Don't Expect Both Nelson and Iloka to be back.

[BengalChris]

(03-06-2016, 02:27 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: Just read the mock draft on the Bengals.com website. Now, while they say they go by the board and BPA.. I find it fishy that the bengals mock drafts on their websites have been eerily close to our drafts... The year we drafted Eifert, Hobson had us slotted to take him. Last year, Hobson picked us to take Jake Fisher in their mock draft, and we see how that turned out.

They are now putting us down as taking S Vonn Bell from Ohio State. This tells me that the team expects both safetys to walk this offseason and they aren't going to pay the money to retain them. It means we will have Shawn Williams starting with a rookie or FA.

To me, this is lame. The writing is on the wall when Hobson releases their mock drafts on Bengals.com though. Bad safety play heading our way, which means worse Kirkpatrick play coming as well. I expect a huge drop in our secondary this upcoming season, which is upsetting as it was one of our strengths last season.

Ug, Vonn Bell in the 1st round? I could see us selecting him the 2nd, but not the 1st. I don't think any team is looking at him as a 1st round talent. We'd be far better off taking Apple or Jackson III in the 1st and moving Shaw to the FS, IHMO.