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Locked On Bengals - Daily Podcast On The Cincinnati Bengals

How Dexter Lawrence Trade Changes Bengals' Draft Plans

Locked On Bengals - Daily Podcast On The Cincinnati Bengals

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🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

After taking their massive swing to trade for Dexter Lawrence, the Cincinnati Bengals will start the 2026 NFL Draft on Day 2. Jake Liscow and James Rapien break down how their priorities have shifted without a first round pick and the potential impact defender like Rueben Bain or Caleb Downs they may have been hoping to pick in the 1st round. The guys discuss how talent and need could intersect for the Bengals on Day 2, and discuss the trade back scenarios as focus shifts back to the draft.

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0:00.0

The Cincinnati Bengals spent their biggest offseason chip on Dexter Lawrence.

0:05.2

So without a first round pick, how does that shake things up for the Bengals for the rest of the draft,

0:09.6

which will now start for them on Friday?

0:12.1

Let's break it down.

0:18.8

You are locked on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.

0:23.9

Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.

0:29.2

What up, Bengals fans, and welcome to another episode of the Locked-on Bengals podcast.

0:33.4

He's James Rapine. I'm Jake Liscoe.

0:35.0

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0:44.2

Check it out at fandul.com to get started. Today, we will eventually get to the Bengals number changes that they announced shortly before James and I sat down to start recording this episode.

0:55.1

But the focus for today is how does the draft change now that the Bengals don't have a

0:59.8

first round pick, now that the Bengals have Dexter Lawrence on the team, and there are reports

1:05.1

that the Bengals were considering Peter Woods and that option, if things broke a certain way,

1:10.7

thinking that they might have to pick

1:12.0

a player in other reports that they had graded as a mid to late first round player, that would

1:17.0

line up with the idea that they thought they might have to take Peter Woods at 10, instead

1:21.5

they trade that pick for Dexter Lawrence.

1:23.2

And James, now we start looking at round two, round three and thinking about where the talent might be in

1:30.9

alignment with what the Bengals would like to do with those picks and how that's going to shake

1:36.0

out in the aftermath of the Dexter Lawrence Street.

1:38.2

Yeah that's it's it's so much different now navigating.

1:43.0

I mean a top 10 pick you can play out 52 different scenarios and it's probably much different now navigating. I mean, a top 10 pick, you can play out 52 different scenarios, and it's probably going to be one of like seven different ones.

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