{"id":15670,"date":"2025-02-28T01:08:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T01:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=15670"},"modified":"2025-02-28T01:08:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T01:08:48","slug":"breaking-bengals-meet-with-penn-state-db-kevin-winston-jr-and-texas-te-gunnar-helm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=15670","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Bengals meet with Penn State DB Kevin Winston Jr. and Texas TE Gunnar Helm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two talented players who could provide long-term upgrades at key positions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/8YfatP-F92XwNUM-Hwe0DLpg1a0=\/0x0:7326x4884\/1200x800\/filters:focal(2752x443:3924x1615)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/73932039\/2192787748.0.jpg\" alt=\"Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic - Ohio State v Texas\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"QOTT6Q\">The Cincinnati Bengals have a lot of holes to fill on defense. And while the team has some promising young corners, there is always room to add more talent.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ZGVwUU\">According to Elise Jesse, the Bengals met with Penn State Nittany Lions DB Kevin Winston and \u201cthat meeting went well.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Penn State DB Kevin Winston Jr. met formally with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bengals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bengals<\/a> and that meeting went well.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/thesickpodcast?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#thesickpodcast<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mZnji9I4I7\">pic.twitter.com\/mZnji9I4I7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Sick Podcast &#8211; Deep In The Stripes (@sickpodbengals) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sickpodbengals\/status\/1895119158662271308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"evy6Yv\">Winston is 6\u20192\u201d with long arms and was a team captain, but his instincts and technique aren\u2019t ideal.<\/p>\n<p id=\"isGQEo\">You can see some of his plays below.<\/p>\n<p id=\"LCKTeM\">In other news, the Bengals also met with Texas Longhorns tight end Gunnar Helm, according to Daniel Alameda.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_4323,h_2431,x_0,y_115\/c_fill,w_912,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/all_bengals\/01jmyv5ke74567a1ybr9.jpg\" alt=\"It's Critical to Have Alignment' - Zac Taylor Confident in Bengals Talent  Evaluation Process\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"gjEHZy\">Helm has a nice catch radius and good ball recognition, though he was surrounded by a lot of talent on that Longhorns team.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s still pretty early, but so far it seems Cincinnati\u2019s front office is looking at some exciting players.<\/p>\n<p id=\"SYaqlQ\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two talented players who could provide long-term upgrades at key positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Bengals meet with Penn State DB Kevin Winston Jr. and Texas TE Gunnar Helm - 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