The Cincinnati Bengals posted a big fat nothingburger at the NFL trade deadline. That is, unless you count trading Logan Wilson to Dallas, and getting once more dunked on by the Cowboys when they traded for dream Bengals acquisition Quinnen Williams.
Whatever. It is what it is. Cincinnati now has to wait until the offseason to make any meaningful improvements to its league-worst defense.
Short of miraculous, rapid ascents from the current players in the locker room, the Bengals are doomed on defense for the rest of the season. Now that the Week 10 bye has hit, and the trade deadline has passed, the focus has shifted personnel-wise to 2026 free agency.