2026 Cincinnati Bengals Mock Draft: Let's Get Them Some Defensive Help, Please!

The 2025 NFL season has come to a close, leaving us ready to start the NFL draft process.

This defense was really bad last season for a multitude of reasons. We're going to do our best to add an infusion of talent here and see if we can get it back towards the league average in the 2026 season.

In this mock draft, we take a look at a full seven round Cincinnati Bengals mock draft based on their current pick selections, with no trades and no information on how free agency shakes out.

Let's get to it!

Cincinnati Bengals Mock Draft Picks

• Round 1, Pick 10: Peter Woods, DT, Clemson

• Round 2, Pick 41: Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, S, Toledo

• Round 3, Pick 72: Jacob Rodriguez, LB, Texas Tech

• Round 4, Pick 110: Tacario Davis, CB, Washington

• Round 6, Pick 187: Nadame Tucker, EDGE, Western Michigan

• Round 6, Pick 197: Luke Altmyer, QB, Illinois

• Round 7, Pick 221: Dae'Quan Wright, TE, Ole Miss

• Round 7, Pick 226: Cyrus Allen, WR, Cincinnati

Draft Analysis

Every area of the defense has a player added to it, including high-impact players at all three levels within the first three rounds. There's still likely a talent gap at EDGE, and missing out on one of the early EDGE rushers probably hurts them here - something they'll either work around or have to address in free agency.

Fantasy Impacts

None for anything outside of IDP leagues.

All three of our offensive players here will be buried in the depth chart outside of potential special teams usage, with Cyrus Allen likely having the best shot of playing time if he surprises in camp and can rotate into the not-heavily-targeted WR3 role on this team. None of them are draftable.

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