Cincinnati Bengals - April 16, 2026

One Week from the 2026 NFL Draft!

Plus: An Inside Look into the Bengals Draft Room ...

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MOCK DRAFT ROUNDUP 11.0

We are officially one week away from the 2026 NFL Draft. The Bengals will have the 10th pick in the first round. We've rounded up the latest projections from media outlets across the league to give you a look at who could be joining the Bengals this year.

BENGALS POISED TO LAUNCH IN DRAFT'S MISSION CONTROL

A week before the NFL Draft and a week after Americans returned to the moon, Jake Kiser, the Bengals' Tsar of Technology, has taken us into Paycor Stadium's wired mission control of a draft room humming with enough data to send the nearest draftnick into orbit.

Since Kiser presided over the club's 2020 transformation when the league's draft went from Victorian to virtual, there haven't been major facelifts.

Until now.

Three massive screens emerging in the draft room represent how the cyber trio of director of football research Sam Francis, senior application developer Tyler Gross and scouting research analyst Trey LaBounty have supplemented the Bengals scouts and coaches in the Zooming 2020s.

ORLANDO BROWN JR. FLEXES IN AN OFFSEASON ROUTINE

Bengals left tackle and captain Orlando Brown Jr., seeking to enhance both roles, is having one of those offseasons where coaches raise their eyebrows.

The numbers of Joey Boese, the team's chief of performance and the steward of Brown's offseasons, say Brown is stronger and in better shape even as he stands just a couple of weeks shy of his 30th birthday.

"I'm much stronger. Just focusing on intensity when I'm in here," says Brown after another Paycor Stadium workout. "I'm training the mind more so than the body to be able to battle. I think a lot of my numbers have naturally gone up."

The Bengals' offseason program begins Monday, but Brown has been a constant presence in the building since February.

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BENGALS BOOTH PODCAST

Dan Hoard looks ahead to next week's NFL draft with college football analyst Max Chadwick.

Plus, Dan picks five players from the Bengals' local players workout with the best chance of winding up in Cincinnati.

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