Bengals' veterans will return to Paycor Stadium to begin their offseason workouts on April 20.
Per NFL rules, each team conducts a voluntary offseason program that is broken up into three phases.
Phase One, beginning April 20, takes place in the first three weeks of the program and is limited to strength and conditioning training and physical rehabilitation.
Phase Two follows over the ensuing three weeks, beginning on May 11. No live contact is allowed, but teams are permitted to begin on-field workouts, including individual and group drills, during this phase. Teams can conduct walkthroughs of drills and plays, but offensive players cannot line up against defensive players until Phase Three.
Phase Three takes place over a three-week period after Phase Two. OTAs, or organized team activities, take place during this phase, beginning June 1 for Cincinnati. No live contact is allowed, but more drills are permitted, including 7-on-7, 9-on-7 and 11-on-11.
This phase is also when Mandatory Minicamp will occur. The Bengals will hold OTAs during the first two weeks of June, while Mandatory Minicamp will take place June 16-18.
Bengals 2026 Offseason Workout Program Dates:
- First Day: April 20
- Rookie Minicamp: May 8-9
- OTA Offseason Workouts: June 1-3, June 9-11
- Mandatory Minicamp: June 16-18
Take a look at some photos of Bengals draft picks of the past. Watch the 2026 NFL Draft April 23 on ESPN and NFL Network.
Quarterback Joe Burrow poses for the camera at Paul Brown Stadium holding up his game jersey.
Georgia Wide Receiver A.J. Green poses for photographs with loved ones after he was selected as the fourth overall pick by the Cincinnati Bengals in the first round of the NFL football draft at Radio City Music Hall Thursday, April 28, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
LSU wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase, right, holds a team jersey with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after the Cincinnati Bengals selected Chase with the fourth pick in the first round of the NFL football draft, Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)
OT Amarius Mims visits Cincinnati after the Bengals drafted him in the 2024 NFL Draft.
Texas A&M defensive lineman Shemar Stewart is selected 17th overall by the Cincinnati Bengals during the 2025 NFL Draft on Thursday, April 24, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Perry Knotts/NFL)
New Bengals WR Tee Higgins holds up his new jersey after being selected in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
Second-round pick Demetrius Knight Jr. will wear No. 59 with the Bengals.
Cincinnati Bengals first round draft pick Tyler Eifert, left, a tight end out of Notre Dame, holds a jersey with head coach Marvin Lewis during a news conference at the NFL football team's stadium, Friday, April 26, 2013, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
Third-round pick Dylan Fairchild will wear No. 63 with the Bengals.
Dre Kirkpatrick poses for a photo after being selected by the Cincinnati Bengals during the 2012 NFL Draft at Radio CIty Music Hall on Thursday, April 26, 2012 in New York, NY. (AP Photo/Alix Drawec)
Carson Palmer, a quarterback from Southern Cal, holds up a Cincinnati Bengals jersey after they selected him as the No. 1 pick overall in the National Football League draft Saturday, April 26, 2003 in New York. (AP Photo/Ed Betz)
Texas A&M defensive lineman Shemar Stewart is selected 17th overall by the Cincinnati Bengals during the 2025 NFL Draft on Thursday, April 24, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Perry Knotts/NFL)
Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor, right, holds up a team jersey with Daxton Hill for a photo after introducing Hill as the as the football team's first-round pick in the NFL draft Friday, April 29, 2022, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
Cincinnati Bengals NFL second round draft pick Andy Dalton, left, a quarterback from TCU, sits with head coach Marvin Lewis, right, during a news conference, Saturday, April 30, 2011, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/David Kohl)
Clemson defensive end Miles Murphy, left, the Cincinnati Bengals' first-round draft pick, poses for a portrait with Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor, right, during a news conference, Saturday, April 29, 2023, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
