We're in that sweet spot between the end of free agency and the NFL draft where we can reset the Bengals needs.

So in today's episode, let's break down the Bengals' top needs heading into the 2026 NFL draft.

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What up, Bengals fans, and welcome to another episode of the Lockdown Bengals podcast.

He's James Rapine.

I'm Jake Liscoe, and today we're diving into the biggest Bengals needs heading into the

2026 NFL draft.

And in addition to that, there's necessarily and tangentially going to be

conversation about whether or not the Bengals should be trying to draft to specifically

address those needs or if those are needs that the Bengals need to make sure they are

not prioritizing over picking a better

player at certain spots in this draft.

But we know that Need guides things for every NFL team when it comes to drafting football

players to at least some degree, some teams more than others, certainly.

And we've seen the Bengals be impacted

by drafting for need in the last few years. And not necessarily in a huge way in first

round picks, but certainly on day two, on day three, the Bengals feeling that pressure to fill

holes, fill needs by drafting players.

And like I said, every NFL team does this to some degree, James and some more than others.

That being said, we know that they have signed Jonathan Allen.

We know that they've signed Brian Moffin.

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