04-27-2023, 04:23 PM
Here's my final prediction. Keep in mind, I'm not up to date with the word on the street in Cincy or what the insiders are saying. I don't have access to them, that may be smoke and, tbh, I don't need to know the pick in advance anyway. I can wait for tonight. For that matter, I don't need to hear the weekend's picks five seconds before they're announced. Those five seconds won't kill me. But I digress lol
Anyway, I see them taking Brian Branch. The logic is just that I haven't heard much about him. They also weren't all that active in filling Bates and Bell via free agency, which means either they may have someone in house (i..e, Dax, Tycen) and/or are planning to do it through the draft. Even if they're happy with their safeties, they may be looking beyond Hilton (who's on the back end of his deal).
So I figure Branch's versatility is attractive given the Bengals' backfield situation. More importantly, it may cause him to slide down to 28 tonight given how teams tend to prefer specialists to jacks-of-all-trades, at least in round one. But I reserve the right to be wrong about that. We'll see soon enough.
Go Draft!
Anyway, I see them taking Brian Branch. The logic is just that I haven't heard much about him. They also weren't all that active in filling Bates and Bell via free agency, which means either they may have someone in house (i..e, Dax, Tycen) and/or are planning to do it through the draft. Even if they're happy with their safeties, they may be looking beyond Hilton (who's on the back end of his deal).
So I figure Branch's versatility is attractive given the Bengals' backfield situation. More importantly, it may cause him to slide down to 28 tonight given how teams tend to prefer specialists to jacks-of-all-trades, at least in round one. But I reserve the right to be wrong about that. We'll see soon enough.
Go Draft!
