2025 Bengals Free Agency Spotlight: Chase Young

The NFL is a league that truly proves that time is a flat circle. Believe it or not, there was a contingent of Cincinnati Bengals fans who wanted the team to draft former Ohio State defensive end Chase Young with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft.

Instead, Cincinnati went with the franchise quarterback in Joe Burrow at that spot, and they haven’t looked back. Young has had his own ebbs and flows in his career, and while there have been disappointments in his first five seasons, there have also been flashes of greatness that made him the very next pick after Burrow that year.

Now, there exists a possibility that Young is in the Bengals’ sights for the 2025 offseason, which would be…