The Cincinnati Bengals are officially "rebuilding" their defense and crave additional picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, director of player personnel Duke Tobin told reporters.
Head coach Zac Taylor (R) and the Cincinnati Bengals have six picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, but are open to acquiring more this week in Green Bay, Wis. File Photo by Steve Nesius/UPI | License Photo April 22 (UPI) -- Tobin made the comments at a news conference Monday in Cincinnati. The Bengals, who had a bottom-10 defense for the last two seasons, hold six picks in the 2025 NFL Draft. "We're certainly open to trading," Tobin said. "We are open to trading down, back, left, right. I don't know what that looks like. Maybe that's staying put. ... We have six picks in this draft, so we would like to have a few more. We will see if we can make that happen." The Bengals enter the 2025 Draft with limited ammunition, with their six picks currently tied for the fewest in franchise history. They made just six picks one other time (2022) in the last 22 years. The Bengals also aren't known for major draft-day movements, but do have a recent history of transactions involving the second round. They last traded up for a first-round selection in 1995. They most recently traded out of the first round in 1989. The 2024 NFL Draft marked just the second time since 2017 that the Bengals didn't complete a draft-day trade involving picks. The Bengals made 10 selections in the 2024 NFL Draft. They made eight picks in 2023. They currently hold the No. 17 overall pick, in addition to picks in the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth rounds. "We're always open to moving, if it's right for us," Tobin said. "It can be right for us. You don't always get the opportunity. People say 'trade, trade, trade.' Those opportunities aren't always there. Actually, they're not there more than they are there. "If you are sitting on one guy that you…