Stripes

500 good players available. Don’t go rogue, idiots.

Just noting. Commercial break at #39. If there’s another at #41, we know it’s on purpose.

CJ Allen please.

“I just received the call. I’ve been drafted. I’m really going to be in the league. My dream is finally a reality. I absolutely cannot wait to share a warm and tender embrace lasting an entire minute with Roger Goodell.”

I think they’d be very open to a trade down too.

CB or LB seem much more likely than anything else here.

Glad Lemon didn't fall to Pittsburgh. He smells like Hines Ward to me.

I suspect Bain being a dumbass has hurt his stock. May need to brace for him in Baltimore.

That’ll do. Not sure the Bengals would have taken him anyway after paying Cook.

Just don’t let Baltimore have him.

Not sure it was necessary to trade up for Delane, but who knows. Styles to WAS.

Chiefs trade up with Cleveland (and give up I think a 3rd and a 5th/6th). Seems like a weak haul for the Browns.

My top two were Downs and Bailey. Bailey gone at #2

It appears to be a little more than year 1 of #10 would have cost, but comparable. Years 2 and 3 will certainly be a lot more than a draft pick.

Allen is definitely expensive for rotational depth, but that DT depth chart is juicy. Lawrence - Slaton Hill - Allen Jenkins Gotta be the most expensive IDL in Bengals history (obviously in raw dollars, but probably also percentage of the cap). However, if we remember the last two successful iterations of the Bengals, they relied heavily on strong IDL rotations anchored by Atkins/Peko or Reader/Hill.

I would have liked four years for an investment this huge, but the annual average is certainly agreeable. I'm sure we'll have some excruciating drama two years from now, but that's a two years from now problem.

They've dramatically overestimated their ability to draft (probably as a product of a moderate Tobin hot streak during the Dalton era). So, they've let good players walk and assumed they could draft cheaper replacements effectively, and it has detonated in their faces repeatedly (Whitworth, Bates, and Reader at minimum). So this time they cut the shit and tried something else. They can't do that every year, but this draft kind of sucks so I'm in.

Legitimately. I give my solemn vow: If this trade goes awry for whatever reason, I will not blame the Bengals, and I will not complain about the decision. This is exactly the kind of thing I wanted. I understand that it's a risk, and that means it can backfire. But I wanted that risk.

Absolutely. I wouldn't even hate a small reach for Golday.

I'm very good with it. This is how you go for the Lombardi. They're trying to get to the only goal that matters. A bunch of media yappers are going to say it was an overpay, and they can taste my salty nuts in their mouths.

Linebacker still sucks, but the D may be comfortably above average at the DL and secondary

FUCK THEM PICKS

ALL IN! It’s real!

I expect them to be morons. I guess I’m looking at Styles now. Until he goes top five.

Kyle Duggar, S, signed. Former Steeler and Patriot. He forced that week 1 goal line fumble on Tanner Hudson that ruined 2024. He’s been iffy overall, so meh? I doubt they’re taking Downs then (which would be a bad process).