, they went with traits at cornerback in the 3rd. Tacario Davis brings crazy speed and size to the Bengals' cornerback room. The guys dig into both picks and what work remains for the Bengals on Day 3.

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0:00.0	The Cincinnati Bengals added some serious pass rushing juice in the second round and some body types they didn't have in the edge rushing room and in the quarterback room.
0:10.2	Let's break down day two of the Bengals draft.
0:18.2	You are Locked on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.
0:23.4	Part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:28.9	What up Bengals fans and welcome to another episode of the Locked on Bengals podcast.
0:33.0	He's James Rapine.
0:33.8	I'm Jake Liscoe and the Bengals added juice with Cassius Howl, a type of pass
0:39.0	rusher they haven't had. We're going to start there. We're going to get to the Bengals second
0:42.5	round pick, Jacario Davis, and the work they have left to do, the Cincinnati Bengals, on
0:48.9	day three of this NFL draft and some of the things that maybe stood out on day two if we have time as well.
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1:06.3	And James, we spent a lot of time talking about linebackers, talking about cornerbacks,
1:12.1	and we also discussed the possibility of an edge rusher falling that the Bengals felt like
1:18.3	would be valued that superseded the other positions of need.
1:23.7	And that is what happened with Cassius Howell.
1:26.4	I would guess they had a first round grade on him,
1:29.7	probably a late first round grade on him. They didn't think he was going to make it today too.
1:33.6	And then when he made it to their pick, I'm sure they were ecstatic. And like I said, yeah, it's a type
1:38.5	of pass rusher that this team hasn't had in my memory, like such a different style than Carlos Dunlap, Mike Johnson,
1:47.1	Trey Hendrickson, any pass rusher you can remember for the Bengals.
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