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  16. Pick 18, what should Bengals do?

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    Albert Breer in his newest column:

     

    What you need to know: Cincinnati’s gone into the past few drafts with an offensive line need and this year’s no different, with the departure of Jonah Williams opening a spot opposite Orlando Brown Jr. at tackle. In a class where seven or eight might go in the first round, it’s hard to get a handle on which ones will be there at 18, but this might be Tyler Guyton or Amarius Mims territory. I also wouldn’t rule out Bowers, if he somehow slips (I can’t imagine he’ll be there at 18) or a receiver (such as LSU’s Brian Thomas) to get ahead of the potential departure (sooner or later) of Tee Higgins.

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  17. Pick 18, what should Bengals do?

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    Murphy 

    Fuaga

    Mims

    Fautanu

    Newton

    Latham

     

    Murphy is oozing with AP potential and would probably play the most out of any of the guys next year. I don’t think Latham or Murphy will be there. Would be over the moon with Fuaga. Mims would make me nervous but potentially a grand slam. Newton looks to have the floor of a solid to really good interior rusher. I just can’t trust Latham without testing. The draft guys on X really seem to like him though. They should get a really good player on Thursday but if they can trade down and get another T100 pick it won’t hurt my feelings either.

  19. Pick 18, what should Bengals do?

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    3 hours ago, dex said:

    A big part of the appeal of Murphy to me is how effective he is at defending against the run at his less than ideal size and length. Obviously Murphy isn't the immovable object that Sweat is, but it still amazes me that Murphy got about 70 more snaps in the A gap than Sweat did, even with fewer overall defensive snaps than Sweat. Murphy handled double teams well at the college level, as he is incredibly strong physically. Here is part of what Dane Brugler's The Beast said about Murphy (and how he might be used gap-wise):

     

    Overall, Murphy doesn’t have ideal length, but his rare combination of lower-body twitch, natural leverage and power throughout his frame sets his apart. With his disruptive energy, both as a pass rusher and versus the run, he projects as an impact starter who can play shaded nose or three -technique, similar to Grady Jarrett.


    Nailed it. Don’t have to be big to play the run. Just have to have gap control and enough low center of gravity + lower body strength to hold your ground. Jarrett is a really good comp. Not a big guy but great gap control.
     

    Doesn’t seem like he’s going to make it to us though. If he does - I think it’s a slam dunk.

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