2 things Bengals must do

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(08-28-2024, 07:31 PM)casear2727 Wrote: He was dominant at times his Jr season at A&M and was "ok to good" his Sr season.  Many were expecting more.  The mock drafts had him ranked way higher than many other services and I'd bet many other NFL teams.

I simply wasn't impressed with him prior to the draft and the 3rd round pick seemed very early.  

Here are a couple of takes:

Greg Cosell (one ofht absolute best analysts):

"Jackson would begin his NFL career as a second or third DT (0-technique or 1-technique) in a 7-9 DL rotation, and he would need to improve significantly as a force in the run game to get meaningful snaps as a rookie at the next level."

And there are these:

Mckinnley Jackson is the first player to be drafted with a UDFA grade in our board.

He was the 401st ranked prospect on our board.

Players who grade in this range wash out of the NFL pretty quickly.

Not a lot of positives to say here. He could be a warm body at NT.

— Gridiron Grading (@GridironGrading) April 27, 2024

 


He could turn out to be a very fine player, I'm just cautioning to not get our hopes up this season.  He likely won't be making us forget about DJ Reader in the near future.

Yep I know different people/sites had him different places.

Lance Zierlein had him Rd 6.
Bleacher Report scouting report had him as a 4th rounder.
NFL Draft Buzz had him 5th round.
Pro Football Network had him as a late Rd 3 - early 4th rounder due to the scarcity of true NT prospects in this draft class.

My feeling - Bengals liked him and wanted a true NT. They didn't feel he would make it to their pick in Rd 4 so they took him with 3rd round comp pick.
I don't see using a 3rd round comp pick to get a position of need to be a huge deal vs using their regular 4th rounder.
4th round felt right for him to me, but I was ok with pulling the trigger a bit early to not risk him getting taken before 115.