Bengals badly need a TE

[TheFan]

(08-30-2023, 02:21 PM)ochocincos Wrote: 100% this.

Bengals (and probably most teams) have their big board and track who is still available as their picks approach.
If they have a guy super high up on their board that's still available and they didn't expect to be there, do they forego need and just take BPA, even if the player ends up as a backup/rotational player for the next couple years?
Or would a pick at a need position with maybe someone somewhat lower on their board ultimately result in better contributions?

I think it's a combination of the two. I think the Bengals talked about how they weren't planning on taking a safety in the 3rd but Battle was so much higher on their board than any other player available that the picked him because of that.