The Cincinnati Bengals obviously have a lot of work to do this off season, and that work typically starts with your own guys, your internal free agents.

Let's prioritize that list for the Bengals in 2026.

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there first listen in. Today, we dive into the beginning of a series of offseason conversations

that we've been teasing and now finally crack open the can on a variety of topics. And

free agency for most teams starts with, what do we have who are the guys

that we're most familiar with who have been in the system been in the building and what direction

do we want to go with our own guys those are the decisions that for the most part happen in the days

before free agency the decisions are discussed and then executed as free agency opens, typically after the combine.

I know a lot of people have asked James about Dalton Riser, for example, or the Bengals working on an extension with Dalton Riser.

Typically, those contracts don't happen until closer to the combine, usually after the combine. But the Bengals have a number of

internal free agents beyond Dalton Reisner, although I would say he is the top question that we've

been asked so far in this young offseason. A lot of guys here that the Bengals have decisions to make

after watching them play in the system

for either the last year or many years for some of these guys. Yeah, a lot of decisions,

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