Dre Kirkpatrick (27) is here through 2016.
If you want to know the Bengals’ plan heading into a game-changer season, follow the money. They keep dropping it when it comes to stability and they hope the homegrown trend continues with another fruitful draft that begins Thursday.
Last week they pledged about $4-5 million to extend head coach Marvin Lewis for another year and on Tuesday they committed a total of $15.5 million when they picked up the 2016 option on their two first-round picks from 2012, cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick and right guard Kevin Zeitler.