{
  "id": 11159306,
  "title": "Bengals hosted 5 players on workouts, signed multiple",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/bengals-hosted-5-players-on-workouts-signed-multiple",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-01T09:31:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bengals-hosted-5-players-workouts-093127046.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Cincinnati Bengals addressed depth issues early in the week by hosting five players for workouts ahead of Week 4 preparations, according to ESPN’s Ben Baby. The players who visited were S Beau Brade, S Isaiah Nwokobia, LB Emany Johnson, LB Anfernee Orji, and S Demani Richardson. Following the workouts, the Bengals announced that they signed Nwokobia and Brade to the practice squad.\n\nThe loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers raised concerns about injuries at safety, with Bryan Cook and Kyle Dugger coming up hobbled. Jordan Battle had difficulties in the base defense, while backup PJ Jules made a crucial error on special teams. Three safeties were already on the injury report. The newly signed players join Russ Yeast on the practice squad.\n\nConsidering the ongoing injuries and performance issues, it seems likely that one or two of the safeties on the practice squad will be promoted to the active roster for the upcoming Week 4 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.",
  "summary": "The Bengals got to work with roster moves after an injury bug.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}