Very early 2026 NFL mock draft has Bengals attacking the trenches after playoff loss

If you had a time machine, and you could go forward to see what would become of the Cincinnati Bengals this season, it'd be pretty easy to deduce why they might not win the Super Bowl. Both sides of the line of scrimmage have their problems in Cincinnati. The right guard position is ghastly at the minute, and the general state of the defensive line sans Trey Hendrickson is not-great-Bob levels of concerning. Without many major players hitting free agency in the next couple years, the Bengals have a chance to really build through the corresponding drafts. Now we have a way-too-early 2026 NFL mock draft that may provide insight into how Duke Tobin and Co. will approach next year's proceedings. The scouting department at Bleacher Report just dropped a deep-dive, first-round mock draft. Now to be fair, they're ordering the draft by reversing the latest Super Bowl odds from DraftKings, but the implication is still that the Lombradi Trophy won't be paraded through the streets of Cincinnati. Nevertheless, in a proj