Bengals.com - Inside the pick: good timing

[THE PISTONS]

"The Bengals faced character concerns with Foster, depth chart questions with Howard, and size questions with three pass rushers in Allen, Tennessee right end Derek Barnett, and Missouri defensive end Charles Harris."

This sums it up very well as to why the Bengals took Ross.

They like taller DE's. Foster had character issues. And why take Howard as they already have Eifert.