# Ep. 0129: New Season, Same Old Bengals Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bengal-bites-cincinnati-bengals-news-analysis-6579196/ep-0129-new-season-same-old-bengals Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bengal-bites-cincinnati-bengals-news-analysis-6579196/ep-0129-new-season-same-old-bengals.md Podcast: [Bengal Bites: Cincinnati Bengals News & Analysis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bengal-bites-cincinnati-bengals-news-analysis-6579196) Published: 2026-03-11T22:58:44+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bengalbites/episodes/Ep--0129-New-Season--Same-Old-Bengals-e3gacqr Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/e7186554/podcast/play/116781339/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-11%2F01c5d7f5-4da9-2c3c-2bf0-91228ca5279c.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bengal-bites-cincinnati-bengals-news-analysis-6579196/episodes/ep-0129-new-season-same-old-bengals Duration seconds: 4354 ## Resource NFL Free Agency 2026 has Begun! The Bengals got off to their traditionally sluggish start, but they did eventually manage to overpay a couple of players to join the defense in 2026. While other teams were wheelin' and dealin', the Bengals seem content to maintain the status quo indefinitely. Trey Hendrickson will be back in Paycor Stadium, but wearing a purple Ravens jersey next season. Joseph Ossai left for the Jets. And the Bengals "replaced" them with Boye Mafe and his 2 sacks last season??? Bryan Cook should be much better than Geno Stone at safety, but we won't really know for 6 months when games are played. As Marvin Lewis said, "I see better than I hear". #nfl #bengals #whodey ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bengal-bites-cincinnati-bengals-news-analysis-6579196/episodes/ep-0129-new-season-same-old-bengals/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/bengal-bites-cincinnati-bengals-news-analysis-6579196/ep-0129-new-season-same-old-bengals.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.