Sources: Bengals reach 2-year deal with DT Jonathan Allen

Defensive deal with Jonathan Allen and the Cincinnati Bengals have agreed to a two-year, $26 million contract, sources informed ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Thursday.

Allen’s deal might be value as much as $28 million via incentives, the sources informed Fowler.

Allen, 31, was one other casualty cap of the Minnesota Vikings and was formally launched Wednesday after the beginning of the 2026 league yr.

It’s the third massive transfer the Bengals have made because the begin of the free agent negotiating interval on Monday, when Cincinnati struck offers with edge rusher Boye Mafe and security Brian Cook.

Allen signed with Minnesota as a free agent in March 2025, incomes $16.2 million in his lone season there. He performed in all 17 video games and completed with 68 tackles and three.5 sacks.

A primary-round decide (No. 17) of Washington in 2017, Allen spent his first seven NFL seasons with the Commanders. He made the Pro Bowl after the 2021 and 2022 seasons, when he mixed for 16.5 sacks.

In eight seasons with Washington, he recorded 42 sacks in 108 begins.

ESPN’s Kevin Seifert contributed to this report.