{"id":489556,"date":"2026-02-21T08:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/489556\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T08:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:43:07","slug":"bengals-keeping-free-agency-nfl-draft-options-open-obi-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/489556\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals Keeping Free Agency &#038; NFL Draft Options Open: OBI Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">It\u2019s well-known that this offseason will be defensive-heavy for the Cincinnati Bengals this spring. Even so, they can\u2019t completely ignore their already-potent offense completely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">We talked to one of the most well-respected draft voices this week in NFL Network\u2019s Daniel Jeremiah, and N. 41 could net the Bengals another great weapon for their offense. But, it all depends on what the team does in free agency before the April festivities.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cincinnati\u2019s defensive line is in need of a pass-rush boost and overall depth, so we look at an overlooked free agency option, as well as Jeremiah\u2019s pick for the Bengals in the second round on this week\u2019s podcast. We also recap the recent re-signings and their respective impacts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Check out the latest episode of The Orange and Black Insider via the linked video above, or on your favorite platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Our show is brought to you by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fanduel.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:America\u2019s No. 1 Sportsbook, FanDuel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">America\u2019s No. 1 Sportsbook, FanDuel<\/a>! 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And, check out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bleav.com\/shows\/bleav-in-cincy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BLEAV in Cincy podcast channel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">BLEAV in Cincy podcast channel<\/a>.\u00a0Who Dey!?<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s well-known that this offseason will be defensive-heavy for the Cincinnati Bengals this spring. Even so, they can\u2019t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,1740,196778,514,16072,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-489556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","11":"tag-daniel-jeremiah","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-nfl-network","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}