CINCINNATI — Bengals 2026 NFL Draft target Caleb Downs met with the media at the NFL Combine on Thursday and had plenty to say about his game. Downs is the consensus best safety in the draft and the eighth-best player overall on the Mock Draft Database.

The Bengals want to add free agents at a very specific area this offseason.

We're going to learn a lot about the Cincinnati Bengals and the entire 2026 NFL Draft this week at the NFL Scouting Combine. Which position groups are receiving the most interest from Cincinnati? Will there be any positions that appear stronger or weaker than we previously thought?

"The Bengals will draft a player in the defensive secondary with their first-round pick," Orr predicted. "The Bengals want the coaching staff to develop the talent up front, and in the meantime, will aid the pass rush by bolstering the secondary. Either Caleb Downs or Mansoor Delane will wind up in stripes."

Grading draft classes should always come with the cautionary tale that those grades are fluid over time and merely a snapshot of the time they are done.

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Here we'll try to look at and discuss the Bengals’ 2026 NFL Mock Draft roundup post-Super Bowl as draft season ramps up.