Bengals Insiders Don’t Have Us Taking Pitts

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(02-07-2021, 10:49 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: We need to protect Burrow. So draft the TE who can’t block...

It's kind of irrelevant that he can't block since we'd be drafting him for his receiving abilities (and maybe a bit of run blocking) and tight ends generally don't block on passing plays.  

I've been all for drafting Sewell or some other lineman in the first, but will they be better than anything we can find in free agency or later in the draft to justify passing on Pitts?

Pitts would also be beneficial to protecting Burrow by giving him a safety valve and also occupying a backer or backers who might otherwise be blitzing.

(02-09-2021, 06:32 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I think JB and CJ are spending a lot of time rehabbing together. I can see them building a bond.

There's a difference between a friendship bond and an on-field bond/connection where they can just be in each other's head and know what to do in certain situations.