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Do they keep 7 WRs? With this addition probably means 1 or 2 spots realistically open.

As it stands right now, if you are tackle with Cincinnati Bengals not named Orlando Brown Jr, better come to camp ready to compete because not everyone is going to stay OR will need to be versatile and help at guard.

Now I remember that story. Thanks for posting.

Bengals could find a Free Agent back to replace Mixon but its not risk free. I'm not sure I want them playing poker just to effectively add $6m of cap or whatever it is to the $17m they already have. Given the $17 includes earmarks for Burrow, Tee, or any other current Bengal they want to extend. The risk is as simple as this. They are knocking on the door of a Superbowl and everyone talks about "window" and stuff. Perine, Hurst, and Mixon were critical components in counter balancing the cover 2 looks they were getting. Now Perine is replaced with a rookie. Hurst is replaced with Irv IR Smith. Now you want another new face? OK. On paper it can be done. I would put that trio behind how the secondary comes together as the top things to watch at TC. 1. Secondary roles 2. Underneath targets (Irv, Brown, and Mixon or ???) 3. Right Tackle and overall Line being ready to actually start the season 4. Pass rush/D-line rotation

1st - pass blocking back. Fans can take that too far. See Fournette projected failure at TB because of pass blocking. Just bad takes, IMO. 2nd - it doesn’t sound like Mixon is getting cut.

I’m avoiding any hot takes regarding secondary. A lot of speed, athletes, versatility. New parts. 2 things will be interesting, IMO. What roles develop and how quickly can they get up to playing high level feetsball.

Bengals drafts have been working this way for a while. Boring but solid. National guys typically look up around round 6 and say something like, “hey the Bengals have added some good players” “like what they’ve done” seems like this is the norm.

Love hearing the punt return stuff!

Irv Smith will put up numbers IF healthy. Health and then they’ll be TE shopping again next year is the concern

Princeton has cool uniforms. This is isn’t a Higgins replacement, ITS A CHASE replacement!

Twin Brother Sydney Brown.

Sweet pick.

Secondary room is very new. Coaching staff still isn’t 100% of the roles. Anybody making bold proclamations about playing time is just ignoramousmoose

Zac Kuntz would be awesome. Probably won't make it to them. I'm not feeling OT at all. They have a bunch of bodies there and I don't see them adding to that derby without an exit.

Is Dax Hill a full time Safety? Could his versatility create packages with 3 safeties? Don’t know but you have to love the overall speed and athleticism the DB room has morphed into. Now it’s seeing how the pieces fit together and seeing if Lou can get them playing as high a level as the past 2 seasons. Like last year with LG, clearly the Bengals are not obsessed with checking off a player to fix the last spot on the line. This year RT. If there’s a player they like they’ll take ‘em. If not, move on.

They were down to 1 safety and I think 1 CB entering the draft. Just filling spots this year and next.

Great pick!

Had the Clemson radio guy on locally. Basically said when Clemson needed a splash play, Myles delivered and it became so reliable. Needs to improve rush tools.

Jags lost Taylor and Cam Robinson is facing suspension and sucks anyway.

His tackles for loss and total pressures is impressive. A lot of draft profile knock him lack of finish and also needing to develop rush plan.

The guy has been elite his whole football life. 4th overall ranked player in his class regardless of position. Above several fellow players drafted tonight. Impressive. You can also find dated draft info that once had him top 10.

Quality pick. Hard to argue it really. The biggest thing is he was productive and yet they say still raw. A lot of upside. With 2 DEs taken afterward there will always be direct comparisons. There should be snaps for him. Their DEs have played a lot of snaps.

I keep landing on CB, TE, or RB. Land these 3 positions in any particular order with the first 3 picks its going to play well with me. I don't see any pick that will be upsetting. There's snaps available at TE, RB, CB this year. Just about every position next year aside from O-line. TE and CB are supposedly the best position groups so there you go. We'll see.

I don't disagree entirely with Hobson as the opening day "needs" can be reasonably filled. However, they are overstocked at OT and under stocked at RB, TE, CB when compared to what they usually keep for opening day. Is it by design? Probably. The talking heads have said the stronger position groups are CB and TE so they filled other spots via FA? Maybe. Everyone seems to believe RBs can be found (although I don't think it is that easy). I don't see OT early at all. Wouldn't argue with one and would be greatly surprised if the top tackle found its way to 28. But I consider this a non-prediction by Hobs. Might as well mock them Will Anderson.

Gibbs would be awesome in the passing game. There are immediate snaps available. Thing that would concern me is it seems of the recent Alabama picks they've taken there have been missed games in the first year. Now Gibbs was a transfer in so maybe the Alabama grind isn't as pronounced. There are certainly productive NFL Bama backs to pick from. Forbes - was Lapham's pick (If he's there). This guy has risen in recent weeks. Fast, Long, Ball Hawk. Would love. But wondering about his size and the Bengals like run supporting CBs.