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Shelvin is my fear too. But the Bengals had a massive hole at NT, and almost no other draft options to fill it. The NT position group was almost non-existent.

CB is the position with the best free agents still available. The Bengals still have cap room to spend if they want.

All 4 picks so far were brought in on Top 30 visits. Definitely not a coincidence.

If you look at this particular college stat, maybe we should have known the Bengals were targeting Burton all along. I bet you the offensive coaches were aware of this.

Whatever else you want to say about the Bengals under this coaching staff, they go deep into the character aspect. As deep as any team in the NFL. This is not the Marvin Lewis era. They absolutely would not be taking Burton if they weren't sure he was a good dude overall.

There were a couple of late ones not mentioned here... DT Evan Anderson, FIU DT Johnny Newton, Illinois DT Justin Rogers, Auburn DT Maason Smith, LSU DT McKinnley Jackson, Texas A&M DT T'Vondre Sweat, Texas ED Chop Robinson, Penn State ED Gabriel Murphy, UCLA ED Xavier Thomas, Clemson OT Amarius Mims, Georgia OT Bayron Matos, South Florida OT Giovanni Manu, British Columbia OT Javon Foster, Missouri OT Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State OT Troy Fautanu, Washington S Daijahn Anthony, Ole Miss TE Erick All, Iowa WR Jalen McMillan, Washington WR Joshua Cephus, UTSA

I wouldn't rule out Jalen McMillan. He was in for a Top 30 visit...like Mims and Jenkins.

Might have been a coincidence, but in separate podcasts both Mike Potts/Steve Radicevic mentioned the 3rd round as a place for receiver. It is the only position they actually talked about for a specific round, without being prompted by the interviewers.

Zac Taylor calls James Casey the best TE coach in the league. Too bad he's never going to get a rookie TE to develop.

The Bengals were horrible against the run last season. Jenkins is the best run stuffer of all the 3Ts drafted in the 2nd round.

Dane Brugler nailed both !st/2nd round Bengals picks with his mocks the last 2 days. Let's see how he does with their final 2 picks of the night.