I hate the thought of planning around drafting a OL in the 1st.

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(02-19-2022, 12:55 PM)phil413 Wrote: Mike Brown is hopefully getting Burrow help in FA.  A plan for Linderbaum or your guy to be there at 31 and start is a failed plan.  I don't trust the team to draft a day one starter.  These are the thoughts of planning on drafting a OL in the 1st.

If they pour the money into the OL with two quality starters and maybe a quality backup to compete with the youth, you'll have other needs.  The plan is to never draft solely on need, but if the money goes to OL they probably have to use a high pick at CB and DT.  If the right player falls so be it but I can't stand these offseason depth charts with a rookie pick listed as a starter.

I agree, and I doubt the Bengals take that gamble.
It's too late in the draft to have a safe bet of who will be there.

Best option is to fill all the OL in FA and then consider drafting an OL if one lands where you feel comfortable taking.