With the 17th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals select..

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(03-26-2025, 07:50 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I like Emmanwori and think that he would be a good fit and settle in fairly quickly. Sure, there are a few things about his decision making that need tweaked, but if you look hard enough, you can find at least one thing about even the top 5 players' games that could use a little improvement. The nice thing is that Emmanwori's "warts" seem to be coachable items, his assets like his size, speed and athleticism are things that just cannot be improved simply by coaching.

Edit: However, since Hobson listed him as his pick? You know that means the Colts, Falcon's or Cardinals will likely take him.

I get what you're saying Sunset. And don't get me wrong I'm not going to be throwing rotten veggies at the TV if we pick him but....

I'm just so worried our Dline is gonna stink the field up again next season and basically be our Achilles heel - AGAIN. I don't have a ton of faith in Murphy turning it around much. I'm afraid Trey will be gone in some way. Ossai is maxed out at a rotation level player. Sample is very questionable as far as ceiling IMHO. Hill is solid but what are Jackson and Jenkins....really? 

And I get the argument high round draft picks last season but...I still feel D especially Dline has to be a giant focus in the early draft rounds for this team. And if a higher level prospect DE or even DT is there at 17, that's where my pick would be. 

BTW, we got gashed giving up big runs last season as well while our Dline was getting ragdolled. But on the other hans Stone was a statue on a lot of those runs as well.

I'm just not sold that our defense got fixed those last 6 games or whatever.

Rant off