In regard to listening to what Bengals Officials/Coaches say Pre-Draft

[Murdock2420]

(04-07-2021, 12:31 PM)Big Boss Wrote: Jacksonville, New York, and San Francisco are each taking QBs.  100%.  If a team trades with Atlanta, it will undoubtedly be for a QB - given the amount of draft capital that would have to be offered up for the trade.  

Long story short, the Bengals may be first up to pick a non-QB.  So what purpose does a smokescreen serve?

To make sure a team that wants Chase more or Sewell more or Pitts more isn't the team that trades with Atlanta and takes that player? Atlanta moved up to take Julio Jones. Houston gave up a 1st round pick for Tunsil, teams do trade up for more then just QBs. Especially if it is a premier position like LT.

I know there will be some (already others in this thread) who will say Jonah was the target and not Bush but if that is really true, Pitt spent a lot of draft capital to move up in front of us for no reason. 

It isn't like the front office is going to come out and say, we wanted Bush but we settled for Jonah... that's just a bad look all around.

I think the team is trying to keep hidden which of the big 3 names they are really after... might even be a name we don't expect at the top of their list.