Duke Tobin sounds unsure about a decision the Cincinnati Bengals have to make within the next few days
The Cincinnati Bengals have until the end of the week to decide on defensive end Myles Murphy's fifth-year option. Director of player personnel Duke Tobin is leaving the door open on the matter, but the clock is ticking fast.
Cincinnati Bengals Director of Player Personnel Duke Tobin addresses the media during a press conference, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, at Paycor Stadium in downtown Cincinnati. © Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Cincinnati Bengals have until the end of the week to decide on defensive end Myles Murphy’s fifth-year option.
Director of player personnel Duke Tobin is leaving the door open on the matter, but the clock is ticking fast. The Cincinnati Bengals have until Saturday, May 2 to exercise the fifth-year option of defensive end Myles Murphy’s contract. Giving the green light would mean Murphy will be under contract through the 2027 season at a guaranteed salary of $14.
475 million . Will the Bengals pull the lever? Director of player personnel Duke Tobin left it up for debate during his first-ever post- NFL Draft press conference Monday afternoon.
“That’s coming up this week,” Tobin said. “And now that the draft’s over, we’ll look and see what kind of costs we can layer in next year and what we can and can’t do there. It’ll be a financial decision, primarily, one way or the other, but he is a guy that we’re counting on, not only this year, we’d like a long term relationship with him, but I don’t know whether that comes together.