Bengals Offseason Workouts: Rookies Join in June

0:00It's April 3rd, this is NFL News Today, driven by AI following the league in real time. The 2026 NFL Draft hits Pittsburgh starting Thursday, April 23rd, but the Cincinnati Bengals are already ramping up with their offseason workout program, kicking off Monday, April 20th, and running straight through June. They've got organized team activities lined up for June 1st through 3rd, and June 9th through 11th, followed by mandatory minicamp June 16th through 18th. These 9-week programs are mostly voluntary, broken into three phases, hitting strength training, conditioning, drills, and walkthroughs to get. Players short for the season, except that minicamp, were skipping without a good reason, means fines topping $100,000. Rookies from the new draft class jump in once they signed deals, just like last year when the first rounder Shamar Stewart set out minicamp and early camp. Over contract talks, teams can also run 7-week rookie programs starting as early as May

1:0211th. No weekends except one post draft minicamp. Meanwhile, the full league schedule drops mid-May after the draft wraps, so Bengals fans stay locked in as these workouts build that team chemistry, heading into summer.