WINDOW WASTED? Cincinnati Bengals Must MODERNIZE Offseason To Maximize Roster Around Joe Burrow

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🗓️ 18 January 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The Cincinnati Bengals face a pivotal offseason as contract strategy and roster building are once again at the forefront. Jake Liscow and James Rapien are asking for steps toward modernizing front office practices, and a return to 2021 and 2022's free agency aggression to fill out the roster. The guys spotlight how conservative salary cap management, inactive free agencies, and delayed extensions have cost the Bengals on the field. Discussions include restructuring Burrow’s deal, freeing cap space, and letting go of the fantasy of "sustainability."

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0:00.0	Every year we talk about changes the Cincinnati Bengals should make in their offseason front office practices to modernize.
0:07.3	Let's get into the 2026 Bengals front office, Locked on Bengals wish list.
0:18.0	You are Locked on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.
0:23.3	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:28.7	What up Bengals fans, and welcome to another episode of the Lockdown Bengals podcast.
0:32.7	Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network.
0:36.6	He's James Rapine.
0:40.9	I am Jake Lisko. We are Locked locked on bengals and we have been since 2016 in the same spot anywhere you get your podcast and for those of you
0:47.5	every dayers that watch us on youtube shout out for the everydayers out there who make us part of their
0:53.3	daily routine.
0:54.5	Today we dive into the topic we've been teasing for a couple of weeks now here, James.
1:00.0	The list of things, we've talked about some of the specifics, that we would like to see the
1:05.0	Cincinnati Bengals change in terms of the way they structure their contracts and approach a salary cap
1:11.6	and generally go about doing business this off season
1:15.7	to maximize this roster and really put their best foot forward
1:20.2	using all the resources available to them
1:23.0	to try to get this roster in a place where it needs to be
1:27.3	to go compete in the playoffs when
1:29.4	Denver is beating Buffalo in the divisional round and the AFC.
1:34.0	I mean, I don't know about you, but as I was watching that game, I was just thinking, man,
1:37.3	the AFC so wide open this year, just reinforcing that frustration.
1:42.4	Today's episode is brought to you by Fandul every game day during the NFL
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