Cincinnati Bengals - February 19, 2026

The Ultimate Team Player

Plus: Bengals 2026 Mock Draft Roundup 6.

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NEW TITLE FOR OLD SCHOOL BENGALS TE COACH JAMES CASEY: 'THE ULTIMATE TEAM PLAYER'

James Casey, the Bengals' old-school tight ends coach with the new job title of run game coordinator, has a lunchtime workout regimen to match.

At 41, and after seven knee surgeries to match seven NFL seasons as a utility tight end throwing his neck into lead blocks for some of the NFL's most prolific rushing offenses, Casey has adopted "an old man workout."

BENGALS 2026 MOCK DRAFT ROUNDUP 6.0

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.

EDGE David Bailey, Texas Tech

FOX Sports - Rob Rang

"With their star quarterback healthy and all three AFC North divisional opponents featuring entirely new coaching staffs, the Bengals could find themselves in an exciting position to springboard from holding a top-10 pick to possible divisional winner a year from now."

S Caleb Downs, Ohio State

Pro Football Focus - Max Chadwick

"Downs would change the team's trajectory at the position after garnering an elite 93.6 PFF overall grade for his college career."

BENGALS FINALIZE 2026 COACHING STAFF

The Bengals have finalized their coaching staff for the 2026 season with the hiring of Davis Koetter as assistant wide receivers coach.

Koetter comes to Cincinnati from the University of South Carolina, where he spent the 2025 season as assistant quarterbacks coach. He previously spent two seasons on the coaching staff at the University of Texas, serving as a graduate assistant with a focus on QBs (2023) and an offensive analyst with a focus on tight ends ('24).

Koetter played WR during his college career at Portland State University (2018-19) and Boise State University ('21-22). He graduated from Portland State in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in psychology, then received his master's degree in athletic leadership from Boise State in '22.

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BENGALS BOOTH PODCAST

Multimedia reporter James Rapien joins Dan Hoard to discuss a wide variety of possible ways for the Bengals to attack the offseason.

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