The Cincinnati Bengals need as many willing players as possible to suit up and help their defense out in 2026. This is the most critical offseason in franchise history, because if a fourth straight year comes and goes with no playoffs, you better believe Joe Burrow is demanding a trade.
Although the Bengals front office can only go so far to go "all-in" for that elusive first Super Bowl victory, they can at least present the illusion that they care by spending big in free agency.
That doesn't mean scraping the bottom of the barrel in the second wave.