Do the Bengals Stay Put or Trade Down?

[Benton]

We trade down and get two guys who don't see the field for 3-4 years as opposed to one guy who doesn't see the field for 2-3 years (typically the higher the pick, the faster they get on the field).

My hope is we stay put and take a guy legitimately top 10, as opposed to blowing another pick on "well, he'd have been #1 overall if he hadn't [insert off field issue/injury]" or an area where we keep throwing picks and hoping something sticks. Go over to McShay or Count Draftula and say "Hey, we were really hammered during the first few rounds of the last few drafts. We got lazy with how successful we had been drafting that we just started randomly guessing. Seriosuly, last year Marvin just made the first round pick because he wanted to hear Goodell try to pronounce it. Funny stuff. Anyway. Could you guys spot us a couple recommendations so we don't completely have to write off another season?"