03-16-2017, 10:53 AM
The Bengals tend to Draft with the idea of getting players in place that will be replacements for current players that they expect will be leaving the team soon. Decisions to pay or not to pay Jeremy Hill and Tyler Eifert bigger contracts in 2018 may drive the first few picks they make in the 2017 Draft. The Bengals may look at it as solving the Tyler Eifert higher dollars in 2018 issue with one pick of OJ Howard and they still have 10 picks left after round 1. A sound Business decision in their minds and they take what many Analysts consider to be the Safest pick in the Draft.
