Dalton Risner: "Would LOVE to be a Bengal"

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(04-05-2025, 11:19 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: I think we go Defense in Round 1 as well. Either Nolen or Emmanwori to me make the most sense to me right now, we will see.

Agree on the value being in rounds 3 and 4. Would be nice to trade back and add some more picks at some point to get another pick in there.

I think we see Bengals make another "need" pick this draft and it ends up being one of OG, DE, or safety.

SAF only has Stone under contract through this year and Battle through next.
DE has Hendrickson, Ossai, and Sample just this year, Murphy through next (unless they pick up option, which is unlikely).
OG has Volson and Patrick signed just through this year, Ford through next. This position arguably has the worst potential starters out of every position on the team.

On the flip side, Bengals have 4 DTs signed through at least 2026 - Hill (2027), Slaton (2026), Jenkins (2027), Jackson (2027). Hill and Slaton will be the starters.

All of these positions aside from Hendrickson at DE really underperformed last year, but I think they'll wait on DT because they'll feel they have their starters set and two young Day 2 picks grooming as rotational pieces.