03-14-2024, 01:14 PM
(03-14-2024, 12:59 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: FA impacts the draft. Bengals have 10 draft picks but won't have 10 roster spots available. So, option is to draft and cut draft picks or draft and cut existing players under contract.
Would the Bengals use some of those picks to jump into the top 10 for example to get a future franchise type OT? OT is loaded, but problem is many predict top guys may be gone prior to our 18th pick.
Or trade up to get the best pass catching TE in the draft Bowers from Georgia?
Or do they use picks to move up in the second round to get a DJ Reader replacement?
There are many teams in rebuild mode and need additional picks like Titans, Bears and Giants.
I put this in the free agent thread because our FA deeply impacts the draft.
Thoughts?
They could definitely make some moves, but dont expect any to be big movers.
Things to consider:
1. It would take us giving up our 2nd rounder to even sniff the Top 10. Any pick after the 2nd only moves us up 1 or 2 slots in the 1st.
2. After the Top 100 (end of round 3) the talent level drops extremely quick in this year's draft according to multiple sources.
I could see us moving up in later rounds, we could jump to the top of the 3rd with our later 3rd round comp pick, or the top of the 4th with our 5th rounder, top of the 5th with our first 6th, but not the 2nd comp pick in the 6th.
