Consolidated NFL.com mock 1st round picks for Bengals

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

I think we need, in no particular order:

1) Defensive playmakers (CB, DL)
2) More explosiveness on O (WR, RB, TE)
3) Solidify positions going forward (RT, TE, RB, WR, CB, NT)
4) Better depth (OG, WR, DT/NT)
5) Punter upgrade

As for Rd 1, guys falling to us is the most unpredictable. From each category:

1. Defensive playmakers:
-----A. Fallers: Van Ness, Murphy
-----B. Maybe Available: Kancey, Forbes

2. Explosiveness on O:
-----A. Fallers: JSN, Robinson
-----B. Maybe Available: Kincaid, Flowers
-----C. Too soon: Gibbs

3. Solidify:
-----A. Fallers: Wright
-----B Maybe Available: Mayer
-----C. Too Soon: D. Jones, Washington, LaPorta

WILL BE GONE = 14
QB (4): Young, Stroud, Richarson, Levis
DE/OLB (3): Anderson, Wilson, Smith
DT/NT (1): Carter
CB (3): Witherspoon, Gonzalez, Porter
OT (3): Skoronski, Johnson, B. Jones

Worst Case Gone = 11 (I'd happily take any one of these guys). If ALL of them are gone, I am in trade down mode.

RB (1): Robinson
WR (2): JSN, Flowers
TE (2): Mayer, Kincaid
OT (1): Wright
DE (2): Van Ness, Murphy
DT (1): Kancey
CB (2): Forbes, Banks

That's 25. I need 2 names to be called outside those 11 to guarantee one drops to us. Most likely candidates/ guys I don't love for us at #28.

QB: Hooker
RB: Gibbs
WR: Addison, Johnston, Hyatt
OT: Harrison
OG: Torrence
DE/EDGE: McDonald
DT: Bresee, Smith
LB: Simpson, Sanders
S: Branch (my favorite of this bunch at #28, though a WR/RB would be tempting if I am stuck at #28.