The Bengals Will Try to Upgrade Roster Without "Big Swings"

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🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Duke Tobin sounds a bit gun shy about a big swing this offseason, but that doesn't mean the Cincinnati Bengals won't make additions to the club. It just sounds more like business as usual - hopefully meaning more like the 2021 offseason and not the 2025 version that only saw the Bengals add TJ Slaton as a starter money external free agent. Jake Liscow and James Rapien break down what that sort of approach to the offseason would require to be a success. Plus, a few tidbits on potential #10 pick candidates Rueben Bain and Peter Woods as defensive linemen are present and accounted for in Indianapolis.

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0:00.0	There's been some talk about big swings for the Cincinnati Bengals this off season, like trading for Max Crosby or maybe even trading up in the NFL draft.
0:08.9	Doesn't necessarily sound like that's in the Bengals' plans.
0:12.1	Let's break down what Duke Tobin had to say about big swings in today's episode.
0:25.7	You are locked on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.
0:30.9	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:35.5	What up, Bengals fans, and welcome to another episode of the Lockdown Bengals podcast.
0:39.9	Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day, the number one sports podcast network in the land.
0:42.3	He's James Rapine.
0:43.0	I'm Jake Liscoe.
0:43.7	And today we dive into more from Duke Tobin off podium this time at the 2026 NFL
0:51.0	Combine in Indianapolis, where we got a little bit more insight into what the Bengals
0:56.6	plans are and are not for this offseason, what changes may or may not be coming in the way
1:04.2	the Bengals approach doing business.
1:06.4	We're also going to hit on a couple of quick player notes as a couple of guys that the Bengals
1:10.7	may or may not
1:11.4	be interested with that 10th overall pick have little bits of news coming out around their presence
1:17.3	in Indianapolis, those guys being Ruben Bain and Peter Woods.
1:20.3	We'll finish the show with those quick notes later on.
1:22.9	But we're going to start with the idea of taking a big swing.
1:28.3	And everydayers have probably heard us talk about this a little bit.
1:31.6	They've probably heard my skepticism a little bit.
1:34.1	And the Bengals typically don't take big swings, especially on external guys, as a standard
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