2025 Combine

[HoosierCat]

Here’s the athletics live blog if anyone is interested.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/live-blogs/nfl-combine-2025-live-updates-invites-players/4AJdnkjQ4fee/

[HoosierCat]

Bengals meeting reports:

Have met with DEs Scourton, Pearce, Williams, Stewart, Green, LB Collin Oliver.

[HoosierCat]

Add Clemson LB Barrett Carter to the list. He could be an option in the third. The other backer, Oliver, is a late round/udfa type.

 

[HoosierCat]

Met with Nolen, who is at the combine but not doing drills.

[HoosierCat]

Add TE Ty Warren

[HoosierCat]

Add Malaki Starks

[HoosierCat]

Couple more…

CB Trey Amos

S Kevin Winston Jr.

[AMPHAR]

 

[HoosierCat]

Add Emeka Egbuka.

[HoosierCat]

RAS numbers starting to go up. https://ras.football 

Shemar Stewart scores a perfect 10.0

Jihaad Campbell second so far at 9.95

[ArmyBengal]

I like Campbell as well.

Nice to see.

[HoosierCat]

Add local product Corey Kiner

[HoosierCat]

Add Jeanty. 

[ArmyBengal]

4 hours ago, HoosierCat said:

Add Jeanty. 

That’s a pick I would absolute HATE in the first round.

[COB]

Egbuka woukd be an amazing pick in the 2nd round.  I don’t know where he is projected, but he’d be a good pick.  Tough to justify when we brought Burton in with a 3rd, just have to not fall victim to the sunken cost fallacy.  
 

Tag and trade Tee, get a second rounder for him.  Pick Egbuka in the second.  Make Burton return kicks in camp until he quits.  If he even shows up for camp.

[HoosierCat]

Joe plugs the DE and LB numbers into the spreadsheet.

https://youtu.be/YBTmSglfP8c?si=QXCRvz7Ev1fMODN0

 

[ArmyBengal]

The safety I’ve had my eye on and have picked numerous times, Nick Emmanwori from South Carolina put on a show at the Combine.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/south-carolina-safety-nick-emmanwori-has-an-all-time-great-combine-performance

[TJJackson]

I think we should offer a r5 pick for former 1st rounder Michael Mayer

https://lastwordonsports.com/nfl/2025/03/01/breaking-raiders-put-former-starter-michael-mayer-on-trade-block-5-teams-who-could-pursue-him/

Burrow is the TE Whisperer

 

[ArmyBengal]

Mayer is a local kid as well. I went to high school with his dad. The Raiders have been such a mess and then they turn around and draft Bowers, I could see a change of scenery doing Mayer well.

[ArmyBengal]

Not sure how they could be expecting much after his first two seasons being labeled as “Disastrous”…

[ArmyBengal]

Scenario….

The Raiders are willing to trade TE Michael Mayer. He was the #35 pick in the 2023 draft. That spot is valued at 550 points, but I’ve seen reports of offering a 5th rounder that even at the first pick in the 5th is worth 36 points.

Tee Higgins was the #33 pick in the 2020 draft. That spot is valued at 580 points and we are looking for a top 50 pick in return which bottoms out at 400 points.

The Bengals pick at #17 (950 points) and the Raiders pick at #6 (1600 points).  So the question is…

Would you trade Tee to the Raiders for Michael Mayer and swapping #17 for #6 overall ??

This is purely for fun, based on a trade chart that no one knows how closely it’s followed. Don’t get worked up…

[ArmyBengal]

Saw another trade idea out on the Google machine of us trading Tee and a 4th to Jacksonville for the 5th overall pick. I like the idea of having two first rounders.

[HoosierCat]

If they can’t get Tee extended I would entertain both scenarios.