James Pearce Jr. cemented himself as a potential lightning bolt off the edge. The 6-foot-5, 245-pound pass rusher ran a 4.5-second 40-yard dash at the combine. Pearce is also quick in space, and seems to have some serious burst to his game. Like the 49ers, the Seahawks might be in the receiver market.

The Bengals still have piles of work on their desk with extensions, cuts, free agency, stadium lease negotiations and vague social media posts filling up the days. Yet, coming off the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis,

The NFL Scouting Combine is an opportunity for prospects to either validate or reject, for better or worse, the opinions talent evaluators have of them based on play. If the athletic testing is significantly different than the impressions from game tape,