Our site-wide 2026 NFL mock draft continues!
As a reminder, this is our Community Mock Draft, where our most loyal commenters get to act as an NFL general manager. We’ve got 31 different commenters representing 31 different teams, while the Detroit Lions are general managed by Pride of Detroit managing editor Erik Schlitt.
The Cincinnati Bengals are on the clock, and representing them in our mock is The_ville_lions.
Before we get to the 10th overall pick, head to our 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft tracker. There you’ll find the previous nine picks, along with links to each article and a grade for each pick, as decided by you, the readers.
Now, onto this pick:
With the 10th pick in the 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals select Sonny Styles, linebacker out of Ohio State.
Here’s The_ville_lions explaining the pick:
When a guy who was recruited as a safety ends up being one of the most physically dominant linebackers to come out of a linebacker factory, you take notice. That’s exactly what Sonny Styles is, a freak of nature who somehow checks every box at 6-foot-5 and 244 pounds.
Styles put together a first-team All-American campaign in 2025 and followed it up with one of the best NFL Combine performances in recent memory. Cincinnati’s defense has needed a true difference maker at linebacker for a while now, and Styles is just that! He earned PFF grades above 85.0 in both coverage and run defense last season. That kind of two-way dominance at the position is rare, and the Bengals need just that.
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