Bengals draft priorities heading into NFL Combine.

[Essex Johnson]

(02-28-2024, 08:17 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: Im not a fan of taking a TE in the 1st round.  Too many good TEs have been picked after the first day.  Fans clamoring for Bowers in the 1st round remind me of fans clamoring to pick Mayer in the 1st last year.  It would have been a bad decision to take Mayer in the 1st last year, it would be a bad decision to take Bowers in the 1st this year.  Games are won in the trenches.  The first round pick needs to be offensive line or defensive line.  If Tee is traded you can use that pick on a WR to take his place.

Hard to judge Mayer last year with Raiders mess, but at 18 I would not take Bower either unless we go FA to shore up lines then maybe you draft him but agree if Tee gone WR is higher priority