Bengals are interested in Mims and Blacklock

[CJD]

Ian Rapaport should probably rename himself Smoke Screen, because teams and scouts whisper lie to him and he just tweets the lies out for the likes and retweets.

Examples:

Sources: The #Dolphins have called the teams in front of them for a possible trade up from No. 5 and are gauging the price to come up to No. 3 to potentially take an offensive tackle. We could see a run on tackles in the Top 10 like never before.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 22, 2020

From @NFLTotalAccess Draft Preview: The #Falcons have talked to several teams in the Top 10 about moving up, and everyone assumes that's for a corner. But Atlanta has also FaceTimed with multiple top tackles who will be long gone by 16. ??? pic.twitter.com/j1Qp0u8day

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 22, 2020

From @NFLTotalAccess: The #Giants are open to moving back from No. 4, and the whole world thinks they are taking a tackle. And yet, why are they talking to Oregon's Justin Herbert? pic.twitter.com/e4uNOmx0AR

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 20, 2020

I had a GM tell me, “The media is wronger about mock drafts this year than you guys have ever been.” Point being, players are going to be taken in places no one expects. https://t.co/oyDHSndqkl

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 17, 2020

That last one isn't a smoke screen so much but...was last night really so off from what the mock drafters said? I don't think so. There were a hand full of surprises, but not more than any other year.

So there's hope that this tweet is just a smoke screen given to him by the Bengals.

I hope so, because drafting a DT, even if they are a good player, would be a horrible pick for this team and Mims...I'm just not impressed at all with his arm barring, ball dropping, off season rising ass